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The aircraft carrier USS Forrestal was preparing to launch
attacks into North Vietnam when one of its jets accidentally fired
a rocket into an aircraft occupied by pilot John McCain. A huge
fire ensued, and McCain barely escaped before a 1,000-pound bomb on
his plane exploded, causing a chain reaction with other bombs on
surrounding planes. The crew struggled for days to extinguish the
fires, but, in the end, the tragedy took the lives of 134 men. For
thirty-five years, the terrible loss of life has been blamed on the
sailors themselves, but this meticulously documented history shows
that they were truly the victims and heroes.
In an age of information and new media the relationships between
remembering and forgetting have changed. This volume addresses the
tension between loud and often spectacular histories and those
forgotten pasts we strain to hear. Employing social and cultural
analysis, the essays within examine mnemonic technologies both new
and old, and cover subjects as diverse as U.S. internment camps for
Japanese Americans in WWII, the Canadian Indian Residential School
system, Israeli memorial videos, and the desaparecidos in
Argentina. Through these cases, the contributors argue for a
re-interpretation of Guy Debord's notion of the spectacle as a
conceptual apparatus through which to examine the contemporary
landscape of social memory, arguing that the concept of spectacle
might be developed in an age seen as dissatisfied with the present,
nervous about the future, and obsessed with the past. Perhaps now
"spectacle" can be thought of not as a tool of distraction employed
solely by hegemonic powers, but instead as a device used to answer
Walter Benjamin's plea to "explode the continuum of history" and
bring our attention to now-time.
The untold history of lesbian life from those who have lived it!
Lives of Lesbian Elders: Looking Back, Looking Forward illuminates
the hopes, fears, issues, and concerns of gay women as they grow
older. Based on interviews with 62 lesbians ranging in age from 55
to 95, this very special book provides a historical account of the
shared experiences of the lesbian community that is so often
invisible or ignored in contemporary society. The book gives voice
to their thoughts and feelings on a wide range of issues, including
coming out, identity and the meaning of life, the role of family
and personal relationships, work and retirement, adversity, and
individual sources of strength and resilience. Cast off and
overlooked at best or victims of scorn and prejudice at worst,
lesbians in the twentieth century lived dual lives, their full
voices unhearduntil now. Lives of Lesbian Elders chronicles the
life choices they made and their reasons for making them, set
against the contexts of culture, politics, and the social mores of
the eras in which they lived. Their stories of courage, resilience,
resourcefulness, pride, and independence help restore lesbian
history that has been forgotten, distorted, or disregarded and
provide the information necessary to meet the future needs of aging
lesbians. Lives of Lesbian Elders gives aging lesbians a chance to
discuss their thoughts on a variety of topics, including: Coming
out You didn't talk about it . . . Until two years ago, I never
even referred to a lesbian or would I allow the word to pass my
lips I used to sneak into libraries and read about homosexuality
and back in that era, it was not classy . . . it was classified as
a disorder of some type Identity The only difference between me and
anybody else is that I just happen to be sleeping with a woman I
think I grew up not really knowing who I was and, I think, probably
fighting all my life trying to find out who I was Family I feel
very connected with the lesbian community here . . . I guess I
would call that family Many years ago, my sister said: 'I think
when they're ready, you need to explain to (the nieces) what a
lesbian is, because I want them to hear the correct story . . . I
want them to hear what it really is and not all these stupid rumors
that go around' Work I was going to become a youth minister at one
point and it dawned on me in high school that there was no way the
church was going to let me work with kids I didn't really finish my
career . . . I still have dreams about the military and about not
finishing . . . It was my choice, but it wasn't really my choice
Aging and the Future I think financing, of course, is a real big
problem for lesbian women I have a concern that if anything should
happen to my partnerin growing olderof being isolated from the gay
community . . . and much more! Lives of Lesbian Elders: Looking
Back, Looking Forward also includes appendices that present
demographic data on the women who were interviewed for the book,
information on historical timelines, and suggested readings on
lesbian history. The book is an invaluable addition to the growing
collective history of lesbians in the United States.
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In Running, former NCAA Division I track athlete Lindsey A. Freeman
presents the feminist and queer handbook of running that she always
wanted but could never find. For Freeman, running is full of joy,
desire, and indulgence in the pleasure and weirdness of having a
body. It allows for a space of freedom—to move and be moved.
Through tender storytelling of a lifetime wearing running shoes,
Freeman considers injury and recovery, what it means to run as a
visibly queer person, and how the release found in running comes
from a desire to touch something that cannot be accessed when
still. Running invites us to run through life, legging it out the
best we can with heart and style.
In an age of information and new media the relationships between
remembering and forgetting have changed. This volume addresses the
tension between loud and often spectacular histories and those
forgotten pasts we strain to hear. Employing social and cultural
analysis, the essays within examine mnemonic technologies both new
and old, and cover subjects as diverse as U.S. internment camps for
Japanese Americans in WWII, the Canadian Indian Residential School
system, Israeli memorial videos, and the desaparecidos in
Argentina. Through these cases, the contributors argue for a
re-interpretation of Guy Debord's notion of the spectacle as a
conceptual apparatus through which to examine the contemporary
landscape of social memory, arguing that the concept of spectacle
might be developed in an age seen as dissatisfied with the present,
nervous about the future, and obsessed with the past. Perhaps now
"spectacle" can be thought of not as a tool of distraction employed
solely by hegemonic powers, but instead as a device used to answer
Walter Benjamin's plea to "explode the continuum of history" and
bring our attention to now-time.
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In Running, former NCAA Division I track athlete Lindsey A. Freeman
presents the feminist and queer handbook of running that she always
wanted but could never find. For Freeman, running is full of joy,
desire, and indulgence in the pleasure and weirdness of having a
body. It allows for a space of freedom-to move and be moved.
Through tender storytelling of a lifetime wearing running shoes,
Freeman considers injury and recovery, what it means to run as a
visibly queer person, and how the release found in running comes
from a desire to touch something that cannot be accessed when
still. Running invites us to run through life, legging it out the
best we can with heart and style.
The Chief Periods of European History is about the birth of modern
Europe, tracing the history from the end of the Middle Ages and the
Renaissance into the modern era. The book contains six lectures
read in the University of Oxford in Trinity Term, 1885. It also
contains the essay "Greek Cities under Roman Rule," as an appendix.
The lipid-rich and otherwise challenging nature of many key tissues
complicates many aspects of current research, and applications of
the unique nature of lipoproteins and their biological effects has
engendered unique and vital methodologies. In Lipoproteins and
Cardiovascular Disease: Methods and Protocols, experts in the field
present a compendium of advanced and classical molecular biology
methods targeted towards lipoprotein, atherosclerosis, and vascular
biology research, bringing together in a single volume an updated
set of protocols and strategies for methods now driving the most
recent advances, along with classical methods that are still widely
used. Among the many topics covered in this cutting-edge work, the
book delves into crucial techniques such as quantitative real-time
PCR, microarrays, RT-PCR laser capture microdissection, and
tissue-specific gene overexpression, knockout, and knockdown
methodologies, including AAV as a liver-directed gene delivery
vehicle. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular
Biology (TM) series format, chapters include introductions to their
respective subjects, lists of the necessary materials and reagents,
step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and
valuable notes which highlight tips on troubleshooting and avoiding
known pitfalls. Comprehensive and easy to use, Lipoproteins and
Cardiovascular Disease: Methods and Protocols serves both novices
and experts alike as a complete guide for any researcher with an
interest in lipoproteins and their significant biological effects.
The lipid-rich and otherwise challenging nature of many key tissues
complicates many aspects of current research, and applications of
the unique nature of lipoproteins and their biological effects has
engendered unique and vital methodologies. In Lipoproteins and
Cardiovascular Disease: Methods and Protocols, experts in the field
present a compendium of advanced and classical molecular biology
methods targeted towards lipoprotein, atherosclerosis, and vascular
biology research, bringing together in a single volume an updated
set of protocols and strategies for methods now driving the most
recent advances, along with classical methods that are still widely
used. Among the many topics covered in this cutting-edge work, the
book delves into crucial techniques such as quantitative real-time
PCR, microarrays, RT-PCR laser capture microdissection, and
tissue-specific gene overexpression, knockout, and knockdown
methodologies, including AAV as a liver-directed gene delivery
vehicle. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular
Biology (TM) series format, chapters include introductions to their
respective subjects, lists of the necessary materials and reagents,
step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and
valuable notes which highlight tips on troubleshooting and avoiding
known pitfalls. Comprehensive and easy to use, Lipoproteins and
Cardiovascular Disease: Methods and Protocols serves both novices
and experts alike as a complete guide for any researcher with an
interest in lipoproteins and their significant biological effects.
INTRODUCTION AND RATIONALE FOR INTRACELLULAR CHOLESTEROL
TRAFFICKING This volume is an elaboration of an earlier small
meeting held in St. Louis, Missouri. In April 1997, many of the
authors met for a two-day meeting devoted entirely to intracellular
cholesterol trafficking. The rationale for this meeting was that
investigators interested in this topic worked in a variety of
fields, and rarely, if ever, all met together. Everybody knew each
other's papers but mostly worked in isolation from one another.
Understanding of cholesterol trafficking also appeared to have
reached the point where it would start to rapidly expand beyond
these few laboratories. Understanding of cholesterol trafficking
was moving from a largely descriptive science into the molecular
age. It seemed a good time to get together and see how much we
agreed upon up to this point. More authors contributed to this
volume than attended the St. Louis meeting. That meeting was
generously funded by grants from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck and
Company and Parke-Davis, however, the total funding available
limited the size of the meeting. For the book, we are not so
limited and have tried to be as inclusive as possible and pretty
much invited everyone who is presently active in this area. We were
quite fortunate to successfully recruit the authors we sought for
each of these chapters. The authors and their contributions can be
organized by particular interests and particular areas of
expertise.
If you think that going to school is tough - you're not wrong. It's
difficult to do subjects you don't understand. Or be with people
you don't feel comfortable around. Or to deal with the feelings you
get when you think about going to school. Your parents and teachers
might be having a hard time understanding why going to school is
tricky for you. But don't worry, there are things you can do and
there are things that other people can do to help you. By working
through this book, we can explore some of the words you can use to
get help and activities you can try that will make being at school
feel better.. Whether you're working through this individually, or
if your parents, teachers or therapist use the downloadable guides
to go through this workbook with you - you'll soon discover what
works best for you to get the most of learning and education!
This softcover book summarizes Lyapunov design techniques for
nonlinear systems and raises important issues concerning
large-signal robustness and performance. The authors have been the
first to address some of these issues, and they report their
findings in this text. The researcher who wishes to enter the field
of robust nonlinear control could use this book as a source of new
research topics. For those already active in the field, the book
may serve as a reference to a recent body of significant work.
Finally, the design engineer faced with a nonlinear control problem
will benefit from the techniques presented here.
The John S Williams plantation in Georgia was operated largely with
the labour of slaves -- and this was in 1921, 56 years after the
Civil War. Williams was not alone in using 'peons', but his
reaction to a federal investigation was almost unbelievable: he
decided to destroy the evidence. Enlisting the aid of his trusted
black farm boss, Clyde Manning, he began methodically killing his
slaves. As this true story unfolds, each detail seems more
shocking, and surprises continue in the aftermath, with a
sensational trial galvanising the nation and marking a turning
point in the treatment of black Americans.
Welcome to your Cool Connections Workbook! Packed full of fun
activities, it will give you tips and techniques to help you feel
good about yourself and remain calm and cool in all situations.
This illustrated CBT workbook builds self-esteem, emotional
resilience and social skills in children and young people aged
9-14, helping to prevent the development of anxiety and depression.
The exercises help the reader to develop greater awareness of the
connections between their thoughts, feelings, body signals and
actions, before putting strategies in place to help them cope with
feelings of anxiety and depression and increase their resilience
and self-confidence.
Situating the theater as a site of broad cultural movements and
conflicts, Lisa A. Freeman asserts that antitheatrical incidents
from the English Renaissance to present-day America provide us with
occasions to trace major struggles over the nature and balance of
power and political authority. In studies of William Prynne's
Histrio-mastix (1633), Jeremy Collier's A Short View of the
Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage (1698), John Home's
Douglas (1757), the burning of the theater at Richmond (1811), and
the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in National Endowment for the
Arts v. Finley (1998) Freeman engages in a careful examination of
the political, religious, philosophical, literary, and dramatic
contexts in which challenges to theatricality unfold. In so doing,
she demonstrates that however differently "the public" might be
defined in each epoch, what lies at the heart of antitheatrical
disputes is a struggle over the character of the body politic that
governs a nation and the bodies public that could be said to
represent that nation. By situating antitheatrical incidents as
rich and interpretable cultural performances, Freeman seeks to
account fully for the significance of these particular historical
conflicts. She delineates when, why, and how anxieties about
representation manifest themselves, and traces the actual politics
that govern such ostensibly aesthetic and moral debates even today.
This Atom Bomb in Me traces what it felt like to grow up suffused
with American nuclear culture in and around the atomic city of Oak
Ridge, Tennessee. As a secret city during the Manhattan Project,
Oak Ridge enriched the uranium that powered Little Boy, the bomb
that destroyed Hiroshima. The city was a major nuclear production
site throughout the Cold War, adding something to each and every
bomb in the United States arsenal. Even today, Oak Ridge contains
the world's largest supply of fissionable uranium. The
granddaughter of an atomic courier, Lindsey A. Freeman turns a
critical yet nostalgic eye to the place where her family was sent
as part of a covert government plan. Theirs was a city devoted to
nuclear science within a larger America obsessed with its nuclear
prowess. Through memories, mysterious photographs, and uncanny
childhood toys, she shows how Reagan-era politics and nuclear
culture irradiated the late twentieth century. Alternately tender
and alarming, her book takes a Geiger counter to recent history,
reading the half-life of the atomic past as it resonates in our
tense nuclear present.
Sixty years ago over 100 aerodromes in east and north-eastern
England were occupied by the men and machines of RAF Bomber
Command. The tenure of the majority of the bases was brief - some
six years - but during that time more than 55,000 men lost their
lives while flying from them to attack targets on the Continent.
Split into seven operational groups, the airfields of Bomber
Command formed the cornerstone of Britain's efforts to carry on the
war against Germany in the years before the landings in Normandy.
Thereafter they played their part in the battle against the
V-weapons with one of the last raids of the war being carried out
against Hitler's personal mountain retreat. Each airfield has been
explored and photographed in the "then and now" style of Roger
Freeman's previous books for After the Battle on the US Eighth and
Ninth Air Forces. The physical development, construction and
operational history of every airfield is described in detail and
all are illustrated with wartime and present-day aerial
photographs.
An accessible introduction to the field of clinical psychology
focused on the roles both science and clinical experience play in
today's evidence-based practice environment
Clinical psychology has been undergoing a revolution--driven by
research and the need to identify and develop scientifically proven
interventions that improve client care. By the time a student
completes his or her graduate work, the field will have evolved
even more. With the role of clinical psychologists and the
environment in which they work rapidly evolving, the training
challenge has never been so great.
Thorough and realistic in presentation, Clinical Psychology:
Integrating Science and Practice helps students gain the tools they
need to become thoughtful and effective clinicians. This accessibly
written text provides a foundation of the basics of the
psychotherapy process, grounded in an integration of its science,
theory, and, ultimately, practice.
Filled with case examples that illustrate realistic clinical
scenarios, this text offers:
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A detailed look at basic clinical tasks and skills that comprise
the nuts and bolts of a practitioner's work
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Chapters on research, working with cultural diversity, interviewing
and assessment, developing evidence-based treatment plans,
practicing ethically, and caring for yourself and colleagues
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A consistent format in each chapter made up of learning objectives;
chapter introductions; orienting headings and subheadings
throughout; figures, tables, and boxes; chapter summaries; and
helpful chapter appendixes
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An online Instructor's Manual featuring chapter-by-chapter quizzes,
essay questions, supporting materials, key words, and PowerPoint
slides
Clinical Psychology: Integrating Science and Practice paints a
vivid portrait of the work of the clinical psychologist and
uniquely illustrates clinical psychology's richness and historical
significance, as well as its leadership in the scientific
development of methods and techniques for clinical assessment and
intervention.
Cool Connections is an early intervention programme for young
people aged 9-14, focusing on preventing anxiety and depression.
Through using CBT principles, skills adapted from behavioural
activation, acceptance and commitment therapy and compassion-based
therapies and therapeutic exercises, it encourages the development
of resilience, self-esteem and wellbeing, to reduce feelings of
anxiety and depression. This new and updated edition gives
professionals working with groups everything they need to improve
the wellbeing of children. With photocopiable and downloadable
illustrated worksheets, it is clearly structured and
straightforward to put into practice, and contains new sessions on
self-regulation, identifying support networks and mindfulness.
Situating the theater as a site of broad cultural movements and
conflicts, Lisa A. Freeman asserts that antitheatrical incidents
from the English Renaissance to present-day America provide us with
occasions to trace major struggles over the nature and balance of
power and political authority. In studies of William Prynne's
Histrio-mastix (1633), Jeremy Collier's A Short View of the
Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage (1698), John Home's
Douglas (1757), the burning of the theater at Richmond (1811), and
the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in National Endowment for the
Arts v. Finley (1998) Freeman engages in a careful examination of
the political, religious, philosophical, literary, and dramatic
contexts in which challenges to theatricality unfold. In so doing,
she demonstrates that however differently "the public" might be
defined in each epoch, what lies at the heart of antitheatrical
disputes is a struggle over the character of the body politic that
governs a nation and the bodies public that could be said to
represent that nation. By situating antitheatrical incidents as
rich and interpretable cultural performances, Freeman seeks to
account fully for the significance of these particular historical
conflicts. She delineates when, why, and how anxieties about
representation manifest themselves, and traces the actual politics
that govern such ostensibly aesthetic and moral debates even today.
'If it is granted that the successful destruction of the target
would warrant the possible expenditure of the entire force...' So
wrote Major General Lewis Brereton, the US Ninth Air Force
commander in the Middle East, as the planners contemplated the
options of a high or low level attack on the oil refineries at
Ploesti in Rumania. If this source of 40 per cent of Germany's oil
could be eliminated, it would deal a vital bodyblow to the Third
Reich's ability to wage war, and a surprise attack by heavy B-24
Liberators flying at tree-top height was considered the best method
of achieving success. Three bomb groups from the Eighth Air Force
based in Britain flew out to join two groups of the Ninth already
in North Africa, the combined force of 179 aircraft destined to
carry out the first massed low-level heavy bomber mission in
history. The Ploesti Raid took place on Sunday, August 1, 1943 and,
but for a navigational error which put the leading formation on a
course away from the target, the operation might have resulted in
the destruction of the seven chosen targets.However, by the time
the mistake was realised, the defences were on the alert and over
20 Liberators were brought down in and around Ploesti. A further 35
aircraft were lost. Although the operation resulted in the award of
five Medals of Honor - America's highest decoration for bravery -
the cost was high: 308 airmen lost their lives and 208 were taken
prisoner or interned. Out of the 1,753 men who are known to have
set out on the mission, a total of 516 had failed to return.
Now in paperback the "amazing"( James Bradley, "New York Times"
bestselling author of "Flags of Our Fathers") never-before-told
story of the greatest escape of the Second World War.
In 1944 the OSS set out to recover more than 500 downed airmen
trapped behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia. Classified for over half
a century for political reasons, the full account of this
unforgettable story of loyalty, self-sacrifice, and bravery is now
being told for the first time.
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