Title: Development and position of Beach volleyball in the Czech Environment. Objectives: The aim of this thesis is to describe and evaluate the Czech beach volleyball history since its beginning. The next aim is to delineate the way of organizing and integration of beach volleyball into the Czech sport environment. Methods: The paper used the methods of qualitative and quantitative research. Different methods of personal interviews are used to collect data about development and status of beach volleyball from athletes and officials. Computer Assisted Web Interviewing (CAWI) is applied to public. Results: I created a complete overview of the Czech beach volleyball history, as developed in the Czech sports environment, to the present. In the second part, I delineated an organization of beach volleyball and it's emplacement in our conditionals in detail - both in a public and the private sector. Keywords: Organization, Beach Volleyball, Sport Organization

The mechanism of Holocene barrier formation aids in determining island geomorphologic responses to modifying climatic processes of the surrounding environment. The geometry and composition of local antecedent topography plays a role in barrier formation by providing an elevated base, nucleus for sedimentation and local sediment supply. Investigation of barriers' subsurface geology provides insight into island formation and evolution. High-resolution shallow seismic data acquired in the island's nearshore zone and interior canals, correlated with existing drillcore data, reveal that Cat Island, MS is situated over an Oxygen Isotope Stage 3 Phase 3 paleochannel located between two topographic high-grounds of the Pleistocene surface. Beach ridge strandplain sets on Cat Island provide additional evidence supporting the island's formation over a relict depocenter. A new, 4-stage model for Cat Island development and evolution incorporating the influence of pre-existing topographic high-grounds and abundant local sediment supply provided by a backfilling fluvial channel is presented here.

On March 18, 2008, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida filed a class action lawsuit against The Palm Beach County School Board and its district superintendent on behalf of approximately 176,000 students under their jurisdiction (Schroeder v. The Palm Beach County School Board, 2008). The plaintiffs cited the defendants for their failure "to provide a uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and high quality education" (p. 7) as required by the Florida Constitution, Article IX, ß 1. They contended that their claim was substantiated by The School District of Palm Beach County's (SDPBC) dismal high school graduation rates. Spurred by the lawsuit, I wanted to understand the controversy surrounding high school graduation rates, in spite of decades of school reform measures, and why different calculation methods are utilized in the state of Florida. In respect to the latter point, I was curious to learn about the differences among graduation rate calculation methods and what impact, if any, these differences had on the reporting of high school graduation rates, particularly those for students of color. Black America's past and present reality in public education has illustrated the need for new paradigms to address the achievement gap promulgated by contextual factors that serve to impede the academic achievement of all students. The statistical analyses and Critical Race Realist perspective, which has evolved from Critical Race Theory when applied to policy research, offered in this study found Florida's definition and subsequent calculations of a public high school graduate to result in significant and consistent differences among graduation rates relative to student race and graduation rate calculation method. / by Terri N. Watson. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2010. / Includes bibliography. / Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2010. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

O presente estudo objetiva compreender os processos que promoveram as transformações das práticas turísticas na praia de Boa Viagem, em Recife, Capital de Pernambuco, durante a década de 1950, em um momento marcado pela saída da Ditadura Vargas (1937-1945) coetânea com o fim da Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Elencando as formas como os sujeitos envolvidos, isto é, as classes de trabalhadores e as Elites locais, além da forte presença do Estado, atuaram para a construção das práticas turísticas. O período de estudo compreende um momento democrático entre dois governos de exceção, marcado pela ascensão das forças políticas esquerdistas, muito fortes em Pernambuco, além da assunção dos vários movimentos populares, os quais criaram um clima de intensas disputas políticas junto às forças