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HIV and hepatitis prevention in prisons
No full textThis thesis comprises three studies that explore the attitudes and beliefs of prison staff and prisoners towards HIV and hepatitis B and C prevention policy in prisons.Analysis of the factors that influence the way prisoners and prison staff view prevention strategies highlighted some important issues from the perspective of the people most closely involved with implementation of prevention policy. The exploration of these issues was complex due to the security, legal, cultural and ethical issues that had to be considered.A case study approach incorporating qualitative and quantitative methods was used to try to embrace the complexity of the research aim. A qualitative foundation for staff and prisoner interviews was used for two reasons; firstly, so that the views of the researcher were not imposed and secondly because there were few prior research studies to base the current study on. In addition, as prisons differ in security category and in the types of prisoners held, it was presumed that developing the research to give a wider representation of the issues would be valuable; this overview was achieved by questionnaire. Data were collected from ten prisons, there were fortyone in-depth staff interviews from three types of prisons; data from 182 questionnaires from 7 prisons and 18 in-depth interviews with prisoners from the three prisons where staff were interviewed.The results show that the predominant concern of staff is that the prevention policies discussed in the study are to do with sex and drug misuse; activities considered illegal within the prison environment. Staff believed that some of the prevention measures concerned with reducing the risk associated with injecting drug use conflict with their discipline and security role and also conflict with the drug strategy policies that focus on eradicating drug use in prisons. Opiate detoxification programmes, abstinence based therapeutic programmes and drug-free areas were viewed most positively by staff and were portrayed as most closely aligned to their security and discipline role and the role of prisons in society. Most staff believed that providing condoms in prisons would also act against their discipline and security role. This is principally because of the potential to conceal or smuggle drugs using condoms and also because the stigma of same sex relationships in prisons may lead to aggression and bullying from other prisoners.Prisoners described a hidden culture of same sex relationships in prisons and generally did not completely welcome policies concerned with improved access to condoms. However, some of the prisoners highlighted a moral imperative to distribute condoms in prisons.Prisoners stated that they would view suspiciously any change in prevention policy concerned with injecting drug use, which ran counter to the current policies of intolerance to illicit drug use in prisons
The Irish plays of James Shirley, 1636-1640
No full textAlthough he was a prominent and influential playwright during his theatrical career,
the work of James Shirley (1596-1666) has been neglected since Dryden's description
of him in 'MacFlecknoe' as a mere 'type...of tautology'. Shirley holds a unique place
amongst Caroline dramatists as, at the height of his career, he left London to become
resident playwright of the first purpose-built theatre in Ireland, the Werburgh Street
Theatre. This seminal event has received fairly little attention from scholars, and the
plays of this Irish period (The Royal Master, The Doubtful Heir, The Gentleman of
Venice, The Politician and St. Patrick for Ireland) have not previously been examined
as a whole.
This thesis examines Shirley's Irish period in its entirety, from the
circumstances surrounding his move to Dublin in 1636, through an exploration of his
relationship with the Werburgh Street Theatre and what influenced his Irish plays, to
the factors which resulted in his return to England in 1640. The thesis historicises the
production of these plays in their socio-political context. The chapters
(chronologically arranged by play) provide close textual studies and contextual
material relating the texts to their patrons, performance spaces, audiences, print history
and Irish politics. This research reveals that during this four year period, Shirley
gradually adapted his writing style in a targeted attempt to appeal to the tastes of the
Dublin audience. Shirley managed the theatre with John Ogilby, who was appointed
Master of the Revels in Ireland by Lord Deputy Wentworth. An analysis of the
relationship between these three key figures has contributed to a comprehensive
picture of the socio-political conditions of Shirley‘s writing. Through the investigation
of Shirley's work and professional position during this time, this thesis builds on
recent critical recovery work (including that by Hadfield/Maley, Rankin, Dutton) on
the literary-political circumstances of Stuart Ireland
Book from Shirley L. Brown, author of "The Four Seasons of Life"
No full textThe Four Seasons of Life by Shirley L. Brow
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Shirley Chisholm in her own words ::speeches and writings /
No full text"In the midst of her groundbreaking career in the U.S. House of Representatives, Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm once declared, 'Everyone--with the exception of the black woman herself--has been interpreting the black woman.' Edited by the leading scholar dedicated to the study of Chisholm's legacy, Shirley Chisholm in Her Own Words gives readers a rare opportunity to engage with the Congresswoman's powerful ideas through the power of her own voice. The introduction by Dr. Zinga A. Fraser, Director of the Shirley Chisholm Project on Brooklyn Women's Activism and author of a forthcoming book on Chisholm and Black Congressional women's political legacy, provides insight into Chisholm's role as a public intellectual and Black feminist during the Civil Rights and Black Power era"-
Interview of Shirley Csuri by Robert Butche
No full textChuck Csuri: artist, husband of Shirley, mentioned throughout
-- Stephen Csuri: son (pp. 30-35)
-- Caroline Csuri: daughter (pp. 30-34)
-- Leo and Caroline Eckles: adoptive parents of Shirley Csuri (pp. 2, 7-8)
-- Theodore Meyer: aviator, first husband of Shirley (pp. 3-6)
-- Thomas Herbert: Governor of Ohio (pp. 4, 6, 10-11)
-- Thomas Dewey: Candidate for President (p. 6)
-- John Bricker: Senator (p. 6)
-- Hoyt Sherman: Chairman of Department (pp. 15, 41-45)
-- Sidney Chafetz: artist and Instructor (p. 14)
-- Paul Bogatay: Instructor in Art (p. 14)
-- Helen Alkire: Instructor of Dance (p. 17)
-- Ernest Rees Godfrey: Instructor in Physical Education (p. 10)
-- Roy Fox Lichtenstein: artist,(pp. 12, 23-25, 35, 40)
-- Isabelle Lichtenstein: wife of Roy (pp. 23-25, 40)
-- Bob King: Instructor in art (pp. 12, 25)
-- Ralph Fanning: Professor of History (pp. 14-15)
-- Robert Cranston Knocht: (pp. 53-54)
-- Tom Linehan: (pp. 52-53)
-- Nehigh Nadeen: (pp. 47-52)
-- Jim Tressell: football coach (pp. 54, 56)Orphaned at an early age, Shirley “Lee” Csuri was raised by adoptive parents, Caroline and Leo Eckles, in Alabama and Florida. At age 18, in 1945, she married Theodore “Ted” Meyer, and the young couple moved to Columbus, Ohio where Theodore started law school at Ohio State. A Navy Reservist with the rank of Ensign, he died three years later in 1948 in a training accident. Shirley was a widow at age 21. She found work at Ohio Republican Party headquarters, and served as Executive Secretary to Dale Donavan, campaign manager for Thomas B. Herbert, candidate for Governor. Once Herbert won the election, Shirley Csuri served in several different state offices over the next three years.
