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Double bill of children's features that mix CGI animation and live
action to follow the adventures of the Smurfs. In 'The Smurfs'
(2011) after being chased by dark wizard Gargamel (Hank Azaria),
the Smurfs find themselves transported from their village in the
Middle Ages to modern-day New York. There they seek shelter in the
home of Patrick Winslow (Neil Patrick Harris) and his wife, Grace
(Jayma Mays), but with Gargamel on the loose, the Smurfs are
running out of time to get back to their village. In 'The Smurfs 2'
(2013) when Gargamel kidnaps Smurfette (voice of Katy Perry) and
steals her away to Paris, the rest of the Smurf gang team up with
their human friends Patrick and Grace to try and retrieve her from
his clutches. However, with Smurfette the key to Gargamel's plans
to transform his latest minions, the Naughties (voiced by Christina
Ricci and J.B. Smoove), into Smurfs, this will be no simple task -
not least because Smurfette seems rather taken by the Naughties...
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Based on the characters created by Peyo for the 1980s television
series, this family comedy is a mix of CGI animation and live
action. After being chased by dark wizard Gargamel (Hank Azaria)
the Smurfs find themselves transported from their village in the
Middle Ages to modern-day New York. There they seek shelter in the
home of Patrick Winslow (Neil Patrick Harris) and his wife, Grace
(Jayma Mays), but with Gargamel on the loose, the Smurfs are
running out of time to get back to their village. The film features
the voice talents of Jonathan Winters, Katy Perry, Alan Cumming,
George Lopez and Paul Reubens.
This volume illustrates connections between the concerns of
vocational psychology and the adjoining disciplines of sociology,
cultural anthropology, and labor economics. The intent is to
suggest how vocational psychology and career counseling might
recognize more explicitly the ever-changing social influences and
institutional constraints that affect individual as they begin,or
contemplate beginning, their adult work.
This book explores the expectations and resources available to
develop a set of important core skills needed for this profession.
Leading authorities in the field of librarianship offer their
extensive experience and insight to help beginners to understand
precisely what actual measurable skills are required to become a
successful career science librarian. Librarians currently working
in the area will gain the data they need to be able to effectively
collaborate with more experienced people. Topics include reviews of
key concepts, basic skills, terminology, ACRL instruction
competencies, teams, and assessment of services. It also provides
the latest knowledge on trends, standards, terminology,
professional associations, and a brief literature review, and
recommended readings for familiarizing librarians with their job
responsibilities. Besides job competencies, the book reviews
collection development, reference issues, in-depth research
assistance, cataloging and metadata, faculty liaison and outreach,
career development concerns, continuing education tracks, and
issues in collaboration assistance. This source also provides
extensive references and tables and figures to clearly present
information. This book is a valuable resource for beginners who
wonder what they need to know as they start their careers or are
considering this as an area of concentration, and as a refresher
and professional development track for current librarians working
with more experienced people in the area. This book was published
as a special issue of Science & Technology Libraries.
Combining what economists know about productivity with the
findings of organization theorists about worker motivation, the
author describes a strategy to improve the quality of work life,
with major benefits for both employers and employees.
This book explores the expectations and resources available to
develop a set of important core skills needed for this profession.
Leading authorities in the field of librarianship offer their
extensive experience and insight to help beginners to understand
precisely what actual measurable skills are required to become a
successful career science librarian. Librarians currently working
in the area will gain the data they need to be able to effectively
collaborate with more experienced people. Topics include reviews of
key concepts, basic skills, terminology, ACRL instruction
competencies, teams, and assessment of services. It also provides
the latest knowledge on trends, standards, terminology,
professional associations, and a brief literature review, and
recommended readings for familiarizing librarians with their job
responsibilities. Besides job competencies, the book reviews
collection development, reference issues, in-depth research
assistance, cataloging and metadata, faculty liaison and outreach,
career development concerns, continuing education tracks, and
issues in collaboration assistance. This source also provides
extensive references and tables and figures to clearly present
information. This book is a valuable resource for beginners who
wonder what they need to know as they start their careers or are
considering this as an area of concentration, and as a refresher
and professional development track for current librarians working
with more experienced people in the area. This book was published
as a special issue of Science & Technology Libraries.
