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Each topical chapter in this volume crystallizes the findings
of a five-year study, under the auspices of the Population Health
Program of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, that
probed the links between social hierarchy, the "macroenvironmental"
factors in illness patterns, the quality of the
"microenvironmental," and other determinants of health. In its
aggregate, this volume will prove essential to an understanding of
the underlying public health issues for the next several
decades.
Drawing on interviews with the UK government's Panel of Independent
Forecasters, the author shows how economic models, forecasts and
policy analysis depend crucially upon the judgements of economists.
Drawing on interviews with the UK government's Panel of Independent
Forecasters, the author shows how economic models, forecasts and
policy analysis depend crucially upon the judgements of economists.
In 2008 veteran journalist Evan Wright, acclaimed for his "New York
Times "bestselling book "Generation Kill "and co-writer of the
Emmy-winning HBO series it spawned," " began a series of
conversations with super-criminal Jon Roberts, star of the
fabulously successful documentary "Cocaine Cowboys. "Those
conversations would last three years, during which time Wright came
to realize that Roberts was much more than the de-facto
"transportation chief" of the Medellin Cartel during the 1980s,
much more than a facilitator of a national drug epidemic. As
Wright's tape recorder whirred and Roberts unburdened himself of
"hundreds "of jaw-dropping tales, it became clear that perhaps no
one in history had broken so many laws with such willful abandon.
Roberts, in fact, seemed to be a prodigy of criminality - but one
with a remarkable self-awareness and a fierce desire to protect his
son from following the same path.
"American Desperado "is Roberts' no-holds-barred account of being
born into Mafia royalty, witnessing his first murder at the age of
seven, becoming a hunter-assassin in Vietnam, returning to New York
to become -- at age 22 -- one of the city's leading nightclub
impresarios, then journeying to Miami where in a few short years he
would rise to become the Medellin Cartel's most effective smuggler.
But that's just "half "the tale.
The roster of Roberts' friends and acquaintances reads like a Who's
Who of the latter half of the 20th century and includes everyone
from Jimi Hendrix, Richard Pryor, and O.J. Simpson to Carlo
Gambino, Meyer Lansky, and Manuel Noriega.
Nothing if not colorful, Roberts surrounded himself with beautiful
women, drove his souped-up street car at a top speed of 180 miles
per hour, shared his bed with a 200-pound cougar, and employed a
6"6" professional wrestler called "The Thing" as his bodyguard.
Ultimately, Roberts became so powerful that he attracted the
attention of the Republican Party's leadership, was wooed by them,
and even was co-opted by the CIA for which he carried out its
secret agenda.
Scrupulously documented and relentlessly propulsive, this
collaboration between a bloodhound journalist and one of the most
audacious criminals ever is like no other crime book you've ever
read. Jon Roberts may be the only criminal who changed the course
of American history.
"From the Hardcover edition."
"Mixing science, humor, and grossly irresponsible
self-experimentation, Evans paints a vivid picture of how bad
habits built the world we know and love." David Wong, author of
John Dies at the End History has never been more fun or more
intoxicating. Guns, germs, and steel might have transformed us from
hunter-gatherers into modern man, but booze, sex, trash talk, and
tripping built our civilization.Crackededitor Robert Evans brings
his signature dogged research and lively insight to uncover the
many and magnificent ways vice has influenced history, from the
prostitute-turned-empress who scored a major victory for women s
rights to the beer that helped create and destroy South America's
first empire. And Evans goes deeper than simply writing about
ancient debauchery; he recreates some of history's most enjoyable
(and most painful) vices and includes guides so you can follow
along at home. You ll learn how to: Trip like a Greek philosopher.
Rave like your Stone Age ancestors. Get drunk like a Sumerian.
Smoke a nose pipe like a pre Columbian Native American. A
celebration of the brave, drunken pioneers who built our
civilization one seemingly bad decision at a time, A Brief History
of Vice explores a side of the past that mainstream history books
prefer to hide."
Robert Evans's The Kid Stays in the Picture is universally
recognized as the greatest, most outrageous, most unforgettable
show business memoir ever written. The basis of a groundbreaking,
award-winning documentary film, it remains the gold standard of
Hollywood storytelling.
