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All 13 episodes from the first season of the children's animated
series set in the 'Star Wars' universe. When young scavenger Rowan
Freemaker (voice of Nicolas Cantu) discovers an ancient artefact
known as the Kyber Saber, he suddenly becomes aware of a natural
connection with the Force. After meeting a Jedi named Naare (Grey
Griffin), Rowan and his siblings Kordi (Vanessa Lengies) and Zander
(Eugene Byrd) set off on a dangerous journey which sees them become
embroiled in the ongoing battle between the Empire and the Rebel
Alliance. The episodes are: 'A Hero Discovered', 'The Mines of
Graballa', 'Zander's Joyride', 'The Lost Treasure of Cloud City',
'Peril On Kashyyyk', 'Crossing Paths', 'Race On Tatooine', 'The
Test', 'The Kyber Saber Crystal Chase', 'The Maker of Zoh',
'Showdown On Hoth', 'Duel of Destiny' and 'Return of the Kyber
Saber'.
The final six episodes from the second season of the CGI-animated
series. Set in a galaxy far, far away after the events of 'Star
Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones' and before 'Star Wars
Episode III: Revenge of the Sith', the series follows the
adventures of Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice of James Arnold Taylor), his
apprentice, Anakin Skywalker (Matt Lanter), and rebellious female
Jedi fighter Ahsoka Tano (Ashley Eckstein). Episodes are: 'Bounty
Hunters', 'The Zillo Beast', 'The Zillo Beast Strikes Back', 'Death
Trap', 'R2 Come Home' and 'Lethal Trackdown'.
Six more episodes from the second season of the CGI-animated
series. Set in a galaxy far, far away after the events of 'Star
Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones' and before 'Star Wars
Episode III: Revenge of the Sith', the series follows the
adventures of Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice of James Arnold Taylor), his
apprentice, Anakin Skywalker (Matt Lanter), and rebellious female
Jedi fighter Ahsoka Tano (Ashley Eckstein). Episodes included in
this volume are: 'Lightsaber Lost', 'The Mandalore Plot', 'Voyage
of Temptation', 'Duchess of Mandalore', 'Senate Murders' and 'Cat
and Mouse'.
The first four episodes from the second season of the CGI-animated
series. Set in a galaxy far, far away after the events of 'Star
Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones' and before 'Star Wars
Episode III: Revenge of the Sith', the series follows the
adventures of Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice of James Arnold Taylor), his
apprentice, Anakin Skywalker (Matt Lanter) and rebellious female
Jedi fighter Ahsoka Tano (Ashley Eckstein). This volume's episodes
are: 'Holocron Heist', 'Cargo of Doom', 'Children of the Force' and
'Senate Spy'.
Reveals how the extracellular matrix offers scientific proof for
holism * Examines the function of the extracellular matrix, the
inner ocean that unifies all our cells and controls them in a
coordinated and integrated fashion * Explores how the extracellular
matrix builds and repairs itself and how holistic therapy can be
applied based on this knowledge * Introduces new and old holistic
and herbal protocols for treatment of the matrix The cells in our
bodies are not independent units. They do not control their own
feeding, elimination, migration, or reproduction; they are
controlled by signals from the extracellular matrix (ECM) that
surrounds them. This all-encompassing inner ocean unifies all our
cells and controls them in a coordinated and integrated fashion.
Revealing the stunning implications of the extracellular matrix,
Matthew Wood shows how it clearly explains the actions and efficacy
of holistic therapies. He explores the groundbreaking research of
Alfred Pischinger, who discovered the ECM in 1975, as well as the
role of the matrix in transmitting and enacting the genetic code,
including the roles of the mitochondria, the nucleus, and
ribosomes. Wood explains how modern drugs, directed at specific
receptors on the cell membrane, interfere with bodily
self-regulation. He details how holistic therapies modify the
environment of the cell and strengthen the whole, bringing the body
back to homeostasis and consequently offering true healing.
