|
Showing 1 - 16 of
16 matches in All Departments
C. J. Jones's comic blend of fact and fiction about a small island
safety-pinned to the coast of Wales. . . . . The story of Branwen
is already famous across the world because of its place in the
Mabinogion. She married Matholwch from Ireland in a splendid
ceremony held at Aberffraw in a silk tent. Branwen's brother, Bran,
was a man of such large stature as used to inhabit this sacred
isle, that he could not fit into any house or building. It was
necessary for him to carry a tent wherever he went for protection
from the elements since there was not a dwelling that could contain
him. Tragically, Matholwch, the man of Ireland, turned out, like so
many of the scoundrels, not to be a good husband; treating his wife
Branwen badly once he returned with her to Ireland and she was away
from the aid and succour of her family, getting his servants to box
her ears because he was often too tired to knock her about himself.
After a time Branwen was obliged to send for her brother to come
and sort out her husband. The huge Welshman was forced to wade to
Ireland, being too big to go in a ship. He arrived in a bit of a
chip due to wet feet and sodden clothes, and a fight broke out with
the in-laws which got out of hand. One or two people were killed
but fortunately the Welshman carried a stock of Celtic magic about
with him in the form of a cauldron which could resurrect the dead,
and once the drunken brawlers had been thrown into the pot and
brought back to life a semblance of order was restored.
Unfortunately during the fight, our hero, the giant Welshman, the
like of whose stature has never been seen since, copped it by way
of a poisoned spear in his ankle. Like all true Celts, our Bran was
so distraught at the thought that he would never be able to talk
again or see his home; he got his friends to cut off his head and
carry it back to this fair isle. Such is the power of the magic air
of his Celtic homeland, he was able to keep on talking and eating
for eighty years after his death, or at least his head was since
they left the body in Ireland. . . . . Just as the Tylwyth Teg
never leave their own locality, my nephew, Dylan Jones's worst
thing is crossing the bridge to the mainland. He once saw a
television programme in which a suspension bridge undulated in the
wind and cracked its road surface. He is terrified that one day the
Menai Suspension Bridge is going to collapse under the weight of
heavy traffic and it may be on the very occasion when he is
travelling across it. My nephew is never happy until he is back on
the island again. In vain I reassure him that the last time the
road broke in the wind was in 1839 and that the bridge has
undergone improvements in its construction since, and an increase
in its weight-bearing capacity. It has stood for many years without
mishap and the days when bus conductors had to ask certain
passengers to descend and walk across the bridge, to lighten the
load of the bus, are long gone. How they chose which passengers
should ride and which should cross the bridge on foot in those
pre-political correctness days I have not been able to find out.
Whether it was totally based on weight considerations, the girth of
one's belly, or whether they had regard to age, infirmity or gender
in deciding who to eject from their seats I do not know. The White
Knight in, 'Through the Looking Glass' tells Alice that he had
completed a design, "To Keep the Menai Bridge from rust. By boiling
it in wine." So far as I can ascertain, the iron chains were never
boiled in wine although I understand that Thomas Telford had them
boiled in warm linseed oil to preserve them, but it seems no more
preposterous a suggestion to boil a bridge in wine than it does to
hang a road up on chains across a vast chasm with a huge drop below
it.
Epithelial cells probably constitute the most diverse group of
cells found in the body. In addition to serving as interfaces
between external and internal environments, their functions include
ion and fluid secretion and reabsorp tion, protein exocytosis,
hormone secretion, recognition, surface protection and the control
of ciliary movement. By their very exposure on the surfaces of the
body, epithelial cells are subjected to wide-ranging assault, by
micro organisms and by chemical and physical forces. They are the
targets for abrasion, infection and malignant transformation. Some
epithelial cells show altered behaviour in inherited syndromes,
such as cystic fibrosis, characterized by serious pancreatic and
pulmonary disease. In view of the importance of epithelia and the
fact that their function can be altered by environmental and
inherited factors, they are the subject of intensive research,
particularly so in the case of cancer where most tumours are of
epithelial origin. The use of animal tissues in epithelial research
continues to provide important advances and this, coupled with the
need to focus more on human tissues, has prompted a greater
research emphasis on accessible human epithelia and on the
establishment of cell cultures from animal and human sources. For
primary cell cultures and cell lines to be of value, they need to
express properties appropriate to their progenitors and relevant to
the study in progress."
Millie Dunbrook-a young and unproven private investigator badly in
need of steady work-has been hired to perform some exploration into
a few strange yet minor incidents aboard a Caribbean cruise liner.
Jack Hauser-a man still stinging from the recent departure of his
wife and daughter-is simply another passenger trying to enjoy a
relaxing cruise while searching for some personal answers in hope
of finding new meaning to his life. Two other passengers have a
completely different agenda, however. Neither Millie nor Jack, in
their wildest dreams or nightmares, ever expected this cruise to be
the ultimate target of an improbable plot, devised to completely
destroy the boat and everyone aboard if the ransom demands aren't
met. What results is an amazing nautical game of terror as the ship
and passengers sail unknowingly toward an approaching death.
Millie Dunbrook-a young and unproven private investigator badly in
need of steady work-has been hired to perform some exploration into
a few strange yet minor incidents aboard a Caribbean cruise liner.
