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The glory days of Welsh rugby seem long ago now. Mortifying
defeats, threatened strike action, institutionalised sexism, racism
and homophobia in the WRU, bad financial management – this book
examines key events from the 1980s to today which have brought
Welsh rugby to its present crisis. -- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
Do you want a simple and practical method to counter Black's
kingside fianchetto defences after 1 d4? A line that takes the
initiative from a very early stage and creates difficult practical
problems? If so, then The Harry Attack (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 h4!) is
for you. At first this looks like some sort of joke or, at the very
least, a weird outlandish line. Aren't we all taught to focus on
development and control of the centre in the early stages? What's 3
h4 got to do with that? Perhaps surprisingly, this is a very
difficult line for Black to counter effectively. This applies not
just in practical play but also theoretically, where it is far from
straightforward for Black even to find a route to equality. And
when Black gets it wrong they are often on the receiving end of a
very unpleasant miniature. You may be thinking that surely the best
chess engines can show how to counter this line? No! One of the
unexpected features of leading engine play is their enthusiasm for
shoving the h-pawn up the board and they fully concur that 3 h4! is
a very decent move for White. Many leading players have taken the
hint and 3 h4 is frequently seen at elite level. Richard Palliser
and Simon Williams (the GingerGM) provide a thorough guide to this
fascinating line. They show how to adapt when Black chooses a
King's Indian set-up, a Grunfeld set-up, a Benoni set-up or even
plays in Benko style. The Harry Attack is easy to learn and is
perfect for unsettling players steeped in the theory of their
favourite Indian defences.
Obesity is a global public health problem of crucial importance.
Obesity rates remain high in high-income countries and are rapidly
increasing in low- and middle- income countries. Concurrently, the
global consumption of unhealthy products, such as soft drinks and
processed foods, continues to rise. The ongoing expansion of
multinational food and beverage companies, or 'Big Food', is a key
factor behind these trends. This collection provides critical
insight into the global expansion of 'Big Food', including its
incursion into low-and-middle income countries. It examines the
changing dynamics of the global food supply, and discusses how
low-income countries can alter the 'Big Food'-diet from the
bottom-up. It examines a number of issues related to 'Big Food'
marketing strategies, including the way in which they advertise to
youths and the rural poor. These issues are discussed in terms of
their public health implications, and their relation to public
health activities, for example 'soda taxes', and the promotion of
nutritionally-healthier products. This book was originally
published as a special issue of Critical Public Health.
Based on case histories from nine Third World countries, this book
examines the successful cooperation between private agribusiness
firms and small farmers to increase agricultural production and
income in developing countries.
Based on case histories from nine Third World countries, this study
examines the successful cooperation between private agribusiness
firms and small farmers to increase agricultural production and
income in developing countries. In such ventures, small farmers are
organized around a core private company that buys their output and
provides manageria
Most chess openings have been around for centuries; the first book
on the Ruy Lopez was written in 1561. Not so the Jobava System.
This is a thoroughly modern opening that has only achieved
prominence in the last decade or so. It is named after the Georgian
chess visionary Baadur Jobava, a highly imaginative and creative
grandmaster. The Jobava System is based around the opening moves 1
d4 d5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 Bf4. For many years this was considered to be a
quiet and unassuming backwater of chess theory. No longer!Thanks to
the efforts of Jobava and others this system has been honed into a
fierce attacking weapon. As this opening is so new the correct
defensive methods are not well understood. This makes the system
extremely dynamic and dangerous.In this book, Simon Williams (the
Ginger GM) delves deep into the Jobava and offers up a complete
repertoire based on this exciting new system. The advantages are
clear: - There is very little existing theory- Black cannot play
safely on "auto-pilot"- It is fresh and it's fun!Williams is well
known for his swashbuckling, attacking play and his entertaining
and instructive commentary. He is your ideal guide to the Jobava
System.
Relations between the biological and social sciences have been hotly contested and debated over the years. The uses and abuses of biology, not least to legitimate or naturalize social inequalities and to limit freedoms, have rightly been condemned. All too often, however the style of debate has been reductionist and ultimately unfruitful. As we enter an age in which ultr-Darwinian forms of explanation gather momentum and the bio-tech revolution threatens a 'Brave New World' of possibilities, there is urgent need to re-open the dialogue and rethink these issues in more productive ways.
