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Safe Strong and Free Programme evaluation
No full textThis research was funded by Safe Strong and Free Highland. The Safe Strong and Free (SSF) project is an abuse prevention programme aimed at young children to reduce the vulnerability of young children to abuse and assault. The programme consists of a series of three workshops that are delivered to all pre-school children in all nurseries in the Highland area. The programme is partly funded by Highland Council. The workshops are interactive and include three topics: Bullying, Strangers and Secrets. In May 2017 SSF commissioned researchers at the Centre for Child Wellbeing and Protection (CCWP) to evaluate its programme. The primary aim of this evaluation is to consider the extent to which key messages conveyed during the workshops are learned and applied by the children who take part in the programme. This research was undertaken between January 2018 to June 2019. In order to gain an in depth understanding of the impact of the workshops from a range of perspectives, this research comprised of multiple methods. Workshops were observed at nine nurseries in a range of urban and rural locations. A total of 14 workshops were observed throughout the duration of the evaluation. Children from three of these nurseries participated in a follow-up activity with the researcher to explore the extent to which they remembered they key workshop messages. We also observed everyday life in two nurseries three months after participating in the SSF workshops to see to what extent children put into practice the messages learnt during the workshops. We found that in general, children engage well with the workshops. They particularly enjoy the interactive activities. It can be difficult to maintain the engagement of some children especially when groups are larger, or there are more distractions in the environment. The skills and qualities of SSF project workers are a valuable asset and for the most-part, they are able to keep children engaged, interested and focused. Children seem to mostly understand key messages, but some appear confusing to some children. Reinforcement, repetition and embedding the key messages into the culture and routines of nurseries and schools is beneficial. It is also necessary to consider accessibility and inclusion for children who have disabilities, additional support needs or who are not under the care of their parents or have parents who are identify as LGBTQ+. We also consulted with nursery staff and parents/carers. Nursery staff and parents/carers of children who participated in workshops were invited to complete a questionnaire or an online survey. Any parent/carer whose child participated in the workshops between 1997 to June 2018 were invited to complete the online survey. There were 90 respondents. Parents of all children who participated in a workshop throughout the duration of this evaluation, between January 2018 to June 2019 were invited to complete a questionnaire. There were 407 respondents. Parents whose child participated in a workshop that was observed during the first year of the evaluation were asked to complete a follow-up questionnaire. There were nine respondents. In addition, nursery staff completed a questionnaire. There were 134 respondents. We also interviewed 5 early years practitioners at two nurseries to explore their views regarding the SSF workshops in more depth. We found that the SSF workshops were highly valued by most respondents. Parents were grateful for the opportunity to discuss these topics with their children particularly topics they may find difficult to raise themselves. We found many examples of children putting into practice key messages, especially around bullying and strangers. Some children are confused by the secrets workshop, and some parents do not feel confident about talking about this with their children. For most children, most of the key messages seem to be understood well, though most participants felt 5 reinforcement and refresher workshops would be beneficial. Learning is therefore viewed as on-going and this is more possible if key messages are embedded into everyday lives of children. Parents and staff express a desire to be involved and help children learn. It is important that workshop materials and resources are accessible to nursery practitioners and parents in a way which suits them and is accessible to different abilities, including literacy and language needs. After analysing data from the first year of this evaluation we found that one area for development was the inclusion of children with additional support needs in the workshops. SSF had piloted a workshop for children with additional support needs, and during the second year of this evaluation (September 2018 to June 2019) we evaluated the delivery of the pilot workshops at one school for children with additional support needs. To do this, we carried out observations of refresher workshops delivered to four children, and we interviewed parents of children (n=3) and school and SSF staff members (n=5). We found that most children were enthusiastic to participate in workshops and some remembered key messages and could repeat them. Visual and interactive resources were highly valued, as were the skills, qualities and flexibility of the SSF project worker. This work requires the project worker to adapt materials to each individual child, and communication needs are a central part of this. Parent and school involvement are key to embedding this learning, and the workshops acted as an opportunity for parents to increase their awareness through education about the vulnerabilities of their child. Whilst this was challenging for them, it was also appreciated
Gamma-ray emission from the solar halo and disk: a study with EGRET data
