Can the intrepid Humdinger Brothers foil Legbasket's wicked plans, as she enlists the help of the gymnastic slimeball, Slugger, and scheming Slo-Mo snail to do her dirty work? Find out how Slink managed to bend his ceremonial trumpet; whether Big Reddy sides with the goodies or the baddies; and if Hungry Huge really has chewed the leg off his favourite chair.

Volume 79 of the influential international art journal "Parkett" features Jon Kessler, Marilyn Minter and Albert Oehlen. In the tinkered gadgetry of Kessler's retro sci-fi installations, we peek through surveillance cameras to see our own image among his analog programs crammed with detritus of all kinds. Kessler's vista of (d)evolved cyberstuff is in a manic state of accumulation, as this data-diving artist masters the ecology of pure information. Within Marilyn Minter's fetishistic, flawless pictures, we find a painter obsessed with the clear articulation of magnified sweat beads and pore-smeared glitter. In each successive lip-smacking painting, Minter sets out to perfect beauty's disguise, affirming both her pleasure in fashion imagery, and an appreciation of its vulgar mishaps--say, a drag queen's eyelashes clumped together with too much mascara. According to essayist John Kelsey, Albert Oehlen's collage-paintings "seem almost bored of their own shock-value." And yet this artist, one of the most significant German painters of the past 20 years, can make boredom look like a rigorous, if not delirious experiment. Also featured: Spencer Finch, Gelitin and Mark Wallinger, as well as essayists Paul Bonaventura, Mark Godfrey, Glenn O'Brien, Katy Siegel, Andrea Scott and Pamela Lee, to name a few.

What is sociology? Why is it important? Sociologists' Tales is the first book to offer a unique window into the thoughts and experiences of key UK sociologists from different generations, many internationally recognised, asking what sociology means to them. It reveals the changing context of sociology and how this has shaped their practice. Providing a valuable insight into why sociology is so fascinating, it gives advice to those wanting to study or develop a career in sociology reflecting on why the contributors chose their career, how they have managed to do it and what advice they would offer the next generation. This unique volume provides an understanding of sociology and its importance, and will have wide appeal among students, young sociologists thinking about their future and professional sociologists alike.

What is sociology? Why is it important? Sociologists' Tales is the first book to offer a unique window into the thoughts and experiences of key UK sociologists from different generations, many internationally recognised, asking what sociology means to them. It reveals the changing context of sociology and how this has shaped their practice. Providing a valuable insight into why sociology is so fascinating, it gives advice to those wanting to study or develop a career in sociology reflecting on why the contributors chose their career, how they have managed to do it and what advice they would offer the next generation. This unique volume provides an understanding of sociology and its importance, and will have wide appeal among students, young sociologists thinking about their future and professional sociologists alike.

On her 50th birthday Donna found out her beloved mother was dying of cancer. Shortly after she awoke from a dream where she was travelling to 50 countries in 50 weeks interviewing women in their 50s. Having dealt with grief in the past, she knew that this would be the answer to dealing with her pain when her mother passed away. Within three months her mother was gone and Donna set about to make her dream come true. Follow her journey around the globe, while she shares amusing tales, travel adventures and compelling interviews.

As elite athletes have come to be viewed as a discrete population with distinct medical needs, so sports-specific healthcare professions have emerged. Over the last six years in particular, British sports medicine clinicians have sought to create a world-class medical support service for this population. By drawing on the perspectives of healthcare providers, this book explores key developments such as the professionalisation, formalisation and bureaucratisation of sports medicine in the UK and the consequences of such developments on doctors' and physiotherapists' working practices, relationships with each other and on athlete care. Working In Sports Medicine is a valuable addition to existing literature on the medical management of pain and injury. It offers a unique analysis of a context that sociologists of sport in the UK are yet to investigate - Olympic sport. This book is both current and relevant given London's hosting of the 2012 Olympics and will suit students and lecturers interested in sporting healthcare, elite performance and inter-professional relations as well as those with a professional interest in managing injuries.

Staying Afloat in the Bathtub Business is the only "From the Trenches" look at the refinishing industry. I have addressed the essential questions, such as: should you franchise (I don't have one), training programs, start-ups costs, what products to use, what types of work to turn away and how to market your business, just to name a few. Learn from our mistakes and avoid the pitfalls of many start-ups, and this business in particular. This book is also a valuable reference for seasoned refinishers. When I got in, I didn't realize how much there is to know. It has never been big things that have cost me time or money. This book will reveal the details that will help with business success.

Vordiplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Gesundheitswissenschaften, Note: 1,3, Hamburger Fern-Hochschule, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Wie ungerecht, dass man Tausende von Krankheiten haben kann, aber nicht einmal zwei Gesundheiten." (Peter Hohl 2001: 56) Gesundheit und Krankheit, zwei Worte welche die Menschen aller Schichten und in allen Zeiten beschaftigen. Ein unersattliches Thema, zu welchem es tausende Meinungen gab, gibt und geben wird. Jeder Mensch ist sein eigener Experte und eine ultima ratio wird es wahrscheinlich nie geben. Lange Zeit ist dies das Thema der Medizin, welche im wesentlichen als Krankheitswissenschaft fungiert und ihren Fokus auf das Vermeiden von Krankheit und auf die Kuration dieser legt. Gesundheitsversorgung stellt unter pathogenetischer Betrachtungsweise Beschwerden und Symptome des Patienten (nicht des Menschen), sowie deren Behandlung in den Mittelpunkt ihres Handelns. In den letzten drei Jahrzehnten werden jedoch die Grenzen der kurativen Medizin erkennbar, die Vernachlassigung der Individualitat des Menschen beklagt und es kommt zu einer gesellschaftlichen und wissenschaftlichen Neuorientierung. Die bisherige pathogen orientierte Frage nach den Ursachen einer Krankheit, wird vom Soziologen Aaron Antonovsky umgekehrt und er fragt nach der Entstehung von Gesundheit. Anhand dieser Fragestellung entwickelt Antonovsky das Konzept der Salutogenese, welches er in seinen beiden Hauptwerken von 1979 und 1987 vorstellt. Das deutsche Gesundheitssystem, setzt sich aus drei aufeinander aufbauenden Elementen zusammen, der Pravention, der Kuration und der Rehabilitation. Diese bauen aufeinander auf und bedingen sich gegenseitig. Gerade in den Bereichen Pravention und Rehabilitation, scheinen die Moglichkeiten eines Einflusses durch das salutogenetische Modell am grossten. Diese Hausarbeit wird im Rahmen des Diplomstudiums Pflegemanagement" im Fach Gesundheitswissenschaften erarbeitet. Sie dient der wissenschaftlichen Auseinanderset