Debating Biology takes a fresh look at the relationship between biology and society as it is played out in the arena of health and medicine. Bringing together contributions from both biologists and sociologists, the book is divided into five themed sections:
- Theorising Biology draws on a range of critical perspectives to discuss the case or 'bringing back' the biological into sociology. - Structuring Biology focuses on the interplay between biological and social factors in the 'patterning' of health and illness. - Embodying Biology examines the relationship between the lived body and the biological body - Technologizing Biology takes up the multiple relations between biology, science and technology. - Reclaiming Biology looks at the broader ethical and political agendas.
Written in an accessible and engaging style, this timely volume will appeal to a wide audience within and beyond the social sciences, including students, lecturers and researchers in health and related domains.
Relations between the biological and social sciences have been hotly contested and debated over the years. The uses and abuses of biology, not least to legitimate or naturalize social inequalities and to limit freedoms, have rightly been condemned. All too often, however the style of debate has been reductionist and ultimately unfruitful. As we enter an age in which ultr-Darwinian forms of explanation gather momentum and the bio-tech revolution threatens a 'Brave New World' of possibilities, there is urgent need to re-open the dialogue and rethink these issues in more productive ways.
Debating Biology takes a fresh look at the relationship between biology and society as it is played out in the arena of health and medicine. Bringing together contributions from both biologists and sociologists, the book is divided into five themed sections:
- Theorising Biology draws on a range of critical perspectives to discuss the case or 'bringing back' the biological into sociology. - Structuring Biology focuses on the interplay between biological and social factors in the 'patterning' of health and illness. - Embodying Biology examines the relationship between the lived body and the biological body - Technologizing Biology takes up the multiple relations between biology, science and technology. - Reclaiming Biology looks at the broader ethical and political agendas.
Written in an accessible and engaging style, this timely volume will appeal to a wide audience within and beyond the social sciences, including students, lecturers and researchers in health and related domains.
What do we mean by 'gender' and how does this relate to health? How is 'biology' best understood? What does a focus on the division of labour bring to our understanding of health work? Is (gender) 'equity' in health possible? How have developments such as the resurgence of emotions and the new genetics affected these and other social relations at the turn of the century? These are just some of the questions addressed in Gender, Health and Healing in which a whole range of issues are brought together and connected to emerging concerns in contemporary life such as the new genetics and transformations in biomedical knowledge and practices. It offers a challenging assessment of gender relations and embodied practices across the public/private divide, using health and healing as paradigmatic examples. This thought-provoking volume lies at the intersection of gender studies, the sociology of health and healing, health policy, the critical analysis of scientific knowledge and the current debates around the body, health and emotions. Bringing together new and leading scholars in the field, it provides a unique critical overview of contemporary debates in health care for an interdisciplinary readership.
What do we mean by 'gender' and how does this relate to health? How is 'biology' best understood? What does a focus on the division of labour bring to our understanding of health work? Is (gender) 'equity' in health possible? How have developments such as the resurgence of emotions and the new genetics affected these and other social relations at the turn of the century? These are just some of the questions addressed in Gender, Health and Healing in which a whole range of issues are brought together and connected to emerging concerns in contemporary life such as the new genetics and transformations in biomedical knowledge and practices. It offers a challenging assessment of gender relations and embodied practices across the public/private divide, using health and healing as paradigmatic examples. This thought-provoking volume lies at the intersection of gender studies, the sociology of health and healing, health policy, the critical analysis of scientific knowledge and the current debates around the body, health and emotions. Bringing together new and leading scholars in the field, it provides a unique critical overview of contemporary debates in health care for an interdisciplinary readership.
Obesity is a global public health problem of crucial importance.
Obesity rates remain high in high-income countries and are rapidly
increasing in low- and middle- income countries. Concurrently, the
global consumption of unhealthy products, such as soft drinks and
processed foods, continues to rise. The ongoing expansion of
multinational food and beverage companies, or 'Big Food', is a key
factor behind these trends. This collection provides critical
insight into the global expansion of 'Big Food', including its
incursion into low-and-middle income countries. It examines the
changing dynamics of the global food supply, and discusses how
low-income countries can alter the 'Big Food'-diet from the
bottom-up. It examines a number of issues related to 'Big Food'
marketing strategies, including the way in which they advertise to
youths and the rural poor. These issues are discussed in terms of
their public health implications, and their relation to public
health activities, for example 'soda taxes', and the promotion of
nutritionally-healthier products. This book was originally
published as a special issue of Critical Public Health.
