Workshop Review: Timescapes Secondary Analysis Workshop

The Timescapes Workshops were offered as three, one day events held around the UK for researchers and practitioners to learn about and interact with the Timescapes Archive. This archive forms an integral part of a five year ESRC qualitative longitudinal study which explores and documents the changing nature of personal and family relationships. The workshop provided a forum from which to explore the purpose and value of archiving qualitative data sets for future (secondary use). Issues of ownership and consent were central to many of the discussion which took place throughout the day. In addition, the practical ‘hands-on’ session with the archive raised issues about the skill of archiving for future use as well as the optimal functionality and usability of an archive for secondary analysis. This workshop provided a useful addition to the training needs increasingly required by qualitative researchers where archiving for secondary use is now an important consideration within the design and dissemination phases of research

Auctioned

This poem, Auctioned, is about slaves who were severely punished simply because of their skin tone. The setting of the poem is in the early 1800s. This poem vividly describes the hanging, whipping, and shooting of slaves

Ode to the Eye

Ode to the Eye is written in the form of an ode; whereby, it celebrates and praises the \u27eye\u27 for its ability to see the beauty of nature and its surroundings

The GENREL teletype package

A collection is presented of programs designed specifically for use on a teletype (or similar conversational time-sharing terminal). The criteria for designing these programs are given, and a description of each program is included

A chondrule in the Chainpur meteorite

Glass occurrence in chondrules as evidence for formation by rapid cooling of liquid droplets - chondritic meteorite

A Trigonometric Parallax of Sgr B2

We have measured the positions of water masers in Sgr B2, a massive star forming region in the Galactic center, relative to an extragalactic radio source with the Very Long Baseline Array. The positions measured at 12 epochs over a time span of one year yield the trigonometric parallax of Sgr B2 and hence a distance to the Galactic center of Ro=7.9 (+0.8/-0.7) kpc. The proper motion of Sgr B2 relative to Sgr A* suggests that Sgr B2 is about 0.13 kpc nearer than the Galactic center, assuming a low-eccentricity Galactic orbit.Comment: Submitted to ApJ; 4 tables; 3 figures. Version 2 corrects Fig. 2 which was missing some dat