Jack Hauser-a man still stinging from the recent departure of his
wife and daughter-is simply another passenger trying to enjoy a
relaxing cruise while searching for some personal answers in hope
of finding new meaning to his life. Two other passengers have a
completely different agenda, however. Neither Millie nor Jack, in
their wildest dreams or nightmares, ever expected this cruise to be
the ultimate target of an improbable plot, devised to completely
destroy the boat and everyone aboard if the ransom demands aren't
met. What results is an amazing nautical game of terror as the ship
and passengers sail unknowingly toward an approaching death.
They couldn't be more different. Brandi Adams is successful. Angus
Boudreaux exists. She's from the Midwest. He's Cajun. She has
dreams. He has a dog. She's prim and proper. He drinks beer from a
can. She has brains. He has courage. She comes from a home with two
successful, loving parents. He never knew his dad and was raised by
his grandmother. She has a college degree. He cheated to finish
high school. She's never had as much as a parking ticket. He's done
time for stealing cars. She subscribes to the Wall Street Journal.
He collects porn magazines. She can interpret a prospectus. He can
decipher a racing form. Her portfolio includes stocks, bonds, and
other investments. His entire net worth is in his back pocket. She
understands balance sheets and other financial statements. He knows
three of a kind beats two pair. She is certain of her future. His
past is quite forgettable. But an unexplained spark ignites a
romance between these two dissimilar and seemingly incompatible
people. What follows is a ride neither expected, as each tries to
capture the desires of their heart.
They couldn't be more different. Brandi Adams is successful. Angus
Boudreaux exists. She's from the Midwest. He's Cajun. She has
dreams. He has a dog. She's prim and proper. He drinks beer from a
can. She has brains. He has courage. She comes from a home with two
successful, loving parents. He never knew his dad and was raised by
his grandmother. She has a college degree. He cheated to finish
high school. She's never had as much as a parking ticket. He's done
time for stealing cars. She subscribes to the Wall Street Journal.
He collects porn magazines. She can interpret a prospectus. He can
decipher a racing form. Her portfolio includes stocks, bonds, and
other investments. His entire net worth is in his back pocket. She
understands balance sheets and other financial statements. He knows
three of a kind beats two pair. She is certain of her future. His
past is quite forgettable. But an unexplained spark ignites a
romance between these two dissimilar and seemingly incompatible
people. What follows is a ride neither expected, as each tries to
capture the desires of their heart.
Billionaire Milton Hughes - the puzzle, board game, crossword, and
brainteaser mogul - is dead in an untimely and horrific accident.
Wanting his love of fun and games to continue beyond his death,
Milton prepared for such a fate, and his will is not a basic
assignment of his assets to different beneficiaries. Instead, six
rightful heirs separately receive single clues, allowing the entire
group to easily locate and divide the fortune, provided they merely
work together to solve the riddle and find his substantial riches.
Unfortunately, due to feelings of being cheated, a tainted past,
bad sentiments between different family members, old-fashioned
greed, and one unknown among the six recipients, the game becomes
neither simple nor straightforward. The pursuit has many twists and
turns, as the various players plot, connive, scheme, and conspire
with and against each other. Alliances are formed and disbanded as
quickly as one gains an advantage and chooses to backstab another.
Cooperation, suspicion, honesty, and mistrust seem virtually
interchangeable. And ultimately, the game turns deadly.
Billionaire Milton Hughes - the puzzle, board game, crossword, and
brainteaser mogul - is dead in an untimely and horrific accident.
Wanting his love of fun and games to continue beyond his death,
Milton prepared for such a fate, and his will is not a basic
assignment of his assets to different beneficiaries. Instead, six
rightful heirs separately receive single clues, allowing the entire
group to easily locate and divide the fortune, provided they merely
work together to solve the riddle and find his substantial riches.
Unfortunately, due to feelings of being cheated, a tainted past,
bad sentiments between different family members, old-fashioned
greed, and one unknown among the six recipients, the game becomes
neither simple nor straightforward. The pursuit has many twists and
turns, as the various players plot, connive, scheme, and conspire
with and against each other. Alliances are formed and disbanded as
quickly as one gains an advantage and chooses to backstab another.
Cooperation, suspicion, honesty, and mistrust seem virtually
interchangeable. And ultimately, the game turns deadly.
As of the 2017-2018 academic year, more than 2,000 students have
participated in the Educational Opportunity Program at Central
Connecticut State University. Thousands more have been part of
similar programs at other Connecticut colleges, including Southern
and Eastern Connecticut State Universities, and Wesleyan
University. This book is a celebration of all those students. Fifty
years after the program was created at CCSU, the students who have
passed through its doors—largely first-generation college
students from minority populations—are a testamentto how far the
program has come since its early days, when its mission was often
called into question. The histories chronicled herein shed light on
a program that has achieved a lasting, generational impact, and
which, over the course of successive summers, has indeed changed
thousands of lives.
The practice of research has long become more a business activity
than scholarly pursuit. It takes particular know-how, not merely to
secure financial backing and thence deliver to order, but to manage
and keep control of an entire intervening research operation. Yet
these are activities academics are not normally trained in or
formally prepared for.
This collection breaks new ground in its offer of frank
commentary on aspects of the research process - as supplied by
experienced academics together with a senior representative of one
key funding agency - based on first-hand experience and observation
of the management of social science projects from within
Britain/the EU.
The collection is also conspicuous for the variety of research
projects covered. Most contributors are reporting with reference to
a particular "case-study" experience. But these range from the most
localised to the most multi-national; from the most specialised to
the most multi-disciplinary undertakings.
|
|