The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made
available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of
exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899,
consists of 100 books containing published or previously
unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir
Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and
Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. This 1861 volume contains
a translation, preceded by an introductory essay, of a narrative by
Pedro Sim n (b. 1565) describing perhaps the most notorious of the
many sixteenth-century expeditions of European soldiers of fortune
into the unexplored areas of South America. A band of quarrelling
and murderous booty-hunters, motivated by reports of the fabulous
wealth of the Inca empire and legends of the golden land of El
Dorado, was led by Lope de Aguirre, whose cruelty and treachery
themselves became legendary.
Few major artists have aroused the ire and adulation of successive
generations as persistently as Richard Wagner. He was the centre of
controversy during his lifetime and yet, when he died, he was the
most idolized man in Germany. The situation has not changed much
since then. Simon Williams explores the reasons for this adulation
and antipathy by examining an aspect that may be a fundamental
cause for this radical division in the reception of Wagner's work,
the phenomenon of heroism. Williams analyses this heroism as a
function of Wagner's theatre and music, beginning with a definition
and examination of the concept of the heroic. The book also
discusses all thirteen stage works by Wagner and the phenomenon of
heroism and Wagner's adaptation of the figure of the Romantic hero.
Williams offers a theatrical, musical, and cultural re-evaluation
of one of the most enduring figures in the arts.
A practical guide to using gouache in botanical painting, by a
leading botanical painter.Gouache is an opaque water-based medium,
often called body colour, that produces crisp and vibrant
paintings, and is becoming increasingly popular in botanical
painting. Leading botanical painter, Simon Williams, specializes in
painting in gouache and this is his first book.Botanical Painting
in Gouache is full of practical advice on all aspects of using the
exciting medium of gouache and contains many step-by-step
demonstration paintings. In addition to the sumptuous flower
paintings there are also sections on painting butterflies, birds
and exotic and unusual plants from the rainforest.
Two great books from the Everyman Chess Library, The New Old Indian
by Alexander Cherniaev and Eduard Prokuronov and The New Sicilian
Dragon by Simon Williams, brought together in one volume. The Old
Indian Defence is considered to be a sound way for Black to meet 1
d4. Some might argue that it is steady rather than spectacular, but
is this reputation totally deserved? Grandmaster Alexander
Cherniaev strongly disagrees, and in this book he introduces
ambitious and aggressive ways for Black to play in the main lines.
He constructs an improved version of a repertoire he has himself
utilized with great success against grandmaster opposition. Using
illustrative games, he studies the fundamental tactical and
positional ideas for both sides, and also covers what to do if
White avoids the Old Indian. This book tells you everything you
need to know about playing the New Old Indian. Grandmaster and
well-known Sicilian Dragon expert Simon Williams takes a totally
fresh look at this famous opening. Concentrating on his favourite
Dragadorf Variation, Williams constructs a cutting-edge repertoire
for Black, one which is perfect for the modern Dragon player who
wishes to cause his opponents maximum problems in the opening.
Drawing upon his considerable experience and using illustrative
games, Williams covers the key tactical and positional ideas for
both players, and highlights crucial modern day themes such as the
importance of move orders. The Sicilian Dragon is a highly popular
opening, ideal for players of all levels. It enjoys such a great
appeal because it leads to fascinating and fun-to-play positions in
which both players regularly attack each other's kings with a
complete lack of inhibition.
Are you tired of playing the same old openings again and again?
Perhaps it's time for a change. This book features three opening
experts who get together to take a look at the Dutch Defense, one
of Black's most ambitious answers to 1 d4. It presents the Dutch
defense in a different light.
Covering German-language theatre from the Middle Ages to the
present day, this study demonstrates how and why theatre became so
important in German-speaking countries. Written by leading
international scholars of German theatre, chapters cover all
aspects of theatrical performance, including acting, directing,
play-writing, scenic design and theatre architecture. The book
argues that theatre is more central to the artistic life of
German-speaking countries than anywhere else in the world. Relating
German-language theatre to its social and intellectual context, the
History demonstrates how theatre has often been used as a political
tool. It challenges the idea that German theatre was undeveloped in
contrast to other European countries in the seventeenth and early
eighteenth centuries, provides a thematic survey of the crucial
period of growth in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries,
and discusses modern and contemporary German theatre by focusing in
turn on the directors, playwrights, designers and theatre
architecture.
Simon Williams presents an ambitious opening repertoire for Black
based on the ever-popular French Defence. In this book one of the
world's most imaginative Grandmasters combines his unique attacking
ideas with the traditionally solid French structure, resulting in a
powerful armoury of weapons. This will prove ideal for players who
like to seize the initiative and cause problems for their opponents
from the outset. Williams' recommendations are based on his own
practical experience, where his ideas have stood the test of time
against powerful grandmaster opposition. Attacking Chess is a brand
new series of opening repertoire books. It focuses on traditional
attacking openings, as well as creative and forceful ways to play
openings that are not always associated with attacking chess. It
provides ambitious repertoires designed for players of all levels.
