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The Attack On Pearl Harbor: The United States Enters World War Ii (milestones In American History) John C. Davenport Facts On File, Incorporated, Facts on File, New York, 2009

'The Attack on Pearl Harbor' examines the history leading up to the attack, the specifics of the raid itself, and the consequences of what President Franklin D. Roosevelt called 'a date which will live in infamy'. Suitable for use in secondary education, the book features a timeline and footnotes.

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The Achievement of E. M. Forster John Beer Humanities - Ebooks.co.uk, Humanities-Ebooks, Tirril, Penrith, 2007

'A study of Forster's work which concentrates on the roots of his literary thinking in earlier English Romanticism. The book treats Forster's work in the early short stories, A Room with a View and Where Angels Fear to Tread, The Longest Journey, Howards End and A Passage to India. It then discusses the changes in Forster's thinking after the First World War and the lasting qualities of Forster's work amidst decaying social cohesion and the loss of imaginative vision.'

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Beyond poverty and affluence : towards a Canadian economy of care Bob Goudzwaard; Harry de Lange; Mark Vander Vennen University of Toronto Press, 1995 jan 31

Beyond Poverty and Affluencece argues that, like a virus that has developed an immunity to the cure, poverty, environmental degeneration, and unemployment successfully resist the remedy of growth in industrial production. Bob Goudzwaard and Harry de Lange maintain that over the last several decades the solutions attempted by industrialized nations either have not helped or have dramatically exacerbated these problems, which have become structural features of contemporary economies. The authors propose as an alternative an 'economics of care' and offer a twelve-step program for economic recovery in Canada. Goudzwaard and de Lange contend that poverty, environmental damage, and unemployment have a common origin -namely, structural flaws in classical and contemporary neoclassical economic thought, including that of Adam Smith and Karl Marx. Drawing on the ideas of thinkers as diverse as Rene Girard and Hannah Arendt, on numerous Canadian sources, and on their own Christian tradition, the authors propose a 'pre-care' economy, which places 'care' needs first and only then addresses the scope of production, in contrast to a 'post-care' economy, which pursues maximum consumption and production. The authors also describe in detail the structural changes that the Canadian economy would have to undergo in order to become a pre-care economy. The authors' proposals deal with such issues as international currency creation, the environment, labour/management relations, the funding of social programs, the scope of production and technological development, the structure of economic decision-making, and the dropping of trade barriers in North America and Europe. BOB GOUDZWAARD, a former member of the Dutch parliament, is © www.utppublishing.com Foreword ix Working Committee on Church and Society of the World Council of Churches. This book, Beyond Poverty and Affluence, is the long-overdue English translation and North American adaptation of the third edition of the authors' work, the first edition of which appeared in 1986. The third edition was also translated and published in German. It was translated into English and edited into two editions, with this one primarily for a Canadian audience, by my esteemed friend Mark Vander Vennen. I commend both of these editions to English-language readers everywhere.

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The Attack On Pearl Harbor: The United States Enters World War Ii (milestones In American History) John C. Davenport Chelsea House Publishing, Milestones in American history, New York, cop. 2009

When December 7, 1941, dawned in Hawaii, no one expected that by the end of the day, the U.S. Pacific Fleet would lie in ruins and the United States would be at war. That morning, in just over an hour and a half, the planes of the Japanese First Carrier Striking Force sank or severely damaged 18 American warships lying at anchor at the Pearl Harbor naval base on the island of Oahu. This single air raid on a single morning altered the history of the United States and forever changed the way Americans thought about the world. The Attack on Pearl Harbor examines the history leading up to the attack, the specifics of the raid itself, and the consequences of what then-president Franklin Delano Roosevelt called a date which will live in infamy. RAPIDили

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Assessing financial vulnerability : an early warning system for emerging markets Morris Goldstein, Graciela L. Kaminsky, Carmen M. Reinhart Peterson Institute for International Economics, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington, D.C., 2000

This study analyzes and provides empirical tests of early warning indicators of banking and currency crises in emerging economies.

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The Boxing Scene (Sporting) Thomas Hauser Temple University Press, First Printing, 2008

Thomas Hauser has been called "one of boxing's greatest writers. The Boxing Scene , Hauser's provocative new anthology, contains all of his trademark insights and candor as he peels away layers of hypocrisy to reveal the men who make up the contemporary boxing landscape. Hauser exposes the inner workings of HBO Sports; examines the phenomenon of mixed martial arts as it relates to boxing; and records the amusing encounter between his 81-year-old mother and larger-than-life boxing impresario Don King. The Boxing Scene also updates Hauser's personal and professional thoughts on superstars like Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Ricky Hatton, Miguel Cotto, and Bernard Hopkins as well as fight promoter Bob Arum, announcer Bob Sheridan and a host of others. The Boxing Scene recreates another year in professional boxing and adds to Hauser's definitive record of the sport.

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The Boxing Scene (Sporting) Hauser, Thomas Temple University Press, Temple University Press, Philadelphia, PA, 2009

Thomas Hauser has been called "one of boxing's greatest writers. The Boxing Scene , Hauser's provocative new anthology, contains all of his trademark insights and candor as he peels away layers of hypocrisy to reveal the men who make up the contemporary boxing landscape. Hauser exposes the inner workings of HBO Sports; examines the phenomenon of mixed martial arts as it relates to boxing; and records the amusing encounter between his 81-year-old mother and larger-than-life boxing impresario Don King. The Boxing Scene also updates Hauser's personal and professional thoughts on superstars like Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Ricky Hatton, Miguel Cotto, and Bernard Hopkins as well as fight promoter Bob Arum, announcer Bob Sheridan and a host of others. The Boxing Scene recreates another year in professional boxing and adds to Hauser's definitive record of the sport.

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Blue Skies : A History of Cable Television Patrick R. Parsons Temple University Press, Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 2008

Cable television is arguably the dominant mass media technology in the U.S. today. Blue Skies traces its history in detail, depicting the important events and people that shaped its development, from the precursors of cable TV in the 1920s and '30s to the first community antenna systems in the 1950s, and from the creation of the national satellite-distributed cable networks in the 1970s to the current incarnation of "info-structure" that dominates our lives. Author Patrick Parsons also considers the ways that economics, public perception, public policy, entrepreneurial personalities, the social construction of the possibilities of cable, and simple chance all influenced the development of cable TV. Since the 1960s, one of the pervasive visions of "cable" has been of a ubiquitous, flexible, interactive communications system capable of providing news, information, entertainment, diverse local programming, and even social services. That set of utopian hopes became known as the "Blue Sky" vision of cable television, from which the book takes its title. Thoroughly documented and carefully researched, yet lively, occasionally humorous, and consistently insightful, Blue Skies is the genealogy of our media society.

