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Unlocking the Sky tells the extraordinary tale of the race to design, refine, and manufacture a manned flying machine, a race that took place in the air, on the ground, and in the courtrooms of America. While the Wright brothers threw a veil of secrecy over their flying machine, Glenn Hammond Curtiss -- perhaps the greatest aviator and aeronautical inventor of all time -- freely exchanged information with engineers in America and abroad, resulting in his famous airplane, the June Bug, which made the first ever public flight in America. Fiercely jealous, the Wright brothers took to the courts to keep Curtiss and his airplane out of the sky and off the market. Ultimately, however, it was Curtiss's innovations and designs, not the Wright brothers', that served as the model for the modern airplane.
Visions of the Buddha offers a ground-breaking approach to the
nature of the early discourses of the Buddha, the most foundational
scriptures of Buddhist religion. Although the early discourses are
commonly considered to be attempts to preserve the Buddha's
teachings, Shulman demonstrates that these texts are full of
creativity, and that their main aim is to beautify the image of the
wonderous Buddha. While the texts surely care for the early
teachings and for the Buddha's philosophy or his guidelines for
meditation, and while at times they may relate real historical
events, they are no less interested in telling good stories, in
re-working folkloric materials, and in the visionary contemplation
of the Buddha in order to sense his unique presence. The texts can
thus be, at times, a type of meditation. Eviatar Shulman frames the
early discourses as literary masterpieces that helped Buddhism
achieve the wonderful success it has obtained. Much of the
discourses' masterful storytelling was achieved through a technique
of composition defined here as the play of formulas. In the oral
literature of early Buddhism, texts were composed of formulas,
which are repeated within and between texts. Shulman argues that
the formulas are the real texts of Buddhism, and are primary to
full discourses. Shaping texts through the play of formulas
balances conservative and innovative tendencies within the
tradition, making room for creativity within accepted forms and
patterns. The texts we find today are thus versions-remnants-chosen
by history of a much more vibrant and dynamic creative process.
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Seven Rooms
Dominic Jaeckle, Jess Chandler; Afterword by Gareth Evans; Contributions by Mario Dondero, Erica Baum, Jess Cotton, Rebecca Tamás, Stephen Watts, Helen Cammock, Salvador Espriu, Lucy Mercer, Lucy Sante, RyÅ«nosuke Akutagawa, Ryan Choi, John Yau, Nicolette Polek, Chris Petit, Sascha Macht, Amanda DeMarco, Mark Lanegan, Vala Thorodds, Richard Scott, Joshua Cohen, Hannah Regel, Nick Cave,, Daisy Lafarge, Holly Pester, Matthew Gregory, Olivier Castel, Emmanuel Iduma, Joan Brossa, Cameron Griffiths, Imogen Cassels, Hisham Bustani, Maia Tabet, Raúl Guerrero, Velimir Khlebnikov, Natasha Randall, Edwina Atlee, Matthew Shaw, Aidan Moffat, Lesley Harrison, Oliver Bancroft, Lauren de Sá Naylor, Will Eaves, Sandro Miller, Jim Hugunin,, …
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Seven Rooms brings together highlights from Hotel, a magazine for
new approaches to fiction, non-fiction & poetry which, since
its inception in 2016, provided a space for experimental reflection
on literature's status as art & cultural mediator. Co-published
by Tenement Press and Prototype, this anthology captures, refracts,
and reflects a vital moment in independent publishing in the UK,
and is built on the shared values of openness, collaboration, and
total creative freedom.
In this bold and timely work, law professor Jeffrey Shulman argues
that the United States Constitution does not protect a fundamental
right to parent. Based on a rigorous reconsideration of the
historical record, Shulman challenges the notion, held by academics
and the general public alike, that parental rights have a
long-standing legal pedigree. What is deeply rooted in our legal
tradition and social conscience, Shulman demonstrates, is the idea
that the state entrusts parents with custody of the child, and it
does so only as long as parents meet their fiduciary duty to serve
the developmental needs of the child. Shulman's illuminating
account of American legal history is of more than academic
interest. If once again we treat parenting as a delegated
responsibility-as a sacred trust, not a sacred right-we will not
all reach the same legal prescriptions, but we might be more
willing to consider how time-honored principles of family law can
effectively accommodate the evolving interests of parent, child,
and state.
Perhaps the most important woman in 20th century America,
Eleanor Roosevelt fascinates scholar and layperson alike. This
exciting encyclopedia brings together basic information
illuminating her complex career and making the interaction between
her private and public lives accessible to scholars, students, and
the general public. Written by scholars--including the most eminent
Eleanor Roosevelt and New Deal scholars--journalists, and those who
knew her, the 200 plus entries in this book provide easy access to
material showing how Eleanor Roosevelt changed the First Lady's
role in politics, widened opportunities for women, became a liberal
leader during the Cold War era, and served as a guiding spirit at
the United Nations. A unique resource, the book provides an
introduction to American history through the vantage point of a
woman who both represented her times and moved beyond them.
Illuminating her multifaceted career, life, and relationships,
"The Eleanor Roosevelt Encyclopedia" offers the reader an
unparalleled opportunity to examine the complicated and fascinating
life of Eleanor Roosevelt.
Magnetic resonance imaging methods have taken a commanding position
in brain studies because they allow scientists to follow brain
activities in the living human. The ability to measure cerebral
anatomy, neuronal firing and brain metabolism has extended and
re-invigorated hopes of understanding the role that brain activity
plays in human life. The brain has assumed a central role in our
thinking of the world that can be traced back to the philosophies
that are expressed in psychology, religion, literature, and
everyday life. Brain scientists, planning and measuring brain
activities by imaging methods, have consciously or unconsciously
been influenced by these philosophical views. This book, in
describing the experiments using imaging methods, traces how
assumptions about the nature of brain function made in planning
scientific experiments are the consequences of philosophical
positions. Experiments that relate brain activities to observable
behavior are shown to avoid the philosophical and psychological
assumptions about mental processes that have been proposed to
underlie these behaviors. These promising, empirical experiments
are consistent with the philosophy of Pragmatism which, in judging
hypotheses about understanding by their consequences, has
questioned the value of everyday conceptualizations of brain
activity for imaging studies.
The Guest Editor, Dr. Robert J. Shulman, and Consulting Editor, Dr.
Alan Buchman, have created a thorough review of the current
clinical updates on treating children with gastrointestinal
disorders and diseases. Expert authors have submitted review
articles on the following topics: Update on Diet Management of
Functional GI Disorders; Brain-Gut Axis: Clinical Implications;
Pancreatitis: Molecular Mechanisms and Management; Inflammatory
Bowel Disease: What Very Early Onset Disease Teaches Us; GI
Development: Implications for Management of the Preterm and Term
Infant; Infectious Diarrhea: New and Emerging Issues; New Insights
into the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Malnutrition; Infantile
Colic: New Insights into an Old Problem; Constipation: Beyond the
Old Paradigms; Integration of Biomedical and Psychosocial
Treatments in Functional GI Disorders; GI Neuropathies: New
Insights and Emerging Therapies; Food Sensitivities: Fact versus
Fiction; IBD in Children: A Focus on Quality Improvement and
Pediatric Focused Care; Molecular Advances in the Understanding of
Pediatric Cholestasis; Assessment and Treatment of Nonadherence in
Transplant Recipients; and Update on Fatty Liver Disease in
Children. Readers will come away with the current updates they need
to diagnose and treat pediatric patients and improve outcomes.
The picturesque vineyards of California's Napa Valley, one of the
world's premier tourist destinations, disguise a tangled history of
lawlessness, depravity and frontier justice. Some crimes were
committed over debts, some for retribution and others in the name
of love. Famed photographer Eadweard Muybridge killed a man for
seducing his wife but was acquitted. Other criminals were not so
lucky and met the gallows, like murderer William Roe, the state's
final public execution. From the Pomo massacre--the first criminal
case heard by the California Supreme Court--to the cold cases that
continue to haunt the region, Napa Police Detective Todd Shulman
decants the crimes of the Napa Valley, memorializing the victims
and honoring the efforts of local law enforcement.
Like many other medical and health-related professions, the
speech-language pathology and audiology professions have been
responding to the changes in the ways in which healthcare is
delivered. These changes are occurring at the federal and state
levels due to changes in legislative and regulatory policies. To
this end and as a result of reports from the World Health
Organization (2010, 2011, 2013) and the Institute of Medicine
(2000, 2001, 2015), healthcare professionals are now addressing
healthcare service delivery within an interprofessional,
collaborative practice and patient outcomes context. This volume of
Pediatric Clinics will present articles that address clinical care
to a variety of pediatric speech and language clinical populations.
While it will be the intent of each piece to address
interprofessional perspectives of care, the opening and closing
pieces, respectively, will introduce and then synthesize, all of
the articles into a cogent volume. Articles are devoted to the
following topics: The Journey to Interprofessional Practice: Are We
There Yet; Late Talkers: Why the 'Wait and See' Approach is
Outdated; A Pediatrician's Guide to Cleft Palate Speech and
Non-Cleft Causes of Velopharyngeal Insufficiency (VPi); Supporting
Children with Autism and Their Families: A Model for
Interprofessional Practice; Feeding Problems in Infants and
Children: Assessment and Etiology; A Multidisciplinary Team
Approach to the Differential Diagnosis of Children with
Communication Disorders; Open Up and Let Us In: An
Interdisciplinary Approach to Oral Health; Otitis Media: Beyond the
Examining Room; Clinical Perspectives on Pre-Literacy Development
in Young Children; Using the ICF Framework to Achieve
Interprofessional Functional Outcomes for Young Children: A
Speech-Language Pathology Perspective; Developmental Care of the
Pre-Term Infant: From NICU Through High-Risk Infant Follow Up;
Interprofessional Collaborative Practice: What That Means for Early
Intervention Service Delivery; The Role of the Speech-Language
Pathologist in Creating a Model for Interprofessional Practice in
an Ambulatory Care Clinic; and Identification of Speech and
Language Delays in Young Children: An Important Collaborative Role
for the Pediatrician.
This book examines infant and early childhood mental health and the
importance of early emotional and social development for later
developmental trajectories. It incorporates research and clinical
perspectives and brings research findings to bear in evaluating
intervention strategies. By incorporating empirical developmental
literature that is directly relevant to infant mental health and
clinical practice, the book addresses the multiple forces which
shape young children's mental health. These forces include child
factors, parental and familial variables, childrearing practices,
and environmental influences. In addition, the book explores
parent-child relationships, family networks, and social supports as
protective factors, as well as risk factors such as poverty,
exposure to violence, and substance abuse, which influence and
change developmental processes. It shows that, by examining
socio-emotional development in a cultural context, human
development in the twenty-first century can be conceptualized
through differences, similarities and diversity perspectives,
focusing on the rights of every individual child.
The Year Book of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women's Health brings
you abstracts of the articles that reported the year's breakthrough
developments in obstetrics, gynecology and women's health,
carefully selected from more than 500 journals worldwide. Expert
commentaries evaluate the clinical importance of each article and
discuss its application to your practice. There's no faster or
easier way to stay informed! Topics in this annual edition include
obstetrics, reproductive endocrinology and infertility, and
cancer/neoplasia.
The Year Book of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women's Health brings
you abstracts of the articles that reported the year's breakthrough
developments in obstetrics, gynecology and women's health,
carefully selected from more than 500 journals worldwide. Expert
commentaries evaluate the clinical importance of each article and
discuss its application to your practice. There's no faster or
easier way to stay informed! Topics in this annual edition include
obstetrics, reproductive endocrinology and infertility, and
cancer/neoplasia.
As the global economic crisis brought about a reinvigorated
analysis of Marxist and socialist study, a reevaluation of Rosa
Luxemburg's political philosophy and cosmopolitan pedagogy emerged
as an important consideration within the global resurgence in
socialist thought. This rethinking of socialism and assessment of
Luxemburg's legacy engendered much debate within the pages of New
Politics in summer of 2001, creating a space for dialogue that
appraised and evaluated socialist metaphysics, human emancipation,
and Luxemburg's legacy within the canon of political philosophy. In
this volume, Jason Schulman has put together the debates from New
Politics into a comprehensive title--providing a revised, expanded
outlet for the engaging scholarship that emerged from the journal's
pages. Featuring new content and an interview with a leading
political theorist, the book casts new light on the debate over
Marxist approaches to societal ills while assessing the politics of
socialism.
The Year Book of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women's Health brings
you abstracts of the articles that reported the year's breakthrough
developments in obstetrics, gynecology and women's health,
carefully selected from more than 500 journals worldwide. Expert
commentaries evaluate the clinical importance of each article and
discuss its application to your practice. There's no faster or
easier way to stay informed! Included in this annual edition are
chapters on gynecologic urology, maternal complications in
pregnancy, surgical obstetrics, anesthesia and delivery, ovarian
cancer, uterine malignancies, etopic pregnancy, and operative
gynecology.
The Year Book of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women's Health brings
you abstracts of the articles that reported the year's breakthrough
developments in obstetrics, gynecology and women's health,
carefully selected from more than 500 journals worldwide. Expert
commentaries evaluate the clinical importance of each article and
discuss its application to your practice. There's no faster or
easier way to stay informed! Included in this annual edition are
chapters on gynecologic urology, maternal complications in
pregnancy, surgical obstetrics, anesthesia and delivery, ovarian
cancer, uterine malignancies, etopic pregnancy, and operative
gynecology.
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