This bibliographic guide offers users a basic overview of the
current trends and the best, most important, and most up-to-date
paper and electronic information resources in the field of physics.
The author has selectively chosen and succinctly annotated a list
of hundreds of major tools used by physical scientists and
researchers, including bibliographic sources, abstracting and
indexing databases, journals, books, online sources, and other
subject-specific non-bibliographic tools. Stern also provides
information on grants, personal bibliographic database tools,
document delivery, copyright and reserves. In addition, he
discusses future developments, directions, and trends in the field,
and in the concluding chapter he outlines the history and
developments of the physics. Designed to help students, new
researchers in the field of physics, and working physicists in need
of additional information resources outside their normal field of
study, this is an invaluable reference, research, and collectio
This book presents examples of active learning from eight
countries. Teachers realize that they must prepare students for
independent and continuous learning in the emerging information
society. In their classrooms, students individually or in groups
exercise a relatively high degree of initiative and control over
their own learning. This is an old idea, but many people doubt its
validity. However, a growing body of research indicates that active
learning can be effective if properly structured. Many teachers are
increasingly interested in trying it. Through the lessons they
create, and through their personal example, the innovating teachers
described in this book are preparing students for their own
lifetime of learning. Analytical chapters explore the role of
metacognition, the relationship between individual and group, and
the importance of structure.
An in-depth investigation into career-related programmes in
American secondary schools and two-year further education colleges
is given in this book. In addition to reviewing evidence on the
effectiveness of vocational coursework, the authors analyse
programmes involving students who study and work simultaneously,
including co-operative education, youth apprenticeship and
school-based enterprise.; Chapters deal with the problems
encountered in the school-to-work transition: the preparation
necessary not only for this transition but for changes encountered
when jobs end abruptly, and issues covered include combining
school-based and work-based learning and teaching and linking
secondary with post- secondary education. Research on programmes
involving students simultaneously working and at school, including
non-school-supervised employment is also covered, as is
co-operative education, which places students in jobs related to
their fields of study. The traditional elements of post-school
education and training are discussed together with an investigation
into newer approaches including career academics and career magnet
schools and programmes bridging secondary and post secondary
education. Additionally, selected studies of programmes for out-
of-school youth are reviewed.; To conclude, the authors consider
new school-to-work systems and whether specially designed
programmes for the "non-college-bound" students would be
stigmatised as second best, or if an alternative programme could
maintain an option for students to attend four year colleges and
universities, the latter making the design and operation of
school-to-work systems more difficult. Of interest to
administrators, teachers, policy makers, analysts and employers,
the findings in this book will shed light on the viability of new
school-to- work initiatives currently being implemented in the UK,
Europe and USA.
An in-depth investigation into career-related programmes in
American secondary schools and two-year further education colleges
is given in this book. In addition to reviewing evidence on the
effectiveness of vocational coursework, the authors analyse
programmes involving students who study and work simultaneously,
including co-operative education, youth apprenticeship and
school-based enterprise.; Chapters deal with the problems
encountered in the school-to-work transition: the preparation
necessary not only for this transition but for changes encountered
when jobs end abruptly, and issues covered include combining
school-based and work-based learning and teaching and linking
secondary with post- secondary education. Research on programmes
involving students simultaneously working and at school, including
non-school-supervised employment is also covered, as is
co-operative education, which places students in jobs related to
their fields of study. The traditional elements of post-school
education and training are discussed together with an investigation
into newer approaches including career academics and career magnet
schools and programmes bridging secondary and post secondary
education. Additionally, selected studies of programmes for out-
of-school youth are reviewed.; To conclude, the authors consider
new school-to-work systems and whether specially designed
programmes for the "non-college-bound" students would be
stigmatised as second best, or if an alternative programme could
maintain an option for students to attend four year colleges and
universities, the latter making the design and operation of
school-to-work systems more difficult. Of interest to
administrators, teachers, policy makers, analysts and employers,
the findings in this book will shed light on the viability of new
school-to- work initiatives currently being implemented in the UK,
Europe and USA.