conservadoras da tradicional açucarocracia pernambucana, assentada no poder dos usineiros. Buscando recuperar o que era visto como um atraso econômico, presente nos altíssimos níveis de pobreza da maior parte da população, além do enfraquecimento das elites políticas no quadro político nacional, ascendeu, lentamente, um incipiente discurso sobre o Turismo como parte da solução para a recuperação econômica local. A praia de Boa Viagem é a materialização da aplicação desse discurso uma vez que se tornou o território turístico por excelência do Recife, abandonando suas características de área de veraneio das elites locais, mantendo, contudo, a característica de local elitizado. Diante desse quadro, buscamos resgatar quais entendimentos os sujeitos possuíam sobre o que seria o Turismo, o turista, o setor turístico, a prestação de serviços turísticos, os equipamentos e atrações turísticas, entre outros conceitos ainda em formação no próprio meio turístico. Ademais, questionamos o quanto o aspecto relacional entre os sujeitos envolvidos, o Estado, as elites e os trabalhadores, assim como a participação deles, fomentou a construção do Turismo como foi sendo praticado por meio de imposições, cooptações, negociações e exclusões. Além do próprio papel da praia como fenômeno de um discurso de inclusão entre as classes sociais, mas de exclusão da apropriação econômica com o Turismo. Neste sentido, utilizamos como principais fontes de pesquisa, jornais e periódicos, sobretudo a partir da década de 1950. O jornal Diário de Pernambuco foi nossa principal fonte, pois possuía ampla circulação e era visto como a voz das classes dominantes, porque conseguia propor discursos reconhecidos pelas próprias elites da mesma forma que atingia a classe trabalhadora de forma disciplinadora. Como ferramenta para análise, cercamo-nos dos conceitos da Análise do Discurso de orientação foucaultiana, embasando-nos numa perspectiva dialética e relacional entre os sujeitos. No final, foi possível concluir o quanto o Turismo construído e praticado na praia de Boa Viagem, a partir do processo histórico visualizado, reforçou disputas pela apropriação da área da praia pelos trabalhadores, pelas elites e pelo Estado, constituindo-se num território turístico cujo discurso prefacia uma suposta democratização do uso da praia para lazer, mas que, contudo, exclui parte dos sujeitos da apropriação econômica promovida por esse mesmo Turismo / This study aims to understand the processes that promoted the transformation of tourism practices at Boa Viagem beach in Recife, capital of Pernambuco, during the 1950s, at a time marked by the end of Vargas Dictatorship (1937-1945) coeval with the end of World War II (1939-1945). The studied period comprises a democratic moment between two governments of exception, marked by the rise of leftist political forces, very strong in Pernambuco, plus the assumption of many popular movements, which created an environment of intense political disputes with the conservative forces of the traditional sugar aristocracy of Pernambuco, which was settled in the power of sugar mill owners. Seeking to recover what was seen as an economic backwardness, present in very high levels of poverty of most of the population, besides the weakening of the political elites in the national political framework, an incipient speech on tourism as part of the solution to local economic recovery rose slowly. Boa Viagem beach is the materialization of this speech application since it became the touristic area par excellence of Recife, leaving its characteristics of summer place for the local elites, but maintaining the characteristic of elitist area. Upon this scenery, we sought to rescue the kind of understanding the subjects had of what would be tourism; tourists; tourism industry; provision of touristic services, equipment and attractions; among other concepts still to be formed in the touristic environment itself. Furthermore, we questioned how deeply the relational aspect between the involved subjects - the State, the elite and the workers, as well as their participation - promoted the construction of Tourism as it was being practiced, through impositions, cooptation, negotiations and exclusions; besides the role of the beach as a phenomenon of a discourse of inclusion among the social classes, but of exclusion from the economic appropriation with the Tourism. In this sense, we used, as sources of research, newspapers and periodicals, especially the ones from the 1950s. The newspaper Diario de Pernambuco was our main source, as it was highly popular and was seen as the \"voice\" of the ruling classes, because it was able to propose speeches recognized by the elites, and at the same time to struck the working class in a disciplinarian way. As a tool for analysis, we embraced the concepts of Speech Analysis under Foucaults guidance, basing ourselves in a dialectical and relational perspective between subjects. In the end, we were able to conclude how the tourism built and practiced at Boa Viagem beach, from the displayed historical process, reinforced disputes over the appropriation of the beach area, becoming a touristic territory whose speech prefaces a supposed democratization of the use of beach for leisure, but which, however, excludes some of the subjects from the economic appropriation promoted by that Tourism