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Between the Lines : South Asians and Postcoloniality Bahri, Deepika;Vasudeva, Mary Temple University Press, 1, 2009

This ground-breaking collection of new interviews, critical essays, and commentary explores South Asian identity and culture. Sensitive to the false homogeneity implied by "South Asian," "diaspora," "postcolonial," and "Asian American," the contributors attempt to unpack these terms. By examining the social, economic, and historical particularities of people who live "between the lines"—on and between borders—they reinstate questions of power and privilege, agency and resistance. As South Asians living in the United States and Canada, each to some degree must reflect on the interaction of the personal "I," the collective "we," and the world beyond. The South Asian scholars gathered together in this volume speak from a variety of theoretical perspectives; in the essays and interviews that cross the boundaries of conventional academic disciplines, they engage in intense, sometimes contentious, debate. Contributors: Meena Alexander, Gauri Viswanathan, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Amritjit Singh, M. G. Vassanji, Sohail Inayatullah, Ranita Chatterjee, Benita Mehta, Sanjoy Majumder, Mahasveta Barua, Sukeshi Kamra, Samir Dayal, Pushpa Naidu Parekh, Indrani Mitra, Huma Ibrahim, Amitava Kumar, Shantanu DuttaAhmed, Uma Parameswaran. In the series Asian American History and Culture , edited by Sucheng Chan, David Palumbo-Liu, Michael Omi, K. Scott Wong, and Linda Trinh Võ.

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The Attack on Pearl Harbor: The United States Enters World War II (Milestones in American History) John C. Davenport Chelsea House Publications, 1 edition, August 30, 2008

'The Attack on Pearl Harbor' examines the history leading up to the attack, the specifics of the raid itself, and the consequences of what President Franklin D. Roosevelt called 'a date which will live in infamy'. Suitable for use in secondary education, the book features a timeline and footnotes.

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The Boxing Scene (Sporting) Hauser, Thomas Temple University Press, Sporting (Philadelphia, Pa.), Philadelphia, PA, 2009

Fights And Fighters -- Evander Holyfield And The Impossible Dream -- John And Grainne : A Love Story -- Boxing Awaits De La Hoya-mayweather -- Floyd's World -- De La Hoya-mayweather In Perspective -- Footnote To History -- The Enigmatic Shannon Briggs -- Bob Arum Mans The Ramparts With Cotto-judah -- Bernard Hopkins : He's Baaack! -- Bernard Hopkins : History In The Making -- Taylor-pavlik : And The New Middleweight Champion Of The World . . . -- Forget The Belts : Madison Square Garden : October 6, 2007 -- Cotto-mosley : Youth Will Be Served -- Vinny Maddalone : When The Candle Burns Out, I'll Walk Away -- The American Perception Of British Fighters -- Ricky Hatton In Las Vegas : Dreams Vs. Reality -- Jack Dempsey -- Curiosities, Issues, And Answers -- Hbo Boxing : The Challenge -- Some Thoughts From The Hammerstein Ballroom -- Hbo Notes -- The Void -- More On The Heavyweights -- A Boxing Fan Looks At Mixed Martial Arts -- No One Is Enforcing The Federal Boxing Laws -- Agenda For The New York State Athletic Commission -- Bob Sheridan -- Are There Fewer Good Trainers Than Before ? -- A Note On Jim Lampley -- If Boxing Ruled Baseball -- My 81-year-old Mother Meets Don King -- Hauser's Fourteen -- Fistic Nuggets -- Fistic Notes -- More Important Than Boxing : 2007 -- The Heavyweights Rate The Writers -- Tempest Storm -- If There's Free Food, Grab It -- Ticket Scalping And Boxing -- Larry Merchant And Hbo. Thomas Hauser. Includes Bibliographical References.

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Achieving Against the Odds: How Academics Become Teachers of Diverse Students (The New Academy) Esther Kingston-Mann; R. Timothy Sieber; Project Muse Philadelphia: Temple University Press, Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 2001

"High school was like a penance imposed for some unknown sin. Everything I ever learned that was important was learned outside of school. So I never thought to associate schools with learning." (Amy, UMass Boston student) Today's diverse and financially burdened students enter higher education eager to succeed at institutions originally designed for culturally homogenous and predominantly white middle-class populations. They are expected to learn from faculty trained primarily as researchers. Unsurprisingly, student dropout and faculty burnout rates are high, leading some conservatives to demand that higher education purge itself of "unqualified" students and teachers. But, as Achieving Against the Odds demonstrates, new and better solutions emerge once we assume that both faculty and students still possess a mutual potential for learning when they meet in the college classroom. This collection -- drawing on the experiences of faculty at the University of Massachusetts-Boston -- documents a complex and challenging process of pedagogical transformation. The contributors come from a wide range of disciplines -- American studies, anthropology, Asian American studies, English, ESL, history, language, political science, psychology, sociology, and theology. Like their students, they bring a variety of backgrounds into the classroom -- as people of color, women, gays, working class people, and "foreigners" of one sort or another. Together they have engaged in an exciting struggle to devise pedagogies which respond to the needs and life experiences of their students and to draw each of them into a dialogue with the content and methodology of their disciplines. Courageously airing their own mistakes and weaknesses alongside their breakthroughs, they illuminate for the reader a process of teaching transformation by which discipline-trained scholars discover how to promote the learning of diverse students. As one reads their essays, one is struck by how much these faculty have benefited from the insights they have gleaned from colleagues as well as students. Through argument and examples, personal revelation and references as well as students. Through argument and examples, personal revelation and references to authority, they draw the reader into their community. This is a book to inspire and enlighten everyone interested in making higher education more truly democratic, inclusive and intellectually challenging for today's students.

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The Black Loyalists : The Search for a Promised Land in Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone, 1783-1870 Walker, James W. St. G. Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, 1993 dec 31

There is a Canadian myth about the Loyalists who left the United States after the American Revolution for Canada. The myth says they were white, upper-class citizens devoted to British ideals, transplanting the best of colonial American society to British North America. In reality, more than 10 per cent of the Loyalists who came to the Maritime provinces were black and had been slaves. The Black Loyalists tells the story of one such group who came to Nova Scotia, but didn't stay. James Walker documents their experience in Canada, following them across the Atlantic as they became part of a unique colonial experiment in Sierra Leone.