The only actor ever to run a Hollywood studio, Evans emerged
from near-obscurity in the mid-1960s to rescue Paramount, one of
the great studios of the Golden Age, from near-bankruptcy. A
self-confessed "half-assed actor," Evans proved a genius producer
and studio chief, drawing on his irresistible combination of
instinct, smarts, showmanship, and bravado to take Paramount from
the basement to the penthouse with such films as The Odd Couple,
Rosemary's Baby, Love Story, The Godfather, and Chinatown. He lived
a swashbuckling life, partying with lifetime friends like Jack
Nicholson, Warren Beatty, and Dustin Hoffman, consulting with power
players like Henry Kissinger, and squiring a host of dazzling women
including his wives Ali McGraw, Catherine Oxenberg, and Phyllis
George. After a decade of triumph, he lost everything in a
spectacular flameout of cocaine and bad business decisions, yet
survived it all--and lived to tell the tale.
An extraordinary raconteur, Evans spares no one, least of all
himself. Filled with starring roles for everyone from Ava Gardner
to Marlon Brando to Sharon Stone, The Kid Stays in the Picture is
sharp, witty, and self-aggrandizing and self-lacerating in equal
measure.
This new It Books edition, the first in more than a decade, will
feature a new foreword by the author. And simultaneous with this
edition will come a first-ever ebook rollout--including both a
regular edition and an enhanced ebook with clips from Evans's
celebrated, Grammy-nominated audiobook and the famous 2002
documentary.
The rise of populism in the West has led to attacks on the
legitimacy of scientific expertise in political decision making.
This book explores the differences between populism and pluralist
democracy and their relationship with science. Pluralist democracy
is characterised by respect for minority choices and a system of
checks and balances that prevents power being concentrated in one
group, while populism treats minorities as traitorous so as to
concentrate power in the government. The book argues that
scientific expertise - and science more generally -- should be
understood as one of the checks and balances in pluralist
democracies. It defends science as 'craftwork with integrity' and
shows how its crucial role in democratic societies can be rethought
and that it must be publicly explained. This book will be of value
to scholars and practitioners working across STS as well as to
anyone interested in decoding the populist agenda against science.
This book reports the results of a research project that
investigated assessment methods aimed at supporting and improving
inquiry-based approaches in European science, technology and
mathematics (STM) education. The findings were used to influence
policy makers with guidelines for ensuring that assessment enhances
learning. The book provides insights about: - The concept of
competence within the STM domains and its relevance for education -
The conceptualisation and teaching of four key competences:
scientific inquiry, mathematical problem-solving, design processes,
and innovation. - Fundamental aspects of the two main purposes of
assessment, formative and summative, the relations between the two
purposes and ways of linking them. - The main challenges related to
the uptake of formative assessment in daily teaching-learning
practices in STM and specifically, the usability of formative
on-the-fly dialogue, structured assessment dialogue, peer
assessment and written teacher feedback. - The systemic support
measures and tools teachers need in order to integrate formative
assessment of student learning into their classroom practices and
how it can conflict with summative assessment practices. - How
research-based strategies for the formative use of assessment can
be adapted to various European educational traditions to ensure
their effective use and avoid undesirable consequences. - How
relevant stakeholders can be invited to take co-ownership of
research results and how a productive partnership between
researchers, policy makers, and teachers can be established. -
Concrete research vistas that are still needed in international
assessment research.
This book presents journeys of sixteen Indigenous Australian
athletes from their first touch of a'footy' to the highest levels
of Australian football and rugby league, conceptualized as a
processof learning. The authors challenge simplistic explanations
of Indigenous success in Australianfootball and rugby league,
centered on the notion of the 'natural athlete'. The book tracesthe
development of Indigenous sporting expertise as a lifelong process
of learning situated inlocal culture and shaped by the challenges
of transitioning into professional sport. Individually,the life
stories told by the participants provide fascinating insights into
experience, cultureand learning. Collectively, they provide deep
understanding of the powerful influence thatAboriginal culture
exerted on the participants' journeys to the top of their sports
while locatingindividual experience and agency within larger
economic, cultural and social considerations.Stories of Indigenous
Success in Australian Sport will be of interest to students and
scholarsacross a range of disciplines including Indigenous studies,
physical education, education, sportmanagement and sociology
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