Esta tese se propõe a refletir sobre as experiências de sociabilidade dos jovens que vivem em uma pequena localidade litorânea em processo de urbanização, desencadeado principalmente pela inserção do turismo nos últimos anos. As mudanças que ocorrem no distrito de Flecheiras, localizado no município de Trairi, no estado do Ceará, compreendem a ampliação e reestruturação dos espaços de lazer, bem como às relacionadas aos aspectos socioespaciais, culturais e econômicos. A presença do outro, entre estrangeiros e brasileiros de outras regiões, representou a novidade e potencializou novos processos interativos, privilegiados nos momentos de lazer. A partir de várias estratégias metodológicas, com base na abordagem do estudo de caso, a pesquisa teve como objetivo compreender como essas mudanças alteram as sociabilidades dos jovens e como essas experiências se relacionam com outras dimensões de sua vida, uma vez que nesses momentos interativos são mobilizados conteúdos e formas diversos. O campo possibilitou pensar que as mudanças geraram novas formas de sociabilidades, manifestando tensões e conflitos entre esses jovens, observadas nas \"relações jocosas\" entre aqueles moradores do centro de Flecheiras e Barreiro e nas interações afetivas, produzindo separações entre os \"nativos\" e novas zonas de contato com o outro. As mudanças, também, provocam uma dinâmica diferente na localidade e contribuem para que os jovens vivam uma \"intermitência urbana\" entre a calmaria e o movimento, demarcada, principalmente, pelos dias de festas e maior circulação de pessoas de fora. Assim, o movimento é aguardado pela maioria dos jovens locais e geralmente constituem momentos de aproximação de valores dos grandes centros urbanos, imagens, dinheiro e tecnologias, transformando as referências locais quanto ao estilo e modo de vida desses jovens. Essas transformações apresentam intersecções com outras dimensões da vida, como o trabalho e a família. Neste sentido, a sociabilidade significa expressão das mudanças e ao mesmo tempo que incide sobre a experiência diária dos jovens, a sociabilidade traduz maneiras de pensar, sentir e agir diante dessas alterações. / This thesis proposes to reflect on the experiences of sociability of the young people who live in a small coastal town in urbanization process, triggered mainly by insertion of tourism in recent years. The changes that occur in the locality of Flecheiras, located in the municipality of Trairi, in the state of Ceará, comprise the extension and restructuring of spaces of leisure, as well as those related to aspects Socio-spatial, cultural and economic. The presence of another, between foreigners and Brazilians from other regions, represented the novelty and potentiated new interactive processes, privileged in moments of leisure. From the various methodological strategies based on the approach of the case study, the research had as objective to understand how these changes alter the sociability of young people and how these experiences relate to other dimensions of their lives, a time that these moments are mobilized interactive content and forms various. The field allowed thinking that the changes generated new forms of sociability, expressing tensions and conflicts between these young people, observed in \"jokey\" relations between those inhabitants of central Flecheiras and Barreiro, and in affective interactions, producing separations between the \"native\" and new areas of contact with the other. The changes, also, cause a different dynamic in the locality and contribute to that young people live a \"urban\" flashing between the calm and the movement, sharply demarcated, mainly, by days of festivities and greater movement of people from outside. Thus, the movement is eagerly awaited by the majority of local young people and generally are moments of approximation of values of large urban centers, images, money and technology, transforming the references locations regarding the style and way of life of these young people. These transformations have intersections with other dimensions of life, such as work and family. In this sense, the sociability means expression of changes and at the same time that focuses on the everyday experience of young people, the sociability translates ways of thinking, feeling and acting in response to these changes.