*A Grandmaster's repertoire in the French Defence *Packed with new
ideas, analysis and novelties *Illustrative games explain typical
plans and tactics
Supporting students on placements in health and social care
settings, this accessible guide provides a framework for
understanding the theory behind successful practice as well as the
critical skills needed to apply it. A Student's Guide to Placements
in Health and Social Care Settings takes theory beyond the
classroom and apply it to real settings, enabling students to
recognise their own learning journey and develop their own distinct
professional identity within a wider interprofessional context.
This is a key resource for placement experience with insights from
experts and advice direct from students who have already been on
placement. With clear guidelines, and structured so that you can
dip into different chapters as needed, it responds to the unique
nature of placement opportunities and is the first line resource
students should turn to. Whatever course you're studying in the
caring profession - Social Work, Health and Social Care, Youth
Work, Nursing or Counselling - this is essential reading to help
understand how theory can support and improve your placement
experience, ensuring you get the very most out of it.
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They say lights have been seen in the skies over Swammcombe. They
say this is the place to spot flying saucers. Allison Williams is
not so convinced. But maybe Allison Williams is wrong. When she
witnesses a UFO launch from the top of a hill is it signs of alien
activity or something more sinister? Counter-Measures are looking
into Open Band -the disciples of the so-called Swami of Swammcombe,
Lord Cavall. They’ve been monitoring Cavall since noticing a
curious rise in psychiatric cases among his followers.How true are
Cavall’s teachings? What happens during the elite
`Visualisation’ sessions? And what does this all have to do with
the King under the hill? Counter-Measures is a Big Finish spin-off
using characters from a hugely popular Doctor Who story,
Remembrance of the Daleks. This full-cast audio production,
featuring movie-quality sound editing and effects contains brand
new adventures confronting conspiracy and alien threats to the
world! CAST: Simon Williams (Group Captain Gilmore), Pamela Salem
(Rachel Jensen), Karen Gledhill (Allison Williams), Hugh Ross (Sir
Toby Kinsella), George Watkins (Bob), Jessica Regan (Patricia /
Daisy), Kate Russell-Smith (Cook / Nurse), Tim Bentinck (Lord
Cavall). Other parts played by members of the cast.
'Hilarious, heart-wrenching and packed with British music history.'
- COLDPLAY It's a life-and-near-death story. But whose life? And
whose near-death? As a one-time NME journalist, former Xfm radio
presenter, toilet-circuit promoter and the founder of enduring
homespun British record label Fierce Panda, Simon Williams has been
at the cutting, cutting, cutting edge of all things 'indie' for
over thirty years. During his tenure as managing director of Fierce
Panda (a role he holds to this day), Simon was responsible for
tripping over bands such as Coldplay, Keane, Placebo and countless
other acts of independent hue - some of whom have gone on to
achieve earth-shattering musical superstardom, while others have
merely baffled the crowd at the Bull & Gate in north London on
a wet Wednesday evening. Unfiltered and unflinching, Pandamonium!
is the story of Simon's time at the indie coalface, filled with
insider anecdotes to entertain music enthusiasts everywhere - from
the origins of a bootlegged Oasis release to Chris Martin's delight
at reaching number ninety-two in the charts. But it is also the
story of how Simon tried to bring a premature end to proceedings,
documenting in blunt, matter-of-fact detail his longstanding
mental-health struggles. Yet, despite his raw and often poignant
honesty, Simon writes with the warmth, wit, self-deprecation and
wide-eyed good fortune of someone who has stared into the abyss and
survived, bounding down a few indie rabbit holes along the way.
Let's face facts: everyone enjoys winning. And the only thing
better than winning is to win quickly! Mistakes are often made in
the early part of the game - at all levels of chess - but a key
skill is to recognise these critical moments as they happen and to
exploit them with maximum efficiency. This is a skill which
Grandmaster Simon Williams addresses in this book. Using
instructive and entertaining games in which one side wins quickly,
he examines all the typical mistakes chess players make in the
opening and early middlegame, how you should look to exploit them,
and how to avoid falling into similar traps yourself. All too often
opponents are let off the hook, mistakes go unpunished and the game
drags on. Don't let this happen to you - become a ruthless winner!
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