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American Royalty : The Bush and Clinton Families and the Danger to the American Presidency Corrigan, Matthew T Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, The Evolving American Presidency, 1st ed. 2008, New York, 2008

Introduction -- American democracy and family presidencies -- Families matter -- The father begins a dynasty -- The Clintons take power -- The Bush redemption -- From first lady to president? -- The prince in waiting.;The Bush-Clinton families' hold on the American presidency is a danger to the presidency itself and to American democracy. This book will highlight the problems and the consequences of combining the most powerful political office in the world with family legacies.

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Black Religion : Malcolm X, Julius Lester, and Jan Willis William David Hart (auth.) Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, Springer Nature, New York, N.Y., 2008

This book explores the spiritual dimensions (political, racial, sexual, and violent) of Malcolm X's journey from Christianity to Islam, Julius Lester's journey from Christianity to Judaism, and Jan Willis's journey from Christianity to Buddhism.

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American Environmental Leaders : From the Colonial Times to the Present Becher, Anne; Richey, Joseph Grey House Publishing, Inc, Grey House Publishing, Millerton, NY, 2008

A comprehensive and diverse, award-winning collection of biographies of the most important figures in American environmentalism. As our environment changes, and environmental concerns become more and more prevalent, this encyclopedia provides much-needed information on the key players in the environmental movement.

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Alexander Graham Bell and the Telephone: The Invention That Changed Communication (Milestones in American History) Samuel Willard Crompton, Samuel Etinde Crompton Facts On File, Incorporated, Milestones in American History, Library Binding, 2008

Presents the story of Alexander Graham Bell, the man who invented the telephone, and the changes that came about because of his invention.

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Blue Skies : A History of Cable Television Patrick Robert Parsons Temple University Press, Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 2008

**Blue Skies** is the first complete history of cable television, the most influential technology affecting the lives of almost every American. Author Patrick Parsons writes about the early days of cable -- they go back farther than most people know -- and the pioneers in the last half of the twentieth century whose business skills, entrepreneurial instinct, and luck all played out to give rise to the most ubiquitous technology in the country-- still outpacing computers and the internet -- cable TV.

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Blake's humanism [electronic resource John Beer; ProQuest (Firm) Humanities - Ebooks.co.uk, 2Rev e., 2007

'An illustrated study of the social, political and literary thought underlying Blake's Songs and the Prophetic Books, culminating in Milton. It considers the guiding forces behind Visions of the Daughters of Albion and The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, the roles of vision and energy in the Songs of Innocence and of Experience and lyrics such as ‘The Mental Traveller', Blakes's attempts at mythological interpretation of current events, first in ‘The French Revolution'and then in the prophetic books America, Europe and The Song of Los, and how Blake's fourfold vision is employed as a means of interpreting and illustrating major predecessors such as Milton and Chaucer.'

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Allergy Frontiers. Volume 2, Classification and Pathomechanisms Isabella Pali-Schöll, Erika Jensen-Jarolim (auth.), Ruby Pawankar, Stephen T. Holgate, Lanny J. Rosenwasser (eds.) Springer Tokyo, Allergy Frontiers 2, 2, 1, 2009

When I entered the field of allergy in the early 1970s, the standard textbook was a few hundred pages, and the specialty was so compact that texts were often authored entirely by a single individual and were never larger than one volume. Compare this with Allergy Frontiers: Epigenetics, Allergens, and Risk Factors, the present s- volume text with well over 150 contributors from throughout the world. This book captures the explosive growth of our specialty since the single-author textbooks referred to above. The unprecedented format of this work lies in its meticulous attention to detail yet comprehensive scope. For example, great detail is seen in manuscripts dealing with topics such as “Exosomes, naturally occurring minimal antigen presenting units” and “Neuropeptide S receptor 1 (NPSR1), an asthma susceptibility gene.” The scope is exemplified by the unique approach to disease entities normally dealt with in a single chapter in most texts. For example, anaphylaxis, a topic u- ally confined to one chapter in most textbooks, is given five chapters in Allergy Frontiers. This approach allows the text to employ multiple contributors for a single topic, giving the reader the advantage of being introduced to more than one vi- point regarding a single disease.

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Adequacy of retirement income after pension reforms in Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe: nine country studies Holzmann, Robert; Guven, Ufuk, 1972- World Bank Publications, Independent Publishers Group, Washington, DC, 2009

The former transition countries of Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe (CESE) inherited defined benefit public pension systems financed on a pay-as-you-go basis. Under central planning, these systems exhibited fiscal strains which worsened during the early years of the transition and became unsustainable under a market economy and projected population aging. All CESE countries introduced reforms that varied but typically focused on issues of sustainability rather than benefit adequacy. Nine case studies--Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Serbi.

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Black Theatre : Ritual Performance In The African Diaspora edited by Paul Carter Harrison, Victor Leo Walker II and Gus Edwards Eurospan, Temple University Press, Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 2002

Generating a new understanding of the past--as well as a vision for the future--this path-breaking volume contains essays written by playwrights, scholars, and critics that analyze African American theatre as it is practiced today. Even as they acknowledge that Black experience is not monolithic, these contributors argue provocatively and persuasively for a Black consciousness that creates a culturally specific theatre. This theatre, rooted in an African mythos, offers ritual rather than realism; it transcends the specifics of social relations, reaching toward revelation. The ritual performance that is intrinsic to Black theatre renews the community; in Paul Carter Harrison's words, it "reveals the Form of Things Unknown" in a way that "binds, cleanses, and heals."

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Adequacy of Retirement Income after Pension Reforms in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe: Eight Country Studies (Directions in Development; Finance) Holzmann, Robert ;Guven, Ufuk World Bank Publications, 2009 mar 20

The former transition countries of Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe (CESE) inherited defined benefit public pension systems financed on a pay-as-you-go basis. Under central planning, these systems exhibited fiscal strains which worsened during the early years of the transition and became unsustainable under a market economy and projected population aging. All CESE countries introduced reforms that varied with regard to the choice between parametric and systemic reforms and over the introduction of funding but typically focused on issues of sustainability rather than benefit adequacy. To assess benefit adequacy of the reformed systems against the imperative of long-term fiscal sustainability individual studies for nine CESE countries Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Serbia have been prepared. Benefit adequacy is thereby assessed by the gross and net replacement rates for steady state conditions approximated by the year 2040 for both income and contribution record dimension of the insured. These nine case studies plus a summary are compiled in this book suggesting the following broad policy conclusions: (i) fiscal sustainability has improved in most study countries, but few are fully prepared for the inevitability of population aging; (ii) the linkage between contributions and benefits has been strengthened, and pension system designs are better suited to market conditions; (iii) levels of income replacement are generally adequate for all but some categories of workers (including those with intermittent formal sector employment or low lifetime wages) - addressing their needs will require macro and microeconomic initiatives that go beyond pension policy; (iv) further reforms to cope with population aging should focus on extending labor force participation by the elderly to avoid benefit cuts that could undermine adequacy and very high contribution rates that could discourage formal sector employment; and (v) more decisive financial market reforms are needed for funded provisions to deliver on the return expectations of participants.