O município do Guarujá, localizado na Região Metropolitana da Baixada Santista (litoral central de São Paulo) tem como principais atividades econômicas o Complexo Portuário-Retroportuário de Santos-Cubatão-Guarujá, o Pólo Polindustrial de Cubatão e o turismo de segunda residência. A cidade recebe, anualmente, grande população turística, cuja quantidade de pessoas pode variar de acordo com os períodos de temporada, feriados prolongados e fins de semana ensolarados. Nos períodos de maior aporte a infra-estrutura local torna-se insuficiente e inadequada para suportar a demanda. O presente estudo visa estudar esses limites e fazer uma análise mais detalhada dos fenômenos socioeconômicos ligados à capacidade de carga de três praias próximas ao centro urbano, Pitangueiras, Astúrias e Tombo, esta última recentemente agraciada com o selo internacional de qualidade Bandeira Azul. A metodologia prevê a avaliação das diferentes capacidades de carga (Capacidades de Carga Física, Capacidade de Carga Econômica, Capacidade de Carga Ecológica, Capacidade de Carga Social e Capacidade de Carga Recreativa), por meio de seus indicadores. / The city of Guarujá, located in the Santos Metrpolitan Region (central coast of São Paulo) has as its maisn economic activities of the Port Complex-Retroportuário Santos-Cubatão-Guarujá, the Pole Poleindustrial Cubatão tourism and second homes. The city receives annually, a large tourist population, which many people may vary according to the periods of the seasons, long weekends and weekends sunn. In peiods of greater contribution to local infrastructure becomes insufficient and inadequate to support the demand. This study aims to study those boundaries and make a more detailed analysis of the socio-economic phenomena related to the load capacity of tree beaches near the city centers. Pitangueiras, Asturias and Tombo, the latter recently awarded the international seal of quality Blue Flag. The methodology provides for the evaluation of different load capacities (Load Capacities Load Capacity Recreation), through its indicators.

For the last several decades, beach nourishment has been a widely implemented erosion mitigation strategy along many developed coastlines. Measuring subsequent patterns of erosion and accretion can help elucidate local sediment transport trends, improve time scale predictions of profile equilibration, decrease renourishment intervals, and adjust future engineering design of nourishments. This study evaluates the morphologic evolution of two beach nourishment projects (e.g., characterized as a full and partial nourishment) at the same location in Boca Raton, Florida using time series beach profiles, surface sediment samples, and wave data. More than 85% of sediment volume was retained within the full nourishment six months after project completion, compared to 50% retained eight months after completion of the partial nourishment. Wave energy largely influenced immediate post nourishment change. Profile equilibration was controlled by high-energy events (i.e., hurricanes) for both nourishments. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2018. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

O presente estudo objetiva compreender os processos que promoveram as transformações das práticas turísticas na praia de Boa Viagem, em Recife, Capital de Pernambuco, durante a década de 1950, em um momento marcado pela saída da Ditadura Vargas (1937-1945) coetânea com o fim da Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Elencando as formas como os sujeitos envolvidos, isto é, as classes de trabalhadores e as Elites locais, além da forte presença do Estado, atuaram para a construção das práticas turísticas. O período de estudo compreende um momento democrático entre dois governos de exceção, marcado pela ascensão das forças políticas esquerdistas, muito fortes em Pernambuco, além da assunção dos vários movimentos populares, os quais criaram um clima de intensas disputas políticas junto às forças conservadoras da tradicional açucarocracia pernambucana, assentada no poder dos usineiros. Buscando recuperar o que era visto como um atraso econômico, presente nos altíssimos níveis de pobreza da maior parte da população, além do enfraquecimento das elites políticas no quadro político nacional, ascendeu, lentamente, um incipiente discurso sobre o Turismo como parte da solução para a recuperação econômica local. A praia de Boa Viagem é a materialização da aplicação desse discurso uma vez que se tornou o território turístico por excelência do Recife, abandonando suas características de área de veraneio das elites locais, mantendo, contudo, a característica de local elitizado. Diante desse quadro, buscamos resgatar