George Eliot at Southfields

George Eliot (Marian Evans) was quite delighted with Holly Lodge, Wimbledon Park Road (now No. 31) when she and George Henry Lewes took possession of it on a seven year lease on 5th February 1&59. The four storey house with wide horizons, well ventilated rooms and abundant water was a welcome change for them after four years in very cramped furnished lodgings at 8 Park Shot, Richmond, where their favourite evenings of songs at the piano had been restricted because a clergy-man happened to live on the floor below. In a letter to Sara Hennell several weeks later she was anxious, however, that her friend in the Warwickshire countryside should not picture it as a snug place, just peeping above the holly bushes. Imagine it rather as a tall cake, with a low garnish of holly and laurel - as it remains to this day. Lewes was already known in academic circles as a philosopher, literary critic and writer on natural history topics, but for reasons of discretion and natural inclination, neither of them wished to be part of the literary scene. Wanting a quiet life, the still quite rural district of Southfields seemed as ideal a place as they could manage, with opportunities for the walking they had enjoyed so much around Richmond. They had been disappointed about a Mortlake house after my own heart which turned out to have a premium fixed to the lease which made it too expensive for prudence. Holly Lodge, a semi-detached house with open parkland to south and west, had been leased from a Captain William Thomas Rivers, RN, of Wimbledon Park, who, anxious to boost the area and flatter his tenants, told them we visit with everyone round here and there are very pleasant soirees. When they expressed horror at this with the words We don\u27t visit and have no desire to be called upon , Rivers countered with a mention of a Mr. and Mrs. Congreve who visited no-one. The two couples did indeed become close friends and the Congreves were, it seems, the sole comfort in their growing disillusionment with the area. The only immediate problem was that of a servant. Within a week of moving in, Lewes\u27s journal refers to the servant we engaged on recommendation of Captain Rivers turning out to be, like all his other recommendations, a bad lot. That same day they had walked to Richmond to speak to the keeper of the Sheen Gate about a possible servant, and there is mention of a Caroline beginning work on March 7th, but after one day Marian is describing her in a letter as though a good woman, also frightfully inefficient. Advertisements were placed in The Times and requests made to friends in the country just in case there were girls who would like a place near London ...... . we would give high wages. She describes her wants to Mrs. Charles Bray: a servant who will cause me the least possible expenditure of time on household matters. Cooking is the material thing, not because Mr. Lewes is epicurean (for he is stupid of palate) but because he is, amongst his many other eminences, eminently dyspeptic. I am anxious therefore to have a cook who is not only honest, but soup making and full of devices - as good a cook as your Hannah of old time. Honesty and cleanliness are the two other emphatic requirements and a not unimportant one is a power of keeping simple accounts, What seems to have been wanted here was a mature (and well educated) cook-house-keeper and not a young girl with an offered wage of £12 per year

Ensuring Progression in Learning Development

What is commonly known as the ‘sophomore slump’ or ‘second year blues’ can be attributed to several stress related factors: fears surrounding increased levels of independent learning and self-directed study, social group cohesion with peers, personal development issues with pressures to cope with new life challenges, such as housing and finance issues (Schreiner, 2010). Evidence suggests that due to the amalgamation of these factors, students often experience a loss of engagement, struggle to manage a smooth transition into year two and, consequently, to get the best out of their intermediate level of undergraduate study (Grump, 2007). At the University of Huddersfield, we have found that fewer students access academic skills provision in their second year and that this pattern is mirrored in taught academic skills session delivery, with sessions being ‘front-loaded’ at foundation level. Our role as facilitators for the learning journey of a student requires that we engage with the progression levels of a degree programme holistically, but, are we successfully identifying and implementing relevant ‘progression points’ for each level? This workshop aims to generate a discussion around innovative pedagogical methods and strategies which work to ensure progressive development throughout the student experience and in particular at the intermediate level

Single Event Effects Testing For Low Earth Orbit Missions with Neutrons

Neutrons can effectively be used to screen electronic parts intended to be used in Low Earth Orbit. This paper compares neutron with proton environments in spacecraft and discusses recent comparison testing

The Architecture of Eastern\u27s Old Main

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GeneLink: a database to facilitate genetic studies of complex traits

BACKGROUND: In contrast to gene-mapping studies of simple Mendelian disorders, genetic analyses of complex traits are far more challenging, and high quality data management systems are often critical to the success of these projects. To minimize the difficulties inherent in complex trait studies, we have developed GeneLink, a Web-accessible, password-protected Sybase database. RESULTS: GeneLink is a powerful tool for complex trait mapping, enabling genotypic data to be easily merged with pedigree and extensive phenotypic data. Specifically designed to facilitate large-scale (multi-center) genetic linkage or association studies, GeneLink securely and efficiently handles large amounts of data and provides additional features to facilitate data analysis by existing software packages and quality control. These include the ability to download chromosome-specific data files containing marker data in map order in various formats appropriate for downstream analyses (e.g., GAS and LINKAGE). Furthermore, an unlimited number of phenotypes (either qualitative or quantitative) can be stored and analyzed. Finally, GeneLink generates several quality assurance reports, including genotyping success rates of specified DNA samples or success and heterozygosity rates for specified markers. CONCLUSIONS: GeneLink has already proven an invaluable tool for complex trait mapping studies and is discussed primarily in the context of our large, multi-center study of hereditary prostate cancer (HPC). GeneLink is freely available at

Reviews

Introduction to the Law of Employment, Industrial Relations: a Social Psychological Approach, New Zealand and the World: Essays in Honour of Wolfgang Rosenberg, Studies in Conflict: Cases in New Zealand Industrial Relations, Labour Market Economics, The Changing Contours of British Industrial Relations, Workers' Co-operatives: Jobs and Dreams, The Right to Strike, Work and People - an Economic Evaluation of Job Enrichmen

Defect-mediated metastability and carrier lifetimes in polycrystalline (Ag,Cu)(In,Ga)Se-2 absorber materials

Using a combination of optical and electrical measurements, we develop a model for metastable defects in Ag-alloyed Cu(In,Ga)Se-2, one of the leading thin film photovoltaic materials. By controlling the pre-selenization conditions of the back contact prior to the growth of polycrystalline (Ag,Cu)(In,Ga)Se-2 absorbers and subsequently exposing them to various stresses (light soaking and dark-heat), we explore the nature and role of metastable defects on the electro-optical and photovoltaic performance of high-efficiency solar cell materials and devices. Positron annihilation spectroscopy indicates that dark-heat exposure results in an increase in the concentration of the selenium-copper divacancy complex (V-Se-V-Cu), attributed to depassivation of donor defects. Deep-level optical spectroscopy finds a corresponding increase of a defect at E-v+0.98eV, and deep-level transient spectroscopy suggests that this increase is accompanied by a decrease in the concentration of mid-bandgap recombination centers. Time-resolved photoluminescence excitation spectroscopy data are consistent with the presence of the V-Se-V-Cu divacancy complex, which may act as a shallow trap for the minority carriers. Light-soaking experiments are consistent with the V-Se-V-Cu optical cycle proposed by Lany and Zunger, resulting in the conversion of shallow traps into recombination states that limit the effective minority carrier recombination time (and the associated carrier diffusion length) and an increase in the doping density that limits carrier extraction in photovoltaic devices.Peer reviewe

Improving colon cancer screening in community clinics: CRC Screening and Community Clinics

We evaluated the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of two interventions designed to promote colorectal cancer (CRC) screening in safety-net settings

The Iowa Homemaker vol.33, no.2

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