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Amerindian rebirth : reincarnation belief among North American Indians and Inuit : Session on Native North American reincarnation beliefs : Annual meeting : Papers Mills, Antonia (editor);Slobodin, Richard (editor) University of Toronto Press, 1994 dec 31

Until now few people have been aware of the prevalence of belief in some form of rebirth or reincarnation among North American native peoples. This collection of essays by anthropologists and one psychiatrist examines this concept among native American societies, from near the time of contact until the present day.Amerindian Rebirth opens with a foreword by Gananath Obeyesekere that contrasts North American and Hindu/Buddhist/Jain beliefs. The introduction gives an overview, and the first chapter summarizes the context, distribution, and variety of recorded belief. All the papers chronicle some aspect of rebirth belief in a number of different cultures. Essays cover such topics as seventeenth-century Huron eschatology, Winnebago ideology, varying forms of Inuit belief, and concepts of rebirth found among subarctic natives and Northwest Coast peoples.The closing chapters address the genesis and anthropological study of Amerindian reincarnation. In addition, the possibility of evidence for the actuality of rebirth is addressed. Amerindian Rebirth will further our understanding of concepts of self-identity, kinship, religion, cosmology, resiliency, and change among native North American peoples

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Amerindian rebirth : reincarnation belief among North American Indians and Inuit : Session on Native North American reincarnation beliefs : Annual meeting : Papers Antonia Curtze Mills; Richard Slobodin; Canadian Anthropology Society Meeting (1990 : Montréal, Québec) University of Toronto Press, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1994

"Until now few people have been aware of the prevalence of belief in some form of rebirth or reincarnation among North American native peoples. This collection of essays by anthropologists and one psychiatrist examines this concept among native American societies, from near the time of contact until the present day. Amerindian Rebirth opens with a foreword by Gananath Obeyesekere that contrasts North American and Hindu Buddhist Jain beliefs. The introduction gives an overview, and the first chapter summarizes the context, distribution, and variety of recorded belief. All the papers chronicle some aspect of rebirth belief in a number of different cultures. Essays cover such topics as seventeenth-century Huron eschatology, Winnebago ideology, varying forms of Inuit belief, and concepts of rebirth found among subarctic natives and Northwest Coast peoples. The closing chapters address the genesis and anthropological study of Amerindian reincarnation. In addition, the possibility of evidence for the actuality of rebirth is addressed. Amerindian Rebirth will further our understanding of concepts of self-identity, kinship, religion, cosmology, resiliency, and change among native North American peoples."--Publisher website

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Amerindian rebirth : reincarnation belief among North American Indians and Inuit : Session on Native North American reincarnation beliefs : Annual meeting : Papers Antonia Curtze Mills (Editor), Richard Slobodin (Editor) University of Toronto Press, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1994

Until now few people have been aware of the prevalence of belief in some form of rebirth or reincarnation among North American native peoples. This collection of essays by anthropologists and one psychiatrist examines this concept among native American societies, from near the time of contact until the present day.Amerindian Rebirth opens with a foreword by Gananath Obeyesekere that contrasts North American and Hindu/Buddhist/Jain beliefs. The introduction gives an overview, and the first chapter summarizes the context, distribution, and variety of recorded belief. All the papers chronicle some aspect of rebirth belief in a number of different cultures. Essays cover such topics as seventeenth-century Huron eschatology, Winnebago ideology, varying forms of Inuit belief, and concepts of rebirth found among subarctic natives and Northwest Coast peoples.The closing chapters address the genesis and anthropological study of Amerindian reincarnation. In addition, the possibility of evidence for the actuality of rebirth is addressed. Amerindian Rebirth will further our understanding of concepts of self-identity, kinship, religion, cosmology, resiliency, and change among native North American peoples

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Blue Politics : Pornography and the Law in the Age of Feminism Dany Lacombe University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division, 1, 1994

In 1985 the Special Committee on Pornography and Prostitution, the Fraser Committee, recommended the criminalization of violent and degrading sexually explicit material on the ground that it harmed women. On two occasions (in 1986 with Bill C-114 and in 1987 with Bill C-54) the Mulroney government proposed a more restrictive approach to the regulation of pornography. Despite the support of various feminist and religious/family-oriented organizations, the government's attempts at law reform failed. Obscenity provisions were neither repealed nor replaced by a law criminalizing pornography. Blue Politics looks at the social and political mechanisms that initiated, shaped, and finally defeated the controversial legal proposals of the Conservative government in the 1980s.Dany Lacombe documents the emergence of a feminist definition of pornography, analyses the impact this definition had on the debate between conservative and civil libertarian organizations, and identifies the emergence of groups who strongly resisted the attempt to reform the law: feminists against censorship and sex radicals. Finally, she examines the way in which institutional practices are shaped by and yet shape the power relations between groups. The emphasis is on the way such power relations are embodied in the policy-making process.Drawing on Michel Foucault's concept of `power/knowledge,' Lacombe reveals how the process to criminalize pornography inaugurated a controversial politics that produced collective identities and transformed power relations. She shows law reform as a strategy that both constrains and enables action.

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Amerindian rebirth : reincarnation belief among North American Indians and Inuit : Session on Native North American reincarnation beliefs : Annual meeting : Papers Antonia Mills, Richard Slobodin (editor) Univeristy of Toronto Press, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1994

Emerging in part from papers presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Anthropological Society, Montreal, 1990, this collection of essays examines the concept of rebirth or reincarnation among Native American societies, from near the time of contact until the present day. Following a foreword by Gananath Obeyesekere that contrasts North American and Hindu/Buddhist/Jain beliefs, an introductory overview, and a chapter that summarizes the context, distribution, and variety of recorded belief, all of the papers chronicle some aspect of rebirth belief in a number of different cultures. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Black Theatre : Ritual Performance In The African Diaspora Harrison, Paul Carter; Edwards, Gus; Walker Ii, Victor Leo Temple University Press; Temple Univ Pr, Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 2002

An insider's view of Black theatres of the world and how they reflect their culture, concerns, and history.;Generating a new understanding of the past--as well as a vision for the future--this path-breaking volume contains essays written by playwrights, scholars, and critics that analyze African American theatre as it is practiced today. Even as they acknowledge that Black experience is not monolithic, these contributors argue provocatively and persuasively for a Black consciousness that creates a culturally specific theatre. This theatre, rooted in an African mythos, offers ritual rather than realism; it transcends the specifics of social relations, reaching toward revelation. The ritual performance that is intrinsic to Black theatre renews the community; in Paul Carter Harrison's words, it "reveals the Form of Things Unknown" in a way that "binds, cleanses, and heals."