This book provides a new sociological account of contemporary
religious phenomena such as channelling, holistic healing,
meditation and divination, which are usually classed as part of a
New Age Movement. Drawing on his extensive ethnography carried out
in the UK, alongside comparative studies in America and Europe,
Matthew Wood criticises the view that such phenomena represent
spirituality in which self-authority is paramount. Instead, he
emphasises the role of social authority and the centrality of
spirit possession, linking these to participants' class positions
and experiences of secularisation. Informed by sociological and
anthropological approaches to social power and practice, especially
the work of Pierre Bourdieu and Michel Foucault, Wood's study
explores what he calls the nonformative regions of the religious
field, and charts similarities and differences with pagan,
spiritualist and Theosophical traditions.
* Brings together many of the world's leading thinkers on
management education to challenge the biggest issues impacting the
future of business schools. * Each chapter is written in a readable
and accessible way for those inside academia and for the more
general reader. * As an Open Access book, it is designed to have
genuine impact in the field of management education.
This book provides a new sociological account of contemporary
religious phenomena such as channelling, holistic healing,
meditation and divination, which are usually classed as part of a
New Age Movement. Drawing on his extensive ethnography carried out
in the UK, alongside comparative studies in America and Europe,
Matthew Wood criticises the view that such phenomena represent
spirituality in which self-authority is paramount. Instead, he
emphasises the role of social authority and the centrality of
spirit possession, linking these to participants' class positions
and experiences of secularisation. Informed by sociological and
anthropological approaches to social power and practice, especially
the work of Pierre Bourdieu and Michel Foucault, Wood's study
explores what he calls the nonformative regions of the religious
field, and charts similarities and differences with pagan,
spiritualist and Theosophical traditions.
Hyper-active Governance is a new way of thinking about governing
that puts debates over expertise at the heart. Contemporary
governing requires delegation to experts, but also increases
demands for political accountability. In this context, politicians
and experts work together under political stress to adopt different
governing relationships that appear more 'hands-off' or 'hands-on'.
These approaches often serve to displace profound social and
economic crises. Only a genuinely collaborative approach to
governing, with an inclusive approach to expertise, can create
democratically legitimate and effective governance in our
accelerating world. Using detailed case studies and global datasets
in various policy areas including medicines, flooding, water
resources, central banking and electoral administration, the book
develops a new typology of modes of governing. Drawing from
innovative social theory, it breathes new life into debates about
expert forms of governance and how to achieve real paradigm shifts
in how we govern our increasingly hyper-active world.
This provocative Element is on the 'state of the art' of theories
that highlight policymaking complexity. It explains complexity in a
way that is simple enough to understand and use. The primary
audience is policy scholars seeking a single authoritative guide to
studies of 'multi-centric policymaking'. It synthesises this
literature to build a research agenda on the following questions:
1. How can we best explain the ways in which many policymaking
'centres' interact to produce policy? 2. How should we research
multi-centric policymaking? 3. How can we hold policymakers to
account in a multi-centric system? 4. How can people engage
effectively to influence policy in a multi-centric system? However,
by focusing on simple exposition and limiting jargon, Paul Cairney,
Tanya Heikkila, Matthew Wood also speak to a far wider audience of
practitioners, students, and new researchers seeking a
straightforward introduction to policy theory and its practical
lessons.
In "Healing Lyme Disease Naturally, "anthropologist Wolf D. Storl
shares his own success in overcoming a difficult, sometimes deadly
disease that is reaching epidemic proportions. When he was
diagnosed, Dr. Storl refused standard treatments because of
antibiotic intolerance. Instead, he researched healing systems of
various cultures including Traditional Chinese Medicine, American
Indian healing practices, homeopathy, and traditional Western
herbal lore and discovered the teasel root. Teasel, a flowering
plant that grows throughout Europe and Asia, tonifies the liver and
kidneys, promotes blood circulation, and strengthens the bones and
tendons. The plant has been documented to help cure chronic
conditions marked by arthritis, sore, stiff muscles, and eventual
incapacitation--all symptoms associated with Lyme disease. Dr.
Storl's approach consists of flushing out toxins and inhibiting
bacteria by using teasel root as tincture, powder, or tea
(available for purchase online and in natural foods stores);
stimulating the immune system and detoxifying the body by exposing
it to extreme heat (sweat lodges and Japanese baths); and dietary
and naturopathic measures, including fresh natural food, exercise,
and sufficient sleep. Written in an encouraging, personal tone but
based in science and clinical studies, "Healing Lyme Disease"
"Naturally "offers hope in combating a condition that has
stubbornly resisted conventional medical treatment.
