How a professionals slash writer disrupts readers' expectations

Professionals fandom is a fertile ground for AU stories. At face value, Rhiannon's The Larton Chronicles is a pleasant, cozy AU that bears only a token resemblance to the show that inspired it. On closer examination, though, it disrupts a number of the themes that thread through The Professionals, including those of sexuality, race, and class

Essential Assistance’ versus ‘Concerted Cultivation’: Theorising Class-Based Patterns of Parenting in Britain

The family is recognised by academics as a key site for the (re)production of class inequalities in several contexts, with parenting being subject to increasing scrutiny and research. Much of the research hitherto has been primarily deductive in nature – academics have tended to test and explore existing theories and the significance of particular family processes and parenting variables. This article presents a grounded theory of class-specific patterns of parenting in relation to children’s education and leisure, which was produced on the basis of 90 interviews with a case study of families from a small city in the north-west of England. Two main social classes formed the case study – a poor-working-class and a middle-class divided into three fractions. The parents from the poor-working-class and middle-class families had distinct mentalities and practices that marked two patterns of parenting, conceptualised as ‘essential assistance’ and ‘concerted cultivation’ (the latter coined by Lareau (2003)) respectively

Nursing Care of the Mechanically Ventilated Patient: What Does the Evidence Say? Part Two

The care of the mechanically ventilated patient is a fundamental component of a nurse's clinical practice in the intensive care unit (ICU). Published work relating to the numerous nursing issues of the care of the mechanically ventilated patient in the ICU is growing significantly, yet is fragmentary by nature. The purpose of this paper is to provide a single comprehensive examination of the evidence related to the care of the mechanically ventilated patient. In part one of this two-part paper, the evidence on nursing care of the mechanically ventilated patient was explored with specific focus on patient safety: particularly patient and equipment assessment. This article, part two, examines the evidence related to the mechanically ventilated patient's comfort: patient position, hygiene, management of stressors (such as communication, sleep disturbance and isolation), pain management and sedation

Is the Die Cast? Indian Casino Gambling in Maine

Gambling is the fastest-growing industry in America, earning profits of $45 billion each year. Although gambling on Indian reservations is a$6 billion business, the perception of Indian wealth from gambling revenues is far from reality. Gambling operations provide economic support for only one percent of Indians. Yet, for those who have reaped the high rewards, Indian gambling has become a staple of modern tribal economics. Complex legal issues surround Indian gambling, making it an important and often contentious part of many tribal-state relationships. Maine law prohibits many gambling activities. The Legislature, however, has carved out an exception for federally recognized Indian tribes in Maine, granting them the opportunity to operate high-stakes bingo. Nevertheless, Maine\u27s Passamaquoddy Indian Tribe has fought for the past four years to gain the State\u27s permission to engage in other gambling activities, most notably the construction and operation of a casino in Calais. The Tribe promoted its efforts under the auspices of a 1988 federal law, the Indian Regulatory Gaming Act (IGRA). The IGRA requires states to negotiate with Indian tribes wanting to open and operate gambling enterprises, including casinos. The Maine Legislature failed to pass the numerous bills introduced to authorize application of the IGRA to Maine Indians or to provide a separate statutory basis for a casino. A subsequent decision in the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit denied application of the IGRA to Maine Indians. Faced with both legislative and judicial rejection of its casino plan, the Passamaquoddy Tribe now must reevaluate what the future holds for Indian gaming in Maine. This Comment discusses the policies behind allowing Indians “special” gambling rights, including the doctrine of tribal sovereignty

“The helping, the fixtures, the kits, the gear, the gum shields, the food, the snacks, the waiting, the rain, the car rides…”: Social Class, Parenting and Children’s Organised Leisure

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Sport, Education and Society on 11/05/2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13573322.2018.1470087.Class-related parenting cultures and ideologies have been of considerable interest to academics over the last two decades. Much of the research thus far has focused on exploring Annette Lareau’s conceptualisations of ‘natural growth’ and ‘concerted cultivation’ and the implications for outcomes in relation to education. The focus of the present article is organised activities, which are a central but as yet relatively under-researched feature of middle-class parenting. The findings are based upon 73 semi-structured interviews with parents and children from 48 middle-class families living in and around a small city in northern England. The article reveals that initiating and facilitating children’s organised activities is considered a central aspect of ‘good’ parenting in middle-class social networks. It is shown how this is a consequence of several developments within society over the past three decades or so, including the rising levels of maternal employment, the growing competitiveness of the labour market and the increasing concerns related to children’s health and safety. It is argued that these developments have heightened middle-class parents’ predisposition to not only be involved with and invest in their children’s leisure biographies, but to do so in a more deliberate, rigorous and rational manner

The Iowa Homemaker vol.41, no.4

Revolution of Lafayette’s Favorite Dessert 1784-1961, Pat Fleming, page 4 Lamplighters Show the Way, page 6 Perpetuating the Profession, Phyllis Lovrien, page 7 More Faculty Faces, Mary McKennan, page 8 Uniquely Yours, Jan Wheeler, page 10 From Blenders to Hair Dryers, Sharon Sherman, page 12 Stereotype has Changed – Is It Accurate?, Mary Ellen Muckenhirn, page 1

A Tale of Two Transitions

In this paper, we examine transitions to proof courses at two institutions. Bob Wheeler has taught the course at Northern Illinois University. Both Sharon Robbert and Dave Klanderman have taught a related course at Trinity Christian College. We analyze various features of these courses and offer suggestions for other colleges and universities

Social class and the emergent organised sporting habits of primary-aged children

This paper reports on the patterns of participation in organised sports of youngsters coming towards the end of primary school, with a view to identifying emergent sporting habits in relation to social class gradients. The data for the study were generated via 90 semi-structured interviews with parents and children from 62 families. The data revealed differences in organised activity participation (both at and beyond school) between an ‘under-class’ and combined middle-class groups of children, as well as within-class gradients among the middle-class sub-groups. There were, for example, substantial differences between the under-class group and the combined middle-class group in terms of both the average number of bouts of organised sport participation and the repertoire or variety of sports engaged with. In effect, the mid- and upper-middle-class children were already sporting and cultural omnivores by the final years of primary schooling. We conclude that while the primary school organised sporting ‘offer’ may be neither a sufficient nor even a necessary contribution to the emerging sporting habits of mid- and upper-middle-class children, for under-class children it is likely to be necessary even though it may still prove, in the longer run, insufficient