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Borderless borders: U.S. latinos, latins americans, and the paradox of interdependence edited by Frank Bonilla ... [et al.] Temple University Press, 1, 2010

Borderless Borders Describes The Structural Processes And Active Interventions Taking Place Inside And Outside U.s. Latino Communities. After A Context-setting Introduction By Urban Planner Rebecca Morales, The Contributors Focus On Four Themes. Economist Manuel Pastor Jr., Urban Sociologist Saskia Sassen, And Political Scientist Carol Wise Look At Emerging Forms Of Global And Transnational Interdependence And At Whether They Are Likely To Produce Individuals Who Are Economically Independent Or Simply More Dependent. Sociologist Jorge Chapa, Social Anthropologist Maria P. Fernández Kelly, And Economist Edwin Meléndez Examine The Negative Impact Of Economic And Political Restructuring Within The United States, Especially Within Latino Communities. Performance Artist Guillermo Gomez-peña, Legal Scholar Gerald Torres, Political Scientist María De Los Angeles Torres, And Modern Language Specialist Silvio Torres-saillant Consider The Implications - For Community Formation, Citizenship, Political Participation, And Human Rights - Of The Fact That Individuals Are Forced To Construct Identities For Themselves In More Than One Sociopolitical Setting. Finally, Sociologist Jeremy Brecher, Sociologist Frank Bonilla, And Political Scientist Pedro Cabán Speculate On New Paths Into International Relations And Issue-oriented Social Movements And Organizations Among These Mobile Populations.--publisher Description. Dependence Or Interdependence: Issues And Policy Choices Facing Latin Americans And Latinos / Rebecca Morales -- Interdependence, Inequality, And Identity: Linking Latinos And Latin Americans / Manuel Pastor, Jr. -- Trading Places: U.s. Latinos And Trade Liberalization In The Americas / Manuel Pastor, Jr., And Carol Wise -- The Transnationalization Of Immigration Policy / Saskia Sassen -- The Burden Of Interdependence: Demographic, Economic, And Social Prospects For Latinos In The Reconfigured U.s. Economy / Jorge Chapa -- From Estrangement To Affinity: Dilemmas Of Identity Among Hispanic Children / Patricia Fernández-kelly -- The Economic Development Of El Barrio / Edwin Meléndez -- 1995-terreno Peligroso/danger Zone: Cultural Relations Between Chicanos And Mexicans At The End Of The Century / Guillermo Gómez-peña -- Visions Of Dominicanness In The United States / Silvio Torres-saillant -- The Legacy Of Conquest And Discovery: Meditations On Ethnicity, Race, And American Politics / Gerald Torres -- Transnational Political And Cultural Identities: Crossing Theoretical Borders / María De Los Angeles Torres -- Popular Movements And Economic Globalization / Jeremy Brecher -- The New Synthesis Of Latin American And Latino Studies / Pedro Cabán -- Rethinking Latino/latin American Interdependence: New Knowing, New Practice / Frank Bonilla. Edited By Frank Bonilla ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 231-275) And Index.

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Humanities Insights : Barthes Mireille Ribière; Mark Addis Humanities-Ebooks, LLP, Humanities Insights, Penrith, Palo Alto, Jan. 2008

'This comprehensive presentation of Roland Barthes's work tracks his intellectual evolution, with particular emphasis on those areas where his influence is felt most strongly today. Key stages in Barthes's intellectual itinerary are discussed in seven core chapters: Mythologies; Semiology; New criticism; Structuralism; Reader writer and text; Pleasure, the body and the self; and Photography. In each chapter concepts are contextualised so that the reader may understand the issues debated during the period under scrutiny, and the strength and originality of Barthes's contribution to those debates surrounding cultural forms. The successive shifts in Barthes's thought are also carefully explained and highlighted to avoid any confusion in the readers mind between concepts or theories developed at different stages. Another three chapters (Barthes in perspective; Barthes's legacy; and Paradox: a way of thinking) offer an overview of Barthes's career and a general assessment of his place in the intellectual landscape of the last fifty years.'

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Mark Twain : his words, wit, and wisdom Gary L. Bloomfield; Michael Richards Lyons Press, Guilford, Connecticut, 2017

A unique collection of quotes and photos revealing a new side of Mark Twain's humor and wit. A highly entertaining collection of timeless quotations from Mark Twain. The 19th-centurey American writer, humorist, public speaker, and publisher wrote hundreds of short stories, and his best-known novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, still read more than 130 years later. Born with the visit of Halley's Comet in 1835, he died when the comet returned to the solar system in 1910. He remains one of the most quoted – and quotable – American writers of all time. It includes more than 100 glorious images of this most famous son of Hannibal, Missouri.

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AIDS : Crisis in Professional Ethics Davis, Michael;Cohen, Elliot D Temple University Press, Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 1994

Professionals face tough questions raised by the AIDS pandemic

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Antifoundationalism old and new Rockmore, Tom;Singer, Beth J Temple University Press, 1, 2009

Cover 1 Frontmatter 2 Contents 6 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 8 INTRODUCTION 12 One. The Limits of Metaphysics and the Limits of Certainty 24 Two. Foundationalism in Plato? 52 Three. Foundationalism and Temporal Paradox: The Case of Augustine's Confessions 68 Four. Hierarchy and Early Empiricism 96 Five. Hegel, German Idealism, and Antifoundationalism 116 Six. Nietzsche and the Problem of Ground 138 Seven. Like Bridges without Piers: Beyond the Foundationalist Metaphor 154 Eight. Pragmatism and the Reconstruction of Metaphysics: Toward a New Understanding of Foundations 176 Nine. Metaphysics without Mirrors 200 Ten. Metaphysics and Validation 220 ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS 250 INDEX OF NAMES 254 INDEX OF TITLES 258 Publisher:Temple University Press,Published:1991,ISBN:9781439900932,Language:English,OCLC:316066727 "[The book] illuminate[s] the philosophical urge to attain certainty and system, and especially system that is based on certain and indubitable ground. The historical approach works well.... This collection makes no pretensions, yet manages to deliver important contributions to the continuing inquiry." â€”John Lachs, Vanderbilt University The debate over foundationalism, the viewpoint that there exists some secure foundation upon which to build a system of knowledge, appears to have been resolved and the antifoundationalists have at least temporarily prevailed. From a firmly historical approach, the book traces the foundationalism/antifoundationalism controversy in the work of many important figuresâ€”Animaxander, Aristotle and Plato, Augustine, Descartes, Hegel and Nietzsche, Habermas and Chisholm, and othersâ€”throughout the history of philosophy. The contributors, Joseph Margolis, Ronald Polansky, Gary Calore, Fred and Emily Michael, William Wurzer, Charlene Haddock Siegfried, Sandra B. Rosenthal, Kathleen Wallace, and the editors present well the diversity, interest, and roots of antifoundationalism.