quais entendimentos os sujeitos possuíam sobre o que seria o Turismo, o turista, o setor turístico, a prestação de serviços turísticos, os equipamentos e atrações turísticas, entre outros conceitos ainda em formação no próprio meio turístico. Ademais, questionamos o quanto o aspecto relacional entre os sujeitos envolvidos, o Estado, as elites e os trabalhadores, assim como a participação deles, fomentou a construção do Turismo como foi sendo praticado por meio de imposições, cooptações, negociações e exclusões. Além do próprio papel da praia como fenômeno de um discurso de inclusão entre as classes sociais, mas de exclusão da apropriação econômica com o Turismo. Neste sentido, utilizamos como principais fontes de pesquisa, jornais e periódicos, sobretudo a partir da década de 1950. O jornal Diário de Pernambuco foi nossa principal fonte, pois possuía ampla circulação e era visto como a voz das classes dominantes, porque conseguia propor discursos reconhecidos pelas próprias elites da mesma forma que atingia a classe trabalhadora de forma disciplinadora. Como ferramenta para análise, cercamo-nos dos conceitos da Análise do Discurso de orientação foucaultiana, embasando-nos numa perspectiva dialética e relacional entre os sujeitos. No final, foi possível concluir o quanto o Turismo construído e praticado na praia de Boa Viagem, a partir do processo histórico visualizado, reforçou disputas pela apropriação da área da praia pelos trabalhadores, pelas elites e pelo Estado, constituindo-se num território turístico cujo discurso prefacia uma suposta democratização do uso da praia para lazer, mas que, contudo, exclui parte dos sujeitos da apropriação econômica promovida por esse mesmo Turismo / This study aims to understand the processes that promoted the transformation of tourism practices at Boa Viagem beach in Recife, capital of Pernambuco, during the 1950s, at a time marked by the end of Vargas Dictatorship (1937-1945) coeval with the end of World War II (1939-1945). The studied period comprises a democratic moment between two governments of exception, marked by the rise of leftist political forces, very strong in Pernambuco, plus the assumption of many popular movements, which created an environment of intense political disputes with the conservative forces of the traditional sugar aristocracy of Pernambuco, which was settled in the power of sugar mill owners. Seeking to recover what was seen as an economic backwardness, present in very high levels of poverty of most of the population, besides the weakening of the political elites in the national political framework, an incipient speech on tourism as part of the solution to local economic recovery rose slowly. Boa Viagem beach is the materialization of this speech application since it became the touristic area par excellence of Recife, leaving its characteristics of summer place for the local elites, but maintaining the characteristic of elitist area. Upon this scenery, we sought to rescue the kind of understanding the subjects had of what would be tourism; tourists; tourism industry; provision of touristic services, equipment and attractions; among other concepts still to be formed in the touristic environment itself. Furthermore, we questioned how deeply the relational aspect between the involved subjects - the State, the elite and the workers, as well as their participation - promoted the construction of Tourism as it was being practiced, through impositions, cooptation, negotiations and exclusions; besides the role of the beach as a phenomenon of a discourse of inclusion among the social classes, but of exclusion from the economic appropriation with the Tourism. In this sense, we used, as sources of research, newspapers and periodicals, especially the ones from the 1950s. The newspaper Diario de Pernambuco was our main source, as it was highly popular and was seen as the \"voice\" of the ruling classes, because it was able to propose speeches recognized by the elites, and at the same time to struck the working class in a disciplinarian way. As a tool for analysis, we embraced the concepts of Speech Analysis under Foucaults guidance, basing ourselves in a dialectical and relational perspective between subjects. In the end, we were able to conclude how the tourism built and practiced at Boa Viagem beach, from the displayed historical process, reinforced disputes over the appropriation of the beach area, becoming a touristic territory whose speech prefaces a supposed democratization of the use of beach for leisure, but which, however, excludes some of the subjects from the economic appropriation promoted by that Tourism

