Speaking the unspeakable in forbidden places: addressing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality in the primary school

This paper interrogates the ways in which school is produced as a particular bounded place (or collection of places) where sexuality, and particularly non-heterosexuality, is carefully policed by these boundaries. Drawing upon data generated in primary schools during a nationwide action research project (No Outsiders), we focus on three very different school places: the classroom, the staff room and a school -based afterschool art club. Our analysis engages with the contingency of place-making to show that place is neither a unitary experience nor a neutral stage upon which social relations are enacted. The three vignettes analysed offer insights into the critical potential of consciously and persistently working across (apparently) boundaried spaces within and beyond schools

Sheep, dingoes and kangaroos: new challenges and a change of direction 20 years on

Predation and competition are two primary forces limiting the extent to which sheep can be grazed in the Australian rangelands, particularly in Queensland. Dingo predation has been non-existent in much of the sheep zone since the localised eradication of dingoes in the early 1900s. Competition with kangaroos has been ever-present, but was previously managed (to some extent) by the commercial kangaroo harvesting industry. However, changes to dingo distribution and kangaroo densities and harvesting over the last 20 years have meant that dingo predation and kangaroo competition again threaten viable sheep production in the rangelands. Dingoes have increased their distribution and density in almost all sheep grazing areas and contemporary lethal control efforts are not preventing the decline of sheep. Loss of valuable international markets and moves to now harvest only adult male kangaroos means that the kangaroo harvesting industry produces little relief from kangaroo grazing pressure (given that kangaroo population growth is little affected by removal of adult males; see Finch et al. this volume). New approaches to dingo and kangaroo management are sorely needed to salvage and restore the production of sheep in the rangelands. In response, the installation and use of pest-proof fences is rapidly increasing in Queensland and other areas, facilitating, for the first time in nearly a century, the localised eradication of dingoes and the suppression of kangaroos to manageable numbers within fenced areas. We describe these challenges and opportunities for one site in particular (Leander Station), and offer a sheep grazier’s perspective on past and future use and management of problematic wildlife in sheep production zones

Impact of Changes in Energy Input Prices on Ethanol Importation and Prices

Demand and Price Analysis, International Relations/Trade, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,

Fragments from a Work in Progress

A long time ago in a place far away, a place called Vietnam, I had to come to grips with the monkey. The monkey was not war. As a colored woman born in the forties, the monkey was life. Vietnam just forced me to look at it. Maybe it allowed me the opportunity. Who knows. Looking back at it has been almost impossible. You see, growing up my grandmother would always say when I wanted to explain something, Baby-darling, will talking about something that has already happened change it? Of course it wouldn\u27t change anything. Any fool knows that. Well, she would say, Then it\u27s not worth talking about. You\u27re just wasting time. So on I would go, never getting a chance to understand what had happened or trying to figure out if I could have changed it. War was like that. You see, it didn\u27t matter if I talked about it, nothing would change anyway. It had already happened. It was my belief that talking about it would only take up the time that I need to work on other things

Harley Maxbauer, Interview, 2023

In November of 2023, Eastern Michigan University’s LGBT Resource Center hosted an event in collaboration with the University Archives’ Oral History Program during Transgender Awareness Week where students could share their experiences with being part of the LGBT community on and off campus. EMU student Harley Maxbauer talks about transitioning, being involved with the LGBTQ community on campus, and stepping out of your comfort zone.https://commons.emich.edu/oral_histories/1122/thumbnail.jp

Anonymous, Interview, 2023

In November of 2023, Eastern Michigan University’s LGBT Resource Center hosted an event in collaboration with the University Archives’ Oral History Program during Transgender Awareness Week where students could share their experiences with being part of the LGBT community on and off campus. Here, an EMU student talks about the conflict between the church and LGBTQ issues, finding community as a Black lesbian, and queer prom in Detroit.https://commons.emich.edu/oral_histories/1127/thumbnail.jp

You Can’t Say That on Facebook: The NLRA’s Opprobriousness Standard and Social Media

In January 2013, British music retailer HMV made headlines not only for its financial woes but also for its lay-offs, publicized by a terminated employee on HMV’s Twitter account. “[T]weeting live from HR where we’re all being fired!” was Poppy Rose Cleere, the company’s Social Media Planner, who reached out to Twitter in her frustration over the layoffs. A company in a bad situation suddenly found itself in an even worse one, as it lost its ability to control its public image. The HMV incident is illustrative of the complicated relationship employers have with social media. The HMV incident is likewise illustrative of what is at stake for companies when social media is used against their interests. In response to these fears, companies have increasingly adopted and affirmed policies delineating their expectations for employees’ personal usage of social media. Employers have also disciplined employees whose social media posts have negatively portrayed the company. This Note examines the NLRA’s opprobriousness standard as applied to social media and then argues that this standard provides a strong framework for analyzing when employees’ otherwise protected concerted activity on social media should lose its protection because the speech is impermissibly opprobrious. This Note also argues that with certain modifications, this standard should be adopted by the NLRB and subsequently by courts

Circadian Rhythm Effects of Travel on Team Performance in Major League Soccer (MLS)

MLS teams travel extensively for competition, averaging more than 37,000 miles flown per team each season. While the league takes numerous steps to encourage competitive parity among teams, there is an area of potential advantage that the league has not yet considered. Previous studies show that circadian rhythmicity impacts physiology and human performance. My research examines if there is a significant disadvantage for east coast teams traveling to the west and a significant advantage for west coast teams traveling east. The score, location, and kickoff time were recorded for every match between east and west coast teams in the last three years (sample size = 161). A chi square test and two sample t-test were used to determine if there is a significant difference between the win/loss percentages of east coast teams playing on the west coast and vice versa. Results of both tests were significant (p = .001; p = .0008). Continued research may include statistical comparisons of players’ physiological outputs and investigations of injury rates between matches played in different time zones. The implications of this research are profound, and research that leads to improvements in player health and wellness will have a positive impact on match results

The \u27Sister Kingdom\u27 on Display: Ireland in the Space of the British Exhibition, 1851-1911

British exhibitions of the nineteenth and early twentieth century were spaces that, through the display of colonial objects, promoted European, and specifically British, supremacy. During this period, Ireland occupied a unique position, and after the Act of Union in 1800 it was both a colonized space and a part of the United Kingdom. Through the analysis of seven exhibitions, this paper aims to examine the representation of the Irish in these public and often contested spaces. Ultimately, due to a number of individual agents who utilized the exhibition in order to fulfill a variety of conflicting goals, the narrative of Ireland that emerges is complex. This narrative highlights both the intricacies of the Irish question during this era, as well as the numerous functions of the exhibition

Efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine with and without artesunate for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Mozambique : a randomised controlled trial

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 83-88).[Background and rationale] Malaria accounts for a large public health burden in Mozambique and a treatment policy with effective anti-malarials is a key component of their malaria control programme. Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) are now generally considered as the best treatment for uncomplicated falciparum malaria; the use of artesunate (AS) in combination with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Mozambique policy-makers recommended that an ACT be implemented and studied in 2003. Therefore this RCT was conducted to compare SP monotherapy with AS, plus SP in order to provide further evidence of available treatment options in the region. [Trial design and methods] A prospective multi-centre, open-label, parallel-group randomised clinical trial (RCT) was conducted at 4 public health facilities in Maputo Province, Mozambique during the malaria seasons of 2003 - 2004 and 2004 - 2005. Eligible patients were aged over 1 year with body weight over 10kg and uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria (parasitaemia less than 500 000 asexual parasites/ml blood with axillary temperature less than or equal to 37.5oC or a history of fever). Patients were excluded if they took other anti- malarials or folate within 7 days, had moderately severe/severe malaria, history of G6PD deficiency or allergy to study drugs, or serious underlying disease. Patients were randomly assigned to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP): a single oral 25/1.25mg per kg dose on Day 0, with a maximum of 3 tablets), or artesunate (AS) plus SP: SP as above, plus single oral doses of 4mg/kg AS on Days 0, 1 and 2 with a maximum daily dose of 4 tablets). The study aimed to compare the efficacy of SP monotherapy to SP in combination with AS as first line treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria. The primary objective was the comparison of the time to treatment failure (the relative hazard of treatment failure) between groups using standard WHO response to treatment definitions for low to moderate malaria transmission areas, modified to a 42 day follow up. Randomisation was computer-generated with sequential allocation concealed in opaque sealed envelopes. Treatments were open-label, however laboratory staff responsible for parasite density measurements (in order to determine the primary efficacy end point) were blinded to treatment allocation