In 1949 Shirley Csuri enrolled at Ohio State. She had had a long-time interest in art and dance, and her first art instructor was Chuck Csuri, her future husband, who was better known at the time for his prowess as an All-American football player than as an Instructor in Art. Earlier while working for Governor Herbert she had summarily fired several OSU football players from a part-time state job unaware of an under-the-table arrangement that even though they were paid they were not really expected to do any work. What would her football-playing teacher think of her if he found out what she had done to his teammates? Her worries over this incident were unfounded; by the end of the year Chuck and Shirley were married. Furthermore, as a teacher, Shirley found Chuck “wonderful,” “enthusiastic,” and “inspirational,” not to mention “gorgeous.”
Shirley graduated summa cum laude in 1950. She took up to 28 credit hours per quarter. Among her instructors were Sidney Chafetz, lithography, Bob King, painting, Paul Bogatay, ceramics, and Jane Truxess, design. For History she took a class with Ralph Fanning, and also took various courses in English, Geology, and Philosophy. She enjoyed a “very rounded” education at Ohio State. After graduation, despite the demands of raising a family, she continued a very active artistic career. She produced hundreds of paintings; these were displayed in shows, private homes, and museums. She also continued for some years a long-time interest in dance, especially choreography, and danced with the first interracial dance group in Columbus.
In recent years Shirley has concentrated on sculpture rather than painting. One painted wooden sculpture that she made for the Inniswood Gardens was nine feet tall. Currently her output has been limited because of arthritis.
Shirley reflected on the couple’s early days at Ohio State. Those were days where there was a great deal of social interaction with other members of the Department, as well as other Departments in the University. But such encounters were seen as opportunities for intellectual dialog about painting and other interesting things that had to do with one’s fields. Shirley saw both herself and Chuck as “intellectual artists.” Yet Chuck’s work is also very intuitive and very much about feeling and meaning. Her own work often reflects her interest in whimsy, but she insists that it also be organized and structural. Chuck found intellectual stimulation in the university from colleagues and students, but nothing seemed more crucial to him than his intellectual relationship with Shirley.
Opportunities to relocate came to Chuck and Shirley from time to time. They rejected a chance to move to New York where their friend, Roy Lichtenstein, was well established, in large part because of the difficulties Stephen, their son, would have faced. Financially such a move would also have been difficult. Fortunately the decision to remain at Ohio State enabled Chuck to explore and pursue his very successful venture into computer graphic art. This could only have happened in a university, and never in New York.
As younger members of the faculty, both Chuck and Roy Lichtenstein were very supportive of the controversial Chairman, Hoyt Sherman, even after fissures emerged within the Department of Art. Sherman and Csuri clashed over the decision to deny Lichtenstein tenure and later over Csuri’s interest in computer art. Nonetheless both Shirley and Chuck admired Sherman’s artistic talents. He was also very good at self-promotion.
Chuck, according to Shirley, never sacrificed his principles in order to get ahead, but still was able to use his growing power and national reputation to achieve desired ends. He was not a passive man, and was not pleased with what he saw as the growing passiveness of the university and its undue devotion to the status quo. In his own career, as he pioneered an entirely new and creative computer art form, the university was tardy in its support. As students flocked to Chuck’s classes and as his national reputation and influence blossomed, some of his colleagues felt eclipsed and threatened. There was a split right down the middle in the Art Department. As tempers flared within the Art Department, Manny Barkin, head of Art Education, invited Chuck to join his Department, an “incredibly generous” thing to do.
At times Chuck felt that he had not been treated fairly by the University, although there were always certain individuals who helped him significantly. The leading problem seemed to be that the university didn’t understand him or where he was going with his evolving interest in computer graphics. Shirley recalled one painful incident in 1985 when the university appointed another who was a supposed expert in computer graphics, as a “Distinguished Scholar,” thus bypassing and slighting Csuri. At a conference in London, he showed films that were made by Chuck Csuri but claimed them were his own. He took much of Chuck’s work, and in Europe published it as his own. He was formally charged with plagiarism and left the university suddenly. Nevertheless, his appointment at Ohio State was an affront to Chuck and Shirley blames another person in the Computer Graphics Research Group who wanted Chuck’s position for himself. More recently, Chuck was interviewed by Jim Tressell and indicated that all things considered he had had a “sensational” career at Ohio State in which the positives far outweighed the negatives. Both of the Csuri’s have a highly favorable opinion of Coach Tressell
Shirley Shirreff
No full textPhotograph - Shirley Shirreff and another girl in costume for Halloween. Athabasca, Albert
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