In The Book of Herbal Wisdom Matthew Wood creates a vast and
sweeping history of herbalism, drawing on Western botanical
knowledge, homeopathy, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Native
American shamanic botony. Detailing the history and use of more
than forty plants, he shows how each tradition views a plant, as
well as its use in cases drawn from his own herbal and homeopathic
practice. An initial section describes signatures, similars, and
patterns in these traditions, and elements, temperaments, and
constitutions. Wood has two objectives: to demonstrate how herbal
medicines are agents of healing and wisdom, and to give the reader
a useful catalogue of plants for medicinal uses. His clinical
observations of his patients bear the wry wisdom of the country
doctor; his love of plants is evident in lush botanical
descriptions, which show the connection between remedies - whether
homeopathic, Chinese, or Native American - and the plants from
which they are derived. The Book of Herbal Wisdom brings to readers
centuries of lore about healing from indigenous traditions, at a
time when people are exploring empirical enthosciences with a
seriousness unparalleled in history. In no other contemporary
botanical compendium have North American Indian medicine,
homeopathy, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Western herbalism
been so thoroughly integrated, and so engagingly described.
"The Practice of Traditional Western Herbalism" places the function
of western herbs in their true historical context, apart from
homeopathy, traditional Chinese medicine, and Ayurveda. Recently
there has been a revival of interest in western herbalism, but
practitioners haven't been able to explore its benefits due to a
void of information on the topic--the system of medicine the herbs
fit into had all but disappeared. To remedy the situation,
herbalist Matthew Wood has researched the old-time practices and
reconstructed them for modern use. In resuscitating western herbal
medicine and bringing it up to date, he gives his readers a
powerful tool for holistic theory and treatment. Wood makes the
point that plant medicines, because they are made from a broad
range of chemical components, are naturally suited for the
treatment of general patterns in the body. He argues against the
biomedical model of standardization, in which herbs are refined and
advertised as if they were drugs suited to an exact disease or
condition.
This book investigates the extent to which depoliticisation
strategies, used to disguise the political character of
decision-making, have become the established mode of governance
within societies. Increasingly, commentators suggest that the
dominance of depoliticisation is leading to a crisis of
representative democracy or even the end of politics, but is this
really true? This book examines the circumstances under which
depoliticisation techniques can be challenged, whether such
resistance is successful and how we might understand this process.
It addresses these questions by adopting a novel comparative and
interdisciplinary perspective. Scholars from a range of European
countries scrutinise the contingent nature of depoliticisation
through a collection of case studies, including: economic policy;
transport; the environment; housing; urban politics; and government
corruption. The book will be appeal to academics and students
across the fields of politics, sociology, urban geography,
philosophy and public policy.
What does the UK's exit from the EU mean for health and the NHS?
This book explains the legal and practical implications of Brexit
on the NHS: its staffing; especially on the island of Ireland;
medicines, medical devices and equipment; and biomedical research.
It considers the UK’s post-Brexit trade agreements and what they
mean for health, and discusses the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
on post-Brexit health law. To put the legal analysis in context,
the book draws on over 400 conversations the authors had with
people in the north of England and Northern Ireland, interviews
with over 40 health policy stakeholders, details of a film about
their research made with ShoutOut UK, the authors’ work with
Parliaments and governments across the UK, and their collaborations
with key actors like the NHS Confederation, the British Medical
Association, and Cancer Research UK. The book shows that the
language people use to talk about hoped-for legitimate post-Brexit
health governance suggests a great deal of faith in law and legal
process among ‘ordinary people’, but the opposite from
‘insider elites’. Not What The Bus Promised puts the authors’
knowledge and experiences centre frame, rather than claiming to
express ‘objective reality’. It will be of interest to any
reader who cares about the NHS and wants to understand its present
and future.
Vitalism, the recognition that the physical body is animated by a
vital life force, is the foundation of most natural healing
therapies. The forefathers of alternative medicine discovered
methods of healing the body by stimulating this life force. In
"Vitalism: The History of Herbalism, Homeopathy, and Flower
Essences," Matthew Wood describes the theories, lives, and work of
nine great physicians who laid the groundwork for natural medicine.
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