A Hebrew-English text, with both English and Hebrew on each page,
read like an English text from left to right
An unparalleled overview of current design considerations for your
digital library! Digital Libraries: Philosophies, Technical Design
Considerations, and Example Scenarios is a balanced overview of
public services, collection development, administration, and
systems support, for digital libraries, with advice on adopting the
latest technologies that appear on the scene. As a professional in
the library and information science field, you will benefit from
this special issue that serves as an overview of selected
directions, trends, possibilities, limitations, enhancements,
design principals, and ongoing projects for integrated library and
information systems. In Digital Libraries, you will discover the
latest ideas and research on digitizing and distributing online
library material, including information on: organization and
administration of new digital library facilities collection
development in digital libraries technological infrastructures for
seamlessly integrated computer databases over the Internet XML and
other new standards for displaying data on the web interface design
issues in the search environment object oriented interfaces and
improved searching possibilities a brief history of patents on the
internetDigital Libraries is a working reference for your digital
library-specific problems. Split into three related sections:
Philosophies, Technical Design Considerations, and Example
Scenarios, Digital Libraries addresses the many complexities and
new issues that have evolved with the development of digital
libraries and their future technologies. You will gain a thorough
understanding of the public service and design considerations that
are necessary to take your digital library into the 21st century.
An unparalleled overview of current design considerations for your
digital library! Digital Libraries: Philosophies, Technical Design
Considerations, and Example Scenarios is a balanced overview of
public services, collection development, administration, and
systems support, for digital libraries, with advice on adopting the
latest technologies that appear on the scene. As a professional in
the library and information science field, you will benefit from
this special issue that serves as an overview of selected
directions, trends, possibilities, limitations, enhancements,
design principals, and ongoing projects for integrated library and
information systems. In Digital Libraries, you will discover the
latest ideas and research on digitizing and distributing online
library material, including information on: organization and
administration of new digital library facilities collection
development in digital libraries technological infrastructures for
seamlessly integrated computer databases over the Internet XML and
other new standards for displaying data on the web interface design
issues in the search environment object oriented interfaces and
improved searching possibilities a brief history of patents on the
internetDigital Libraries is a working reference for your digital
library-specific problems. Split into three related sections:
Philosophies, Technical Design Considerations, and Example
Scenarios, Digital Libraries addresses the many complexities and
new issues that have evolved with the development of digital
libraries and their future technologies. You will gain a thorough
understanding of the public service and design considerations that
are necessary to take your digital library into the 21st century.
In this second of three planned volumes of Jewish Literary
Cultures, David Stern explores diverse texts and topics in medieval
and early modern Jewish literature and book history. Stern uses
contemporary critical approaches to assess larger themes and
currents in medieval and early modern Jewish civilization—opening
new windows into cultural exchange, the impact of materiality upon
reading practice and literary reception, and the nature of the
Jewish imagination and literary creativity. The texts and topics
examined in this volume include a remarkable story about a Jew who
marries a demoness, a blasphemous rabbinic parody, and the material
histories of four classic Jewish books: the Hebrew Bible in the
manuscript age; the early printed rabbinic Bible, the Talmud, and
the invention of its unusual page format; the medieval Jewish
prayerbook and its unexpected illustrations; and the Passover
Haggadah and its cartographic messianism. Accessibly written and
thoughtfully compiled, these essays are perfect for use in the
classroom and for reference in personal and professional research.
Scholars and specialists in medieval and early modern Judaism in
particular will appreciate Stern’s work.