FundaÃÃo Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Cientifico e TecnolÃgico / O lazer, na modernidade, firmou-se como valor individual e nÃo apenas como atrativo. Percebe-se, assim, que o anseio pela viagem e a busca de comodidades fora do habitat tem gerado o fortalecimento da indÃstria turÃstica no mundo. Com isso, deve-se atentar para o fato de que o turismo pode ser uma ferramenta capaz de gerar ganhos coletivos desde que seja desenvolvido de forma sustentÃvel. Como exemplo de um espaÃo turÃstico cujas relaÃÃes de uso e ocupaÃÃo se tornaram insustentÃvel està o caso da Praia de Iracema, na cidade de Fortaleza. Constata-se que desde a sua fundaÃÃo como bairro, o objeto evidenciou dois ciclos de existÃncia, vivenciando fases ora de valorizaÃÃo, ora de decadÃncia e em alguns momentos os dois processos de forma simultÃnea, chegando à atualidade à estagnaÃÃo. Considerando a relevÃncia social do objeto, o presente estudo tem por objetivo entender quais os fatores que contribuÃram para estagnaÃÃo de um espaÃo turÃstico à beira-mar. Para tanto, se fez importante a anÃlise histÃrica das fases vividas pelo bairro atravÃs de fontes hemerogrÃficas, tendo como complemento da pesquisa bibliografias relacionadas ao tema. Por conseguinte, percebeu-se que a Praia de Iracema, pela sua atratividade, foi alvo de intensa especulaÃÃo imobiliÃria que de forma desmedida se uniu à indÃstria turÃstica, ocasionando a exploraÃÃo âpredatÃriaâ do espaÃo. Para que essa realidade seja modificada, torna-se necessÃria a compreensÃo de que o valor dos espaÃos turÃsticos nÃo pode se restringir apenas ao aspecto econÃmico, mas deve partir, inclusive, dos valores subjetivos de cada um. / Leisure has become something that people really value nowadays and it's not just about having fun anymore. Based on that, one can perceive that the urge for traveling and the search for confort and pleasure outside their habitat has generated the strengthening of the tourism industry in the world. With that in mind, it's of paramount importance to realize that the tourism sector can be a tool that will produce collective profits provide that it's accomplishe in a sustainable way. As an example of a touristic site in which the relationship between the use and occupation have not become sustainable just like Praia de Iracema in Fortaleza. One can perceive that since the foundation of this area, the object evidenced two cycles of life, one in which it was valued and an other at times being degrading and at other times both processes taking place simultaneously, being static nowadays. Considering the social relevance of the object, this present work aims at understanding which factors contributed to the static state of a coastal touristic site. In order for that to happen, it was necessary the historical analysis of the phases experienced in that neighborhood through newspapers, magazines and photos sources, having bibliography related to the theme as supplement. Eventually, the author came to the conclusion that due to its attractiveness, Praia de Iracema was the target of real state speculation with he aid of tourism industry united haphazardly, causing the predatory exploitation of its space. In order for that reality to be modified, it is necessary to compreend that the value of touristic sites cannot be aimed at the economical aspect nevertheless it must stem from subjective values of each one.

Nonnative species are reshaping global ecosystems. The success of a nonnative species hinges on both biological and cultural variables. Primates represent a minority of nonnative species but warrant research to understand ecological implications and management solutions. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recognizes three species of nonnative primates in Florida that include populations of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) in Marion County, squirrel monkeys (Saimiri spp.) in Broward County, and green monkeys (Chlorocebus sabaeus) in Broward County. This study focused on the Dania Beach C. sabaeus population. The goals of this study were to: 1) determine the geographical origins and species of the monkeys, 2) record demographics and determine population growth rate, 3) assess the public’s perception of monkeys, and 4) understand the influence of human provisioning on the population’s behavior and biology. Public surveys and direct field observations of social groups provided baseline data to show that unlike other introduced primates (e.g., macaques in Marion County and green monkeys in the Caribbean), the Dania Beach monkey population has strong public support and is at risk of extinction within the next 100 years. / Includes bibliography. / Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2019. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection