'All at Sea': an Accusation of Piracy against William Herle in 1565

This article will concentrate—in case-study form—on a body of littlestudied and unpublished archival documents in the High Court of Admiralty (HCA) papers at the National Archives in London relating to the Elizabethan intelligencer William Herle (d. 1588). The HCA papers reveal the day-to-day workings of the administrative body responsible for the surveillance and legal process of England’s substantial coastline and home waters

Developing induction – the University of Salford experience

This article examines the work of staff within Information Services Division at the University of Salford on developing a Library and IT induction programme for students

The Joys and Sorrows of Teaching High School ESL: Sarangarel\u27s Story

Dr. Adams\u27 contribution to: In M. Robbins (Ed.), The pressures of teaching: How teachers cope with classroom stress (pp. 87-98). New York: Kaplan Publishing

Effect of organizational justice, respect, trust, and empowerment on job satisfaction and organizational commitment

Trust in managers helps to create a positive work environment for nurses, while mistrust in management impacts job satisfaction and organizational commitment (Laschinger & Finegan, 2005). One strategy in creating trust and a positive work environment is to foster nurse empowerment. This is a replication of Laschinger and Finegan’s study (2005) based on Kanter’s Structural Theory of Organizational Empowerment (1977, 1993). The purpose of this study is to examine relationships among structural empowerment, justice, respect, trust in management, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment. An anticipated sample of 250 professional direct care nurses at Bloomington Hospital in Bloomington, Indiana is expected. The Conditions of Work Effectiveness Questionnaire-II, Moorman’s Justice Scale, Siegrist’s Esteem Scale, Mishra’s Trust in Management Scale, and subscales from Williams’ and Cooper’s Pressure Management will be used to measure variables. The findings will provide information for nurse managers on factors that increase job satisfaction and organizational commitment.School of NursingThesis (M.S.

Wind-tunnel simulation of store jettison with the aid of magnetic artificial gravity

A method employed in the simulation of jettison of stores from aircraft involving small scale wind-tunnel drop tests from a model of the parent aircraft is described. Proper scaling of such experiments generally dictates that the gravitational acceleration should ideally be a test variable. A method of introducing a controllable artificial component of gravity by magnetic means has been proposed. The use of a magnetic artificial gravity facility based upon this idea, in conjunction with small scale wind-tunnel drop tests, would improve the accuracy of simulation. A review of the scaling laws as they apply to the design of such a facility is presented. The design constraints involved in the integration of such a facility with a wind tunnel are defined. A detailed performance analysis procedure applicable to such a facility is developed. A practical magnet configuration is defined which is capable of controlling the strength and orientation of the magnetic artificial gravity field in the vertical plane, thereby allowing simulation of store jettison from a diving or climbing aircraft. The factors involved in the choice between continuous or intermittent operation of the facility, and the use of normal or superconducting magnets, are defined

Signs of intelligence: William Herle's report of the Dutch situation, 1573

On the 11 June 1573 the agent William Herle sent his patron William Cecil, Lord Burghley a lengthy intelligence report of a ‘Discourse’ held with Prince William of Orange, Stadtholder of the Netherlands.∗ Running to fourteen folio manuscript pages, the Discourse records the substance of numerous conversations between Herle and Orange and details Orange’s efforts to persuade Queen Elizabeth to come to the aid of the Dutch against Spanish Habsburg imperial rule. The main thrust of the document exhorts Elizabeth to accept the sovereignty of the Low Countries in order to protect England’s naval interests and lead a league of protestant European rulers against Spain. This essay explores the circumstances surrounding the occasion of the Discourse and the context of the text within Herle’s larger corpus of correspondence. In the process, I will consider the methods by which the study of the material features of manuscripts can lead to a wider consideration of early modern political, secretarial and archival practices

A Preliminary Assessment of Tidal Flooding along the New Hampshire Coast: Past, Present and Future

This report presents the results of a preliminary study that examines several critical coastal issues for New Hampshire including sea level fluctuations (past, present and future), shoreline migrations, and tidal flooding. Included are: 1) an analysis of sea level changes over the Holocene and resulting shoreline migrations, 2) an assessment of low-lying areas with elevations below selected tidal flooding datums in coastal areas, and 3) an assessment of increases in low-lying areas that are potentially at risk to tidal flooding over the next century due to sea level rise

A Most Secret Service: William Herle and the Circulation of Intelligence

This essay examines the letters of the Elizabethan intelligencer William Herle during a period of intelligence-gathering in the Low Countries in 1582. Writing to his patrons Lord Burghley and Sir Francis Walsingham, Herle’s letters offer a rich landscape of detail and information. Yet these are not simply ‘administrative’ letters devoid of emotive expression, but display epistolary structures designed to maintain patronage, and attempting to recreate the distance between correspondent and recipient. While Herle was in Antwerp, there was an assassination attempt against William of Orange. Herle was keen to convey ‘breaking news’ as quickly as possible, and bridge the geographical distance between the English court and Delft, where the attempt occurred. In anticipation of pitfalls in postage, and to ensure that each of his recipients received the same intelligence at the same time, Herle increasingly opted to send ‘verbatim’ letters: duplicate copies of important correspondence. Letter-writers could also employ diverse methods to avoid interception and perusal, such as ciphers and the accompaniment of bearers. In this way, the letter might travel unnoticed, or under protection. These ideas of envoys and letters disseminating through porous membranes, ideally, but not necessarily, authorised and endorsed by the authorities are tantalising. I explore this transmission and translation, and attempt to determine through his letters the relationship between Herle and his correspondents; writing from a location without, reinforcing his liminal status as both spy and informant, decentralized yet essential to the English political landscape

Helicopter technology benefits and needs. Volume 2: Appendices

Vehicle design, avionics and flight systems; safety and reliability; navigation, guidance and flight control; propulsion; auxiliary systems; human factors; and monitoring and diagnostic systems are the technology areas involved in solving operational and technical problems related to the use of helicopters. Tables show the problems encountered and the proposed research and technology for helicopter use for search and rescue; emergency medical services; law enforcement; environmental control; fire fighting; and resource management