This book deals with on-the-job training (OJT) of employees. Given
fast-changing technology and an aging labor force, many
industrialized countries must consider whether a sufficient amount
of investment is being undertaken. The papers in this volume offer
new evidence on the amount of OJT that occurs, and a re-examination
of standard economic theory. One key assumption in former research
was that employees themselves would absorb the cost of "general"
training, i.e., OJT that produces portable skills or knowledge.
However, that assumption remained empirically untested. New surveys
that have measured OJT directly now permit testing of this
assumption. Results, as reported in several chapters of this book,
fail to confirm this assumption. It appears that employers are not
able, in fact, to "sell" OJT to employees. Markets therefore do not
provide enough OJT. Even if employees do absorb some of thecost of
their own training, they may not buy enough of it, because the risk
associated with such investment cannot be hedged or insured. New
proposals are presented to address this problem. Learning in
workplaces includes solving problems and improving the productive
process. Some chapters in this book describe the features of
organizations where such learning occurs. Externalities associated
with certain of these features, in particular employment security,
may also give rise tomarket failure.
In The Jewish Bible: A Material History, David Stern explores the
Jewish Bible as a material object—the Bibles that Jews have
actually held in their hands—from its beginnings in the Ancient
Near Eastern world through to the Middle Ages to the present
moment. Drawing on the most recent scholarship on the history of
the book, Stern shows how the Bible has been not only a medium for
transmitting its text—the word of God—but a physical object
with a meaning of its own. That meaning has changed, as the
material shape of the Bible has changed, from scroll to codex, and
from manuscript to printed book. By tracing the material form of
the Torah, Stern demonstrates how the process of these
transformations echo the cultural, political, intellectual,
religious, and geographic changes of the Jewish community. With
tremendous historical range and breadth, this book offers a fresh
approach to understanding the Bible’s place and significance in
Jewish culture.
Jewish Biblical Interpretation and Cultural Exchange Comparative
Exegesis in Context Edited by Natalie B. Dohrmann and David Stern
"No other anthology of scholarship on the Jewish interpretation of
the Hebrew Bible covers the same chronological span (ancient
through early modern) or has the same comparative and contextual
emphasis (Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and Karaite) as this."--Steven
Fraade, Yale University Biblical interpretation is not simply study
of the Bible's meaning. Historically, it has also served as a
primary medium for cultural and religious exchange between the
great religious traditions of the West. Focusing on moments of
signal interest in the history of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic
scriptural interpretation from the ancient, medieval, and early
modern periods, "Jewish Biblical Interpretation and Cultural
Exchange" offers a unique comparative perspective. Each of the
essays treats its subject in relation to the larger cultural
context and to other contemporary interpretative traditions.
Sources and authors examined in the book include late biblical and
early postbiblical compositions, rabbinic legal and homiletical
interpretation, Jerome and other early Christian exegetes, Islamic
exegesis in both the Qur'an and early Muslim tradition, medieval
Jewish and Christian exegetes, and biblical interpretation as
evidenced in early modern illustrations of biblical scenes. The
histories of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic interpretation are
presented not merely as parallel but as deeply interrelated, not
only as reacting and polemicizing against each other but often as
appropriating the tools and methods of their rival traditions.
Biblical exegesis thus emerges as a forum of active and intense
cultural exchange. The volume comes at a crucial time in the study
of Jewish relations with Christianity and Islam, and shows how
deeply connected and intertwined these three religious traditions
truly are. Natalie B. Dohrmann teaches in the Religious Studies
Department and is the Director of Publications at the Center for
Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. David
Stern is Ruth Meltzer Professor of Classical Hebrew Literature at
Penn. He is author of "Midrash and Theory: Ancient Jewish Exegesis
and Contemporary Literary Studies" and "Parables in Midrash:
Narrative and Exegesis in Rabbinic Literature." Jewish Culture and
Contexts 2008 - 352 pages - 6 x 9 - 7 illus. ISBN 978-0-8122-4074-0
- Cloth - $69.95s - 45.50 ISBN 978-0-8122-0945-7 - Ebook - $69.95s
- 45.50 World Rights - Religion Short copy: Biblical interpretation
is not simply study of the Bible's meaning. This volume focuses on
signal moments in the histories of scriptural interpretation of
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam from the ancient period to the
early modern, and shows how deeply intertwined these religions have
always been."