No full textContext. The Sun has recently been predicted to be an extended source of gamma-ray emission, produced by inverse-Compton (IC) scattering of cosmic-ray (CR) electrons on the solar radiation field. The emission was predicted to be extended and a confusing foreground for the diffuse extragalactic background even at large angular distances from the Sun. The solar disk is also expected to be a steady gamma-ray source. While these emissions are expected to be readily detectable in the future by GLAST, the situation for available EGRET data is more challenging. Aims. The theory of gamma-ray emission from IC scattering on the solar radiation field by Galactic CR electrons is given in detail. This is used as the basis for detection and model verification using EGRET data. Methods. We present a detailed study of the solar emission using the EGRET database, accounting for the effect of the emission from 3C 279, the moon, and other sources, which interfere with the solar emission. The analysis was performed for 2 energy ranges, above 300 MeV and for 100-300 MeV, as well as for the combination to improve the detection statistics. The technique was tested on the moon signal, with our results consistent with previous work. Results. Analyzing the EGRET database, we find evidence of emission from the solar disk and its halo. The observations are compared with our model for the extended emission. The spectrum of the solar disk emission and the spectrum of the extended emission have been obtained. The spectrum of the moon is also given. Conclusions. The observed intensity distribution and the flux are consistent with the predicted model of IC gamma-rays from the halo around the Sun
James Bond: international man of gastronomy
No full textThis article is concerned with the representation of food and drink in Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels. In particular, it examines how the author uses Bond’s culinary knowledge and habits of consumption as an important constituent of his hero’s character. Similarly, the food choices of other characters, notably villains, are shown to be linked, by Fleming, to core aspects of their identity − principally their ethnicity. Bond’s impulse to observe and classify, very much in evidence in the novels’ food sequences, is examined in terms of the texts’ construction of Bond as a skilled identifier of signs
Gamma rays from halos around stars and the sun
No full textInverse Compton (IC) scattering by relativistic electrons produces a major component of the diffuse emission from the Galaxy. The photon fields involved are the cosmic microwave background and the interstellar radiation field (ISRF) from stars and dust. Calculations of the inverse Compton distribution have usually assumed a smooth ISRF, but in fact a large part of the Galactic luminosity comes from the most luminous stars, which are rare. Therefore we expect the ISRF, and hence the inverse Compton emission, to be clumpy at some level, which could be detectable by instruments such as GLAST. Even individual nearby luminous stars could be detectable assuming just the normal cosmic-ray electron spectrum. We present the basic formalism required and give possible candidate stars to be detected and make predictions for GLAST. Then we apply the formalism to the OB associations and the Sun, showing that the IC emission produced is not negligible compared to the sensitivity of current or coming detectors. We estimate that the gamma-ray flux from the halo around the Sun contributes to the diffuse background emission at the few percent level
Tombstone of Charles Price Strong and Elizabeth A. Strong
No full textCharles Price Strong born Oct 17 1816 died aug 5 1893; Elizabeth A. Strong born Aug. 14 1802, died Jan 17, 182
Strong family portrait
No full textThe Strong family gathered for a portrait. Names read as subjects appear, left to right, front to back: Strong, Gary; Strong, Douglas; Strong, Donald; Strong, Allen; Strong, Dwight; Strong, Cleora
Politics without vision: thinking without a banister in the twentieth century
No full textFrom Plato through the nineteenth century, the West could draw on comprehensive political visions to guide government and society. Now, for the first time in more than two thousand years, Tracy B. Strong contends, we have lost our foundational supports. In the words of Hannah Arendt, the state of political thought in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries has left us effectively “thinking without a banister.”Politics without Vision takes up the thought of seven influential thinkers, each of whom attempted to construct a political solution to this problem: Nietzsche, Weber, Freud, Lenin, Schmitt, Heidegger, and Arendt. None of these theorists were liberals nor, excepting possibly Arendt, were they democrats—and some might even be said to have served as handmaidens to totalitarianism. And all to a greater or lesser extent shared the common conviction that the institutions and practices of liberalism are inadequate to the demands and stresses of the present times. In examining their thought, Strong acknowledges the political evil that some of their ideas served to foster but argues that these were not necessarily the only paths their explorations could have taken. By uncovering the turning points in their thought—and the paths not taken—Strong strives to develop a political theory that can avoid, and perhaps help explain, the mistakes of the past while furthering the democratic impulse.Confronting the widespread belief that political thought is on the decline, Strong puts forth a brilliant and provocative counterargument that in fact it has endured—without the benefit of outside support. A compelling rendering of contemporary political theory, Politics without Vision is sure to provoke discussion among scholars in many fields
Strong family portrait
No full textThe Strong family gathered for a portrait. Names read as subjects appear, left to right, front to back: Strong, Gary; Strong, Douglas; Strong, Donald; Strong, Allen; Strong, Dwight; Strong, Cleora
Philip Strong letter to Reuben Wood, January 27, 1852
No full textLegal correspondence written by Philip Strong to Governor Reuben Wood regarding a warrant to arrest Peyton Polly, dated January 27, 1852.
Reuben Wood was governor of Ohio from 1850 through 1853, and was closely involved with the Peyton Polly case and attempts to secure the Polly family's release. Peyton Polly and his family were freedmen living in Lawrence County, Ohio, when they were kidnapped on June 6, 1850, and sold back into slavery in Kentucky and Virginia
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