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Jeremy M. Inman writes and directs this action spoof starring
Casper Van Dien and Lou Ferrigno. When Rumpelstiltskin (Van Dien)
escapes to the Land Without Magic through Snow White (Lauren
Parkinson)'s magic mirror he inadvertently takes her and the other
princesses of Grimm, Cinderella (Milynn Sarley), Sleeping Beauty
(Marah Fairclough) and Rapunzel (Rileah Vanderbilt), with him.
Aided by Red Riding Hood (Elizabeth Peterson), the princesses must
stop Rumpelstiltskin from using his magic powers to rule over both
worlds with The Wolf (Kimo Leopoldo) and Iron John (Lou Ferrigno)
by his side.
Dr Zoltan Dienes is a world-famous theorist and tireless
practitioner of the 'new mathematics' - an approach to mathematics
learning which uses games, songs and dance to make it more
appealing to children. Holder of numerous honorary degrees, Dr
Dienes has had a long and fruitful career, breaking new ground and
gaining many followers with his revolutionary ideas of learning
often complex mathematical concepts in such fun ways that children
are often unaware that they are learning anything. This is an
honest account of an academic radical, covering his sometimes
unconventional childhood in Hungary, France, Germany and Britain,
his peripatetic academic career, his successes and failures and his
personal affairs. Occasionally sad or moving, frequently amusing
and always fascinating, this autobiography shares some of the
intelligence, spirit and humanity that have made Dr Dienes such a
landmark figure in mathematics education. A 'must-read' for anyone
with a professional interest in the field, this is also an
absorbing and frank book for anyone interested in the life of a man
of ideas who was not afraid to take on the might of the
traditionalist educational establishment.
In this work Zoltan Paul Dienes enlivens the world of algebra and
examines some of the mysteries of mathematical constructions in a
new and exciting fashion. Step by step, equation by equation,
diagram by diagram, he strips away all the unintelligible jargon
and brings each task and problem to life. If algebra lessons were
viewed with dread at school, this is the book to make you
reconsider. The informal style, clear diagrams and comprehensive
explanations make understanding easy, while innovative games and
intriguing puzzles ensure that learning is no longer a chore but a
pleasure. Although predominantly aimed at those already equipped
with basic algebra skills, beginners and experts alike will find
much to interest and test them.
From Concept to Objectivity uncovers the nature and authority of
conceptual determination by critically thinking through neglected
arguments in Hegel's Science of Logic pivotal for understanding
reason and its role in philosophy. Winfield clarifies the logical
problems of presuppositionlessness and determinacy that prepare the
way for conceiving the concept, examines how universality,
particularity, and individuality are determined, investigates how
judgment and syllogism are exhaustively differentiated, and, on
that basis, explores how objectivity can be categorized without
casting thought in irrevocable opposition to reality. Winfield's
book will be of interest to readers of Hegel as well as anyone
wondering how thought can be objective.
Worