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Hot Dog Derby (DVD)
Jason London, Julian Feder, Morgan Fairchild, Alicia Witt, Bryan Batt, …
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Alicia Witt and Jason London star in this family comedy directed by
Kevan Peterson. When Melanie (Witt) and Phil (London) ask their son
Danny (Julian Feder) what he wants for his birthday, they are
greeted with the response that every parent dreads: a dog. When
Danny selects his dog from the local shelter he lovingly names her
Shelly in honour of all sheltered dogs. Realising that Shelly has a
talent, Danny decides to enter her in the illustrious Wiener Dog
Nationals race. Only one thing stands in their way: Ms Merryweather
(Morgan Fairchild) and her champion dog Princess.
The United States spends more than 17% of its GDP on health care,
while other developed countries throughout the world average 8.7%
of GDP on healthcare expenditures. By 2028, that percentage in the
United States is projected to be 19.7% of GDP. Yet all this
spending apparently doesn't equate to value, quality, or
performance. Among 11 high-income countries the United States
healthcare industry ranked last during the past seven years in four
key performance categories: administrative efficiency, access to
care, equity, and healthcare outcomes. This book presents the
implantable medical device (IMD) supply chain ecosystem as a
microcosm of how these challenges of affordability and healthcare
outcomes are created and are allowed to fester. The IMD Spiderweb,
as the authors call it, is exposed as an example of how a wide
range of participants-including physicians, health system CEOs,
group purchasing organizations, health insurance companies and
supply chain executives-become ensnared in a web designed to
benefit only one player. The book also details the affordability
challenges in the industry caused by the past and current IMD
ecosystem and presents a model for meeting those challenges. The
result is that the true cost of IMDs is hidden, while hospitals and
health systems in the United States pay as much as six times more
for some IMDs as their counterparts do in Europe, and prices for
the same model of a particular IMD vary wildly even among different
U.S. hospitals. While there is a fascination with the latest and
greatest device there is also a shroud around visibility into how
these products-which include cardiac rhythm management devices such
as pacemakers and orthopedic implants such as knees and hips-have
performed and are likely to perform in patients. The costs continue
to rise not only in healthcare expenditures, but also in death and
disability. The IMD spiderweb is presented as a prime lesson in the
challenges in healthcare affordability and outcomes that occur
throughout the entire healthcare industry. It is also put forward
as an opportunity. The story behind how these challenges arose and
are deepened by the ecosystem provides a foundation for solutions.
This book is concerned with the management of natural resources, in
particular with the management of the resource called fish and wild
life. It recognizes that successful management of a natural
resource requires the design of research and development programs.
Successful natural resource administration demands the
well-exercised ability to deal with the interests of many
actors--including the public and wildlife--in a balanced,
constructive way. The authors of this book, recognized as experts
in the management of natural resources, discuss management with
special emphasis on fish and other wildlife. Their approach to
management development constantly searches for creative compromises
that protect today's wildlife for future generations while
maximizing present social and economic benefits. Their
comprehensive treatment also includes a discussion of such topics
as the interaction of human management of wildlife with natural
regulation of wildlife; the need for sound research and development
programs; the importance of public participation in the management
of natural resources; and the political and administrative context
in which resource management must take place.
The United States spends more than 17% of its GDP on health care,
while other developed countries throughout the world average 8.7%
of GDP on healthcare expenditures. By 2028, that percentage in the
United States is projected to be 19.7% of GDP. Yet all this
spending apparently doesn't equate to value, quality, or
performance. Among 11 high-income countries the United States
healthcare industry ranked last during the past seven years in four
key performance categories: administrative efficiency, access to
care, equity, and healthcare outcomes. This book presents the
implantable medical device (IMD) supply chain ecosystem as a
microcosm of how these challenges of affordability and healthcare
outcomes are created and are allowed to fester. The IMD Spiderweb,
as the authors call it, is exposed as an example of how a wide
range of participants-including physicians, health system CEOs,
group purchasing organizations, health insurance companies and
supply chain executives-become ensnared in a web designed to
benefit only one player. The book also details the affordability
challenges in the industry caused by the past and current IMD
ecosystem and presents a model for meeting those challenges. The
result is that the true cost of IMDs is hidden, while hospitals and
health systems in the United States pay as much as six times more
for some IMDs as their counterparts do in Europe, and prices for
the same model of a particular IMD vary wildly even among different
U.S. hospitals. While there is a fascination with the latest and
greatest device there is also a shroud around visibility into how
these products-which include cardiac rhythm management devices such
as pacemakers and orthopedic implants such as knees and hips-have
performed and are likely to perform in patients. The costs continue
to rise not only in healthcare expenditures, but also in death and
disability. The IMD spiderweb is presented as a prime lesson in the
challenges in healthcare affordability and outcomes that occur
throughout the entire healthcare industry. It is also put forward
as an opportunity. The story behind how these challenges arose and
are deepened by the ecosystem provides a foundation for solutions.
""Wounds of the Spirit" is a complex book about a complex and
difficult topic."
-- "Hypatia"
In Wounds of the Spirit, Traci West employs first person
accounts-from slave narratives to contemporary interviews to Tina
Turner's autobiography-to document a historical legacy of violence
against black women in the United States. West, a black feminist
Christian ethicist, situates spiritual matters within a discussion
of the psycho-social impact of intimate assault against African
American women.
Distinctive for its treatment of the role of the church in
response to violence against African American women, the book
identifies specific social mechanisms which contribute to the
reproduction of intimate violence. West insists that cultural
beliefs as well as institutional practices must be altered if we
are to combat the reproduction of violence, and suggests methods of
resistance which can be utilized by victim-survivors, those in the
helping professions, and the church.
Interrogating the dynamics of black women's experiences of
emotional and spiritual trauma through the diverse disciplines of
psychology, sociology, and theology, this important work will be of
interest and practical use to those in women's studies, African
American studies, Christian ethics, feminist and womanist theology,
women's health, family counseling, and pastoral care.
China is rapidly becoming an economic superpower, yet has a very
different business culture that is often misunderstood outside of
China. This can result in costly financial and strategic errors.
This book confronts the myths about China and Chinese business
practice and gives the reader a clear understanding of the culture
and how to engage with it successfully.
This volume is a selection of significant and previously unpublished essays and short stories by the influential critic of German and American literature and popular culture, James A. Snead. The volume contains innovative essays and notes about African American popular culture, literary criticism and five pieces of short fiction. Published posthumously, the volume attests to Snead's unique intellectual commitment to a critical engagement with the interconnections between European and African American cultural formations.
In competitive markets the quality of the competitive strategy is now as important as the customer strategy in determining customer performance. All strategies require information and competitive strategies are no exception. As a result there is an existing and growing requirement for competitive intelligence. This book shows how to collect and analyze competitive intelligence, including the use of electronic resources, as part of a competitive strategy.
To beat your competitors you must know exactly what they are doing.
It is impossible to put together a successful competitive strategy
if you are unsure what your competitors are doing, what they plan
to do or even who your competitors really are. As markets evolve
even more rapidly and companies adapt their plans much faster, the
demand for competitive intelligence has spiralled. Christopher
West, an expert in the field, shows you how to collect, analyse and
use competitive intelligence from a variety of sources, including
the internet, and change your competitive strategy accordingly.
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To
mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania
Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's
distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print.
Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers
peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
How activists in Ghana, South Africa, and Brazil provide
inspiration and strategies for combating the gender violence
epidemic in the United States How can the U.S. learn from the
perspectives of anti-gender violence activists in South America and
Africa as we seek to end intimate violence in this country? The
U.S. has consistently positioned itself as a moral exemplar,
seeking to export its philosophy and values to other societies. Yet
in this book, Traci C. West argues that the U.S. has much to learn
from other countries when it comes to addressing gender-based
violence. West traveled to Ghana, South Africa, and Brazil to
interview activists involved in the struggle against gender
violence. In each of these places, as in the United States,
Christianity and anti-black racism have been implicated in violence
against women. In Ghana and Brazil, in particular, their Christian
colonial and trans-Atlantic slave trade histories directly connect
with the socioeconomic development of the Americas and historic
incidents of rape of black slave women. With a transnational focus
on religion and racism, West brings a new perspective to efforts to
systemically combat gender violence. Calling attention to forms of
violence in the U.S. and international settings, such as marital
rape, sex trafficking of women and girls, domestic violence, and
the targeting of lesbians, the book offers an expansive and nuanced
view of how to form activist solidarity in tackling this violence.
It features bold and inspiring approaches by black women leaders
working in each setting to uproot the myriad forms of violence
against women and girls. Ultimately, West calls for us to learn
from the lessons of Africana activists, drawing on a defiant
Africana spirituality as an invaluable resource in the quest to
combat the seemingly chronic problem of gender-based violence.
Designed to help birders and banders identify, age, and sex all
seventeen species of hummingbirds found in North America, this is
the only identification guide devoted entirely to hummingbirds that
includes up-close, easy-to-use illustrations. It also provides
information on the eight species that have been reported but rarely
seen in North America. On first viewing hummingbirds are often a
blur of fast-moving color. However, when they perch and hover they
can be observed, and the size, shape, and color; the proportions of
the body, bill, throat, and tail; the wing feather pattern; and the
birds' behavior are crucial to accurate identification. The
author's concise descriptions and illustrations pinpoint all these
features in clear, jargon-free language. Anyone who loves
hummingbirds will welcome the information he provides.
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