The anthology is a ubiquitous presence in Jewish
literature--arguably its oldest literary genre, going back to the
Bible itself, and including nearly all the canonical texts of
Judaism: the Mishnah, the Talmud, classical midrash, and the
prayerbook. In the Middle Ages, the anthology became the primary
medium in Jewish culture for recording stories, poems, and
interpretations of classical texts. In modernity, the genre is
transformed into a decisive instrument for cultural retrieval and
re-creation, especially in works of the Zionist project and in
modern Yiddish and Hebrew literature. No less importantly, the
anthology has played an indispensable role in the creation of
significant fields of research in Jewish studies, including Hebrew
poetry, folklore, and popular culture. This volume is the first
book to bring together scholarly and critical essays that
investigate the anthological character of these works and what
might be called the "anthological habit" in Jewish literary
culture--the tendency and proclivity for gathering together
discrete, sometimes conflicting traditions and stories, and
preserving them side by side as though there were no difference,
conflict, or ambiguity between them. Indeed, The Anthology in
Jewish Literature is the first book to recognize this habit and
genre as one of the formative categories in Jewish literature and
to investigate its manifold roles. The seventeen essays, each of
which focuses on a specific literary work, many of them the great
classics of Jewish tradition, consider such questions as: What are
the many types of anthologies? How have anthologists, editors, even
printers of anthologies been creative shapers of Jewish tradition
and culture? What can we learn from their editorial practices? How
have politics, gender, and class figured into the making of
anthologies? What determinative role has the anthology played in
creating the Jewish canon? How has the anthology served, especially
in the modern period, to create and recreate Jewish culture. This
landmark volume will interest educated laypersons as well as
scholars in all areas of Jewish literature and culture, as well as
students of world literature and cultural studies.
In The Jewish Bible: A Material History, David Stern explores the
Jewish Bible as a material object-the Bibles that Jews have
actually held in their hands-from its beginnings in the Ancient
Near Eastern world through to the Middle Ages to the present
moment. Drawing on the most recent scholarship on the history of
the book, Stern shows how the Bible has been not only a medium for
transmitting its text-the word of God-but a physical object with a
meaning of its own. That meaning has changed, as the material shape
of the Bible has changed, from scroll to codex, and from manuscript
to printed book. By tracing the material form of the Torah, Stern
demonstrates how the process of these transformations echo the
cultural, political, intellectual, religious, and geographic
changes of the Jewish community. With tremendous historical range
and breadth, this book offers a fresh approach to understanding the
Bible's place and significance in Jewish culture.
Alan Mintz (1947–2017) was a singular figure in the American
Jewish literary landscape. In addition to publishing six
authoritative books and numerous journal articles on modern and
contemporary Jewish culture, Mintz contributed countless reviews
and essays to literary journals, including the New Republic, the
New York Times Book Review, and the Jewish Review of Books.
Scattered in miscellaneous volumes and publications, these writings
reveal aspects of Mintz’s scholarly personality that are not
evident in his monographs. American Hebraist collects fifteen of
Mintz’s most insightful articles and essays. The topics range
from the life and work of Nobel Prize winner S. Y.
Agnon—including a chapter from Mintz’s unfinished literary
biography of that author—to Jewish and Israeli literature, the
Holocaust, and a rare autobiographical essay. The chapters are
introduced and contextualized by Mintz’s longtime colleague and
friend David Stern, who opens the book by tracing the arc of
Mintz’s intellectual career; the volume concludes with a personal
essay and remembrance written by Beverly Bailis, the last student
to complete a doctorate under Mintz’s direction. Brimming with
erudition and intriguing biographical notes, American Hebraist
provides new insights into the life and work of one of the
twentieth century’s most important scholars of modern Hebrew
literature. Students and scholars alike will benefit from this
essential companion to Mintz’s scholarship.
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