Social Status and the Politics of Printers in Eighteenth-Century Bordeaux

This article examines the social position of printers in Bordeaux in the second half of the eighteenth century. Printers' wealth, property and family connections are studied. The argument is that commercial, administrative and demographic expansion, coupled with the reduction in the number of printing licenses, were ail behind an improvement in the economic and social position of printers. This permitted printers' children and relatives to enter the elite in Bordeaux. The relatively high social status and local connections provided Bordeaux printers with a considerable degree of immunity from Crown censorship.Le présent article traite du statut social des imprimeurs de Bordeaux dans la seconde moitié du XVIIIe siècle, notamment de leur richesse, de leurs possessions et de leurs relations familiales. Selon l'auteure, l'extension commerciale et le développement démographique, jumelés à la réduction du nombre des licences d'imprimerie, ont contribué à l'amélioration de la situation économique et sociale des imprimeurs et permis à leurs enfants comme aux membres de leur famille de se joindre à l'élite bordelaise. Grâce à leur rang social relativement élevé et à leurs relations au sein de la société locale, les imprimeurs de Bordeaux ont pu, dans une très large mesure, échapper à la censure royale

Physical Activity and Health Outcome: Evidence from Canada

Health production models include participation in physical activity as an input. We investigate the relationship between participation in physical activity and health using a bivariate probit model. Participation is identifi ed with an exclusion restriction on a variable reflecting sense of belonging to the community. Estimates based on data from Cycle 3.1 of the Canadian Community Health Survey indicate that participation in physical activity reduces the reported incidence of diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, asthma, and arthritis as well as being in fair or poor health. Increasing the intensity and frequency of participation in physical activity appears to have a diminishing marginal impact on adverse health outcomes above the moderate level.health production; physical activity; lifestyle choices; bivariate probit

Australian College of Nursing Rural Nursing and Midwifery Faculty: advocating for greater equity in rural health

[Extract] Working in rural Australia is a privilege and challenge that all rural nurses and midwives understand. Knowing the community, being known by the community, doing without, yet understanding much, can be achieved through innovative thinking and practice

Effect of dialect on identification and severity of speech impairment in Indigenous Australian children

This study investigated the effect of dialectal difference on identification and rating of severity of speech impairment in children from Indigenous Australian backgrounds. The speech of 15 Indigenous Australian children identified by their parents/caregivers and teachers as having ‘difficulty talking and making speech sounds’ was assessed using the Diagnostic Evaluation of Articulation and Phonology. Fourteen children were identified with speech impairment on the Diagnostic Evaluation of Articulation and Phonology using Standard Australian English (AusE) as the target pronunciation; whereas 13 were identified using Australian Aboriginal English (AAE) as the target. There was a statistically significant decrease in seven children’s severity classification and a statistically significant increase in all children’s percentage of consonants, vowels and phonemes correct when comparing AAE with AusE. Features of AAE used by the children included /h/ insertion and deletion, primary stress on the first syllable and diphthongs alternating with short clear vowels. It is important that speech-language pathologists consider children’s dialect as one component of culturally and linguistically appropriate services

Gender politics and security discourse

Since the United Nations Security Council adopted UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security in October 2000, there have been debates about how to achieve "gender security". This thesis explores competing modes of constructions about "gender security" within feminist and women's NGOs in Serbia, highlighting the ways that personal-political imaginations of Serbia's conflict and post-conflict pasts, presents and futures affect the logics of "gender security". Part one explores the configurations of "gender security" amongst feminist and women's NGOs in Serbia. Post-structural discourse analysis strategies are deployed to investigate the personal-political imaginations of conflict and post-conflict constituting how feminism and security is thought about. Utilising field research conducted in Serbia during 2008 and 2009, the discursive construction of competing modes of thought about gender and/or security amongst activists is revealed, highlighting that the way that conflict and post-conflict is thought about profoundly affects these modes of thought. Part two is an in-depth examination of the performance of UNseR 1325 within two case studies. UNSCR 1325 is taken to be the site of discursive contact between gender and security, and is productive of the articulation and representation of gender security policies and agendas. The first case study centres upon the feminist-pacifist debate, focussing upon Women in Black. UNSCR 1325 is utilised as a political tool to support the advocacy work of Women in Black. In contrast, the second case study explores ways specific discourses of gender security has stimulated political action. An investigation of the broader domestic violence debate in Serbia makes clear how international gender security discourses triggered an increasing concern about small arms and light weapons (SALW) abuse within domestic violence. Subsequently, activists have pushed SALW concerns higher up the domestic violence agenda in Serbia. The variations in how UNSCR 1325 is utilised is a consequence of the particular configuration of gender security, arising from personal-political imaginations of conflict and post-conflict amongst activists

Decline and Fall at the White House

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Book Reviews

Book Review

Mary C. Jane Correspondence

Entries include a newspaper clipping with a photographic image of Jane on the telephone and handwritten letters

WHO SHOULD ASK? Ethical Interviewing in Psychiatric Epidemiology Studies

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"Prism"

The dramatics of the theatre has always held a certain fascination for the choreographer. After an examination of the qualities which could be deemed most important for a dance with dramatic intent, the choreographer recognized that communication was vital to the success of the final production. This had to stem from the dancers' own enthusiasm and projection. In order to create enthusiasm, the choreographer worked on achieving believability in each dancer's character emoting honest and clear movements. "Prism" was actually about dancers. The dancers themselves had little difficulty producing the characters of the dance. Because the choreographer relied upon the dramatics of the dancers as well as the execution of the movements, projection was a primary principle in the presentation of the dance. To achieve projection through movement and dramatics, the choreographer stressed to the dancers physical and psychological elements that they strived to master. This was the dancers' responsibility to the audience