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Applications of Feminist Legal Theory to Women's Lives: Sex, Violence, Work and Reproduction. Women in the Political Economy. Weisberg, D. Kelly Temple University Press, Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 1996

This book, the second of two volumes, examines the pressing issues that affect women—pornography, prostitution, battery, rape, pay equity, sexual harassment, motherhood, abortion, adoption, new reproductive technologies—and considers them through the lens of feminist legal theory. It features more than sixty articles by well-known legal scholars and feminists. The contributions are arranged thematically and include an introduction and comprehensive literature review by the editor. Applications of Feminist Legal Theory to Women's Lives will be a valuable text for students, a resource for scholars and policy makers, and a useful introduction for general readers.

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77 ways to improve your wellbeing : how to use ancient Chinese wisdom to enhance your physical, mental and spiritual health Hicks, Angela, 1952- Oxford : Spring Hill, Perseus Books, LLC, Oxford, 2009

1 online resource (244 pages), In China, people send greetings by wishing a person 'a long and healthy life'. Our natural state is to be healthy and happy. This includes having a calm mind, a healthy body and emotional resourcefulness. This book reveals the profound, yet simple health maintenance secrets that Chinese medicine has developed over many centuries. These secrets enable us to deal with stress and return to our natural balance. In this book, you will discover guidelines about many aspects of our lifestyle including: UNDERSTANDING OUR OWN PARTICULAR CONSTITUTION EATING WELL FOR OUR OWN UNIQUE NEEDS BEING EMOTIONALL, Includes bibliographical references and index, Print version record, Author's note; Introduction; Chapter 1. You Can Be Really Well; Chapter 2. The Secrets of Healthy Eating; Chapter 3. Balance Your Emotions; Chapter 4. Adjusting Work, Rest and Exercise; Chapter 5. Protecting Yourself from the Environment; Chapter 6. Respecting Your Constitution; Chapter 7. Staying Healthy and Preventing Disease; Chapter 8. Sixteen Tips To Improve Your Lifestyle; Notes; Glossary; Reading list; Useful addresses; Index

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Achieving Against the Odds: How Academics Become Teachers of Diverse Students (The New Academy) Esther Kingston-Mann; R. Timothy Sieber; Project Muse Philadelphia: Temple University Press, Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 2001

"High school was like a penance imposed for some unknown sin. Everything I ever learned that was important was learned outside of school. So I never thought to associate schools with learning." (Amy, UMass Boston student) Today's diverse and financially burdened students enter higher education eager to succeed at institutions originally designed for culturally homogenous and predominantly white middle-class populations. They are expected to learn from faculty trained primarily as researchers. Unsurprisingly, student dropout and faculty burnout rates are high, leading some conservatives to demand that higher education purge itself of "unqualified" students and teachers. But, as Achieving Against the Odds demonstrates, new and better solutions emerge once we assume that both faculty and students still possess a mutual potential for learning when they meet in the college classroom. This collection -- drawing on the experiences of faculty at the University of Massachusetts-Boston -- documents a complex and challenging process of pedagogical transformation. The contributors come from a wide range of disciplines -- American studies, anthropology, Asian American studies, English, ESL, history, language, political science, psychology, sociology, and theology. Like their students, they bring a variety of backgrounds into the classroom -- as people of color, women, gays, working class people, and "foreigners" of one sort or another. Together they have engaged in an exciting struggle to devise pedagogies which respond to the needs and life experiences of their students and to draw each of them into a dialogue with the content and methodology of their disciplines. Courageously airing their own mistakes and weaknesses alongside their breakthroughs, they illuminate for the reader a process of teaching transformation by which discipline-trained scholars discover how to promote the learning of diverse students. As one reads their essays, one is struck by how much these faculty have benefited from the insights they have gleaned from colleagues as well as students. Through argument and examples, personal revelation and references as well as students. Through argument and examples, personal revelation and references to authority, they draw the reader into their community. This is a book to inspire and enlighten everyone interested in making higher education more truly democratic, inclusive and intellectually challenging for today's students.

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The Boxing Scene (Sporting) Hauser, Thomas Temple University Press, Sporting (Philadelphia, Pa.), Philadelphia, PA, 2009

Fights And Fighters -- Evander Holyfield And The Impossible Dream -- John And Grainne : A Love Story -- Boxing Awaits De La Hoya-mayweather -- Floyd's World -- De La Hoya-mayweather In Perspective -- Footnote To History -- The Enigmatic Shannon Briggs -- Bob Arum Mans The Ramparts With Cotto-judah -- Bernard Hopkins : He's Baaack! -- Bernard Hopkins : History In The Making -- Taylor-pavlik : And The New Middleweight Champion Of The World . . . -- Forget The Belts : Madison Square Garden : October 6, 2007 -- Cotto-mosley : Youth Will Be Served -- Vinny Maddalone : When The Candle Burns Out, I'll Walk Away -- The American Perception Of British Fighters -- Ricky Hatton In Las Vegas : Dreams Vs. Reality -- Jack Dempsey -- Curiosities, Issues, And Answers -- Hbo Boxing : The Challenge -- Some Thoughts From The Hammerstein Ballroom -- Hbo Notes -- The Void -- More On The Heavyweights -- A Boxing Fan Looks At Mixed Martial Arts -- No One Is Enforcing The Federal Boxing Laws -- Agenda For The New York State Athletic Commission -- Bob Sheridan -- Are There Fewer Good Trainers Than Before ? -- A Note On Jim Lampley -- If Boxing Ruled Baseball -- My 81-year-old Mother Meets Don King -- Hauser's Fourteen -- Fistic Nuggets -- Fistic Notes -- More Important Than Boxing : 2007 -- The Heavyweights Rate The Writers -- Tempest Storm -- If There's Free Food, Grab It -- Ticket Scalping And Boxing -- Larry Merchant And Hbo. Thomas Hauser. Includes Bibliographical References.

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Antifoundationalism Old and New edited by Tom Rockmore and Beth J. Singer Temple University Press, Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 1992

"[The book] illuminate[s] the philosophical urge to attain certainty and system, and especially system that is based on certain and indubitable ground. The historical approach works well.... This collection makes no pretensions, yet manages to deliver important contributions to the continuing inquiry." --John Lachs, Vanderbilt University The debate over foundationalism, the viewpoint that there exists some secure foundation upon which to build a system of knowledge, appears to have been resolved and the antifoundationalists have at least temporarily prevailed. From a firmly historical approach, the book traces the foundationalism/antifoundationalism controversy in the work of many important figures--Animaxander, Aristotle and Plato, Augustine, Descartes, Hegel and Nietzsche, Habermas and Chisholm, and others--throughout the history of philosophy. The contributors, Joseph Margolis, Ronald Polansky, Gary Calore, Fred and Emily Michael, William Wurzer, Charlene Haddock Siegfried, Sandra B. Rosenthal, Kathleen Wallace, and the editors present well the diversity, interest, and roots of antifoundationalism.

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Achieving Against the Odds: How Academics Become Teachers of Diverse Students (The New Academy) Kingston-Mann, Esther; Sieber, R. Timothy Philadelphia : Temple University Press, Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 2001

xiii, 222 p. ; 24 cm, Includes bibliographical references and index

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Achieving Against the Odds: How Academics Become Teachers of Diverse Students (The New Academy) University of Massachusetts at Boston.;Kingston-Mann, Esther;Sieber, R. Timothy Temple University Press, The new academy, Online-ausg, Philadelphia, 2001

"High school was like a penance imposed for some unknown sin. Everything I ever learned that was important was learned outside of school. So I never thought to associate schools with learning." (Amy, UMass Boston student) Today's diverse and financially burdened students enter higher education eager to succeed at institutions originally designed for culturally homogenous and predominantly white middle-class populations. They are expected to learn from faculty trained primarily as researchers. Unsurprisingly, student dropout and faculty burnout rates are high, leading some conservatives to demand that higher education purge itself of "unqualified" students and teachers. But, as Achieving Against the Odds demonstrates, new and better solutions emerge once we assume that both faculty and students still possess a mutual potential for learning when they meet in the college classroom. This collection -- drawing on the experiences of faculty at the University of Massachusetts-Boston -- documents a complex and challenging process of pedagogical transformation. The contributors come from a wide range of disciplines -- American studies, anthropology, Asian American studies, English, ESL, history, language, political science, psychology, sociology, and theology. Like their students, they bring a variety of backgrounds into the classroom -- as people of color, women, gays, working class people, and "foreigners" of one sort or another. Together they have engaged in an exciting struggle to devise pedagogies which respond to the needs and life experiences of their students and to draw each of them into a dialogue with the content and methodology of their disciplines. Courageously airing their own mistakes and weaknesses alongside their breakthroughs, they illuminate for the reader a process of teaching transformation by which discipline-trained scholars discover how to promote the learning of diverse students. As one reads their essays, one is struck by how much these faculty have benefited from the insights they have gleaned from colleagues as well as students. Through argument and examples, personal revelation and references as well as students. Through argument and examples, personal revelation and references to authority, they draw the reader into their community. This is a book to inspire and enlighten everyone interested in making higher education more truly democratic, inclusive and intellectually challenging for today's students.

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Accidental Presidents: Death, Assassination, Resignation, and Democratic Succession (The Evolving American Presidency) Philip Abbott (auth.) Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, The Evolving American Presidency Series, 1, 2008

Accidental presidents, those who assume office as a result of death, assassination or resignation, struggle to establish their legitimacy. This book examines and evaluates the strategies of nine accidental presidents, from John Tyler to Gerald Ford, to demonstrate authority and their capacity to govern. Erscheinungsdatum: 21.07.2008

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The Benefits of Price Convergence: Speculative Calculations (Policy Analyses in International Economics) (Policy Analyses in International Economics) Hufbauer, Gary Clyde; Wada, Erika; Warren, Tony, 1968- Peterson Institute for International Economics, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington, D.C., 2002

Price divergence is readily apparent to anyone who shops. Travelers from Manchester to London, or from Chicago to Paris, are hit by sticker shock. Products ranging from London Fog raincoats to Viagra are available over the Internet at half their retail store prices. Common experience tells us that prices for identical products differ between countries, between cities, even between neighboring shops. On the other hand, common experience also tells us that open markets and greater competition will force a degree of price convergence, if not identical prices. This monograph presents speculative calculations that illustrate potential benefits from price convergence between countries. The authors take a fresh look at global economic integration by examining existing price divergence, and possible price convergence, across a range of consumer goods and then calculate the potential benefits of price convergence on a country-by-country basis and for the world as a whole. This study examines the potential benefits from price convergence resulting from more competition and market integration, not perfect competition and market integration. The authors calculate these benefits assuming that the world economy can attain the same degree of competition and market integration—and hence price convergence—as exists within the United States.

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AIDS : Crisis in Professional Ethics Elliot D. Cohen; Michael Davis Temple University Press, Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 1994

Aids : Moral Dilemmas For Physicians / Albert Flores -- Nursing And Aids : Some Special Challenges / Joan C. Callahan And Jill Powell -- The Dentist's Obligation To Treat Patients With Hiv : A Patient's Perspective / Michael Davis -- Hiv And The Professional Responsibility Of The Early Childhood Educator / Kenneth Kipnis -- Aids In The Workplace / Al Gini And Michael Davis -- Leading By Example : Aids Policy And The University's Social Responsibilities / Howard Cohen -- What Would A Virtuous Counselor Do? Ethical Problems In Counseling Clients With Hiv / Elliot D. Cohen -- The Attorney, The Client With Hiv, And The Duty To Warn / Martin Gunderson -- Aids : A Transformative Challenge For Clergy / Joseph A. Edelheit -- Journalistic Responsibilities And Aids / Michael Pritchard -- Aids And A Politician's Right To Privacy / Vincent J. Samar -- A Bibliography On Aids And Professional Ethics / Sohair W. Elbaz And William Pardue. Edited By Elliot D. Cohan And Michael Davis. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

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Allergy Frontiers. Volume 2, Classification and Pathomechanisms Pawankar, Ruby; Holgate, S. T; Rosenwasser, Lanny J Tokyo : Springer, Springer Nature, Tokyo, 2009

1 online resource, This volume gives the pathomechanisms of various allergic diseases and their classification, including such important special aspects as allergy and bone marrow, allergy and the nervous system, and allergy and mucosal immunology, Includes index, Part I: Classification and pathomechanisms. Basic aspects of allergy and hypersensitivity reactions / Isabella Pali-Schöll and Erika Jensen-Jarolim ; Pathogen recognition and new insights into innate immunity / Joel N. Kline ; New nomenclature and clinical aspects of allergic diseases / S.G.O. Johansson ; IgE and the high-affinity receptor, FceRI: the IgE-CD23 interaction / Donald MacGlashan, Jr. ; Superantigens and allergic disease / Mark S. Schubert ; Immune complexes: normal physiology and role in disease / Michael M. Frank and C. Garren Hester ; What is new about eosinophil activation in asthma and allergic disease / Akira Kanda, Junichi Chihara, Monique Capron, and David Dombrowicz ; Mast cell and basophils: interaction with IgE and responses to toll like receptor activators / Jean S. Marshall, Michael G. Brown, and Ruby Pawankar ; T cells in allergic disease / Catherine M. Hawrylowicz, Christopher Corrigan, and Alex Faith ; Role of NKT cells in the regulation of ongoing Type 2 immune response / Christelle Faveeuw, Thomas Roumier, Monique Capron, and David Dombrowicz ; CD8+ T cells play a key role in the development of allergic lung inflammation / Nobuaki Miyahara and Erwin W. Gelfand ; Neutrophils and their mediators in asthma and allergic disease / Kian Fan Chung ; Dendritic cells, macrophages and monocytes in allergic disease / Alexander Faith, Christopher Corrigan, and Catherine M. Hawrylowicz ; Function of dendritic cell subsets in allergic disease / Bart N. Lambrecht and Hamida Hammad ; Epithelial cell-mesenchymal interaction, epithelial-leukocyte interaction and epithelial immune-response genes in allergic disease / Stephen T. Holgate ; Role of epidermal growth factor receptor cascade in...

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Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders : A Handbook Beech, Anthony R. (editor);Craig, Leam A. (editor);Browne, Kevin D. (editor) John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2009 apr 02

A comprehensive resource for practitioners working with sexual offenders. Discusses assessments and interventions, as well as providing a comprehensive literature review There are around 10,000 convictions or cautions for sexual offences in the UK each year; early evidence suggests that treatment programmes can halve re-conviction rates Edited by a University of Birmingham team who are world leaders in researching this area; the subject is of interest worldwide, with strong markets in Canada and New Zealand Includes material on managing offenders with developmental disabilities and those with Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder

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The Benefits of Price Convergence: Speculative Calculations (Policy Analyses in International Economics) (Policy Analyses in International Economics) Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Erika Wada, Tony Warren Peterson Institute for International Economics, Kindle, 2002

Price divergence is readily apparent to anyone who shops. Travelers from Manchester to London, or from Chicago to Paris, are hit by sticker shock. Products ranging from London Fog raincoats to Viagra are available over the Internet at half their retail store prices. Common experience tells us that prices for identical products differ between countries, between cities, even between neighboring shops. On the other hand, common experience also tells us that open markets and greater competition will force a degree of price convergence, if not identical prices. This monograph presents speculative calculations that illustrate potential benefits from price convergence between countries. The authors take a fresh look at global economic integration by examining existing price divergence, and possible price convergence, across a range of consumer goods and then calculate the potential benefits of price convergence on a country-by-country basis and for the world as a whole. This study examines the potential benefits from price convergence resulting from more competition and market integration, not perfect competition and market integration. The authors calculate these benefits assuming that the world economy can attain the same degree of competition and market integration - and hence price convergence -- as exists within the United States.

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Algebraic analysis of differential equations : From microlocal analysis to exponential asymptotics ; Festschrift in honor of Takahiro Kawai ; [articles in part II of this volume were read at the Conference "Algebraic Analysis of Differential Equations - from Microlocal Analysis to Exponential Asymptotics", July 7-14, 2005 at the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University Takashi Aoki, Hideyuki Majima, Yoshitsugu Takei, Nobuyuki Tose (eds.) Springer Tokyo, 1st ed. 2008, Tokyo, 2008

This volume contains 23 articles on algebraic analysis of differential equations and related topics, most of which were presented as papers at the international conference "Algebraic Analysis of Differential Equations – from Microlocal Analysis to Exponential Asymptotics" at Kyoto University in 2005. Microlocal analysis and exponential asymptotics are intimately connected and provide powerful tools that have been applied to linear and non-linear differential equations as well as many related fields such as real and complex analysis, integral transforms, spectral theory, inverse problems, integrable systems, and mathematical physics. The articles contained here present many new results and ideas. This volume is dedicated to Professor Takahiro Kawai, who is one of the creators of microlocal analysis and who introduced the technique of microlocal analysis into exponential asymptotics. This dedication is made on the occasion of Professor Kawai's 60th birthday as a token of deep appreciation of the important contributions he has made to the field. Introductory notes on the scientific works of Professor Kawai are also included.

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The Black Loyalists: The Search for a Promised Land in Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone, 1783-1870 (RICH: Reprints in Canadian History) James W. St. G. Walker University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1999

There is a Canadian myth about the Loyalists who left the United States after the American Revolution for Canada. The myth says they were white, upper-class citizens devoted to British ideals, transplanting the best of colonial American society to British North America. In reality, more than 10 per cent of the Loyalists who came to the Maritime provinces were black and had been slaves. The Black Loyalists tells the story of one such group who came to Nova Scotia, but didn't stay. James Walker documents their experience in Canada, following them across the Atlantic as they became part of a unique colonial experiment in Sierra Leone.

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Allergy Frontiers. Volume 2, Classification and Pathomechanisms Isabella Pali-Schöll, Erika Jensen-Jarolim (auth.), Ruby Pawankar, Stephen T. Holgate, Lanny J. Rosenwasser (eds.) Springer Tokyo, Allergy Frontiers 2, 2, 1, 2009

When I entered the field of allergy in the early 1970s, the standard textbook was a few hundred pages, and the specialty was so compact that texts were often authored entirely by a single individual and were never larger than one volume. Compare this with Allergy Frontiers: Epigenetics, Allergens, and Risk Factors, the present s- volume text with well over 150 contributors from throughout the world. This book captures the explosive growth of our specialty since the single-author textbooks referred to above. The unprecedented format of this work lies in its meticulous attention to detail yet comprehensive scope. For example, great detail is seen in manuscripts dealing with topics such as “Exosomes, naturally occurring minimal antigen presenting units” and “Neuropeptide S receptor 1 (NPSR1), an asthma susceptibility gene.” The scope is exemplified by the unique approach to disease entities normally dealt with in a single chapter in most texts. For example, anaphylaxis, a topic u- ally confined to one chapter in most textbooks, is given five chapters in Allergy Frontiers. This approach allows the text to employ multiple contributors for a single topic, giving the reader the advantage of being introduced to more than one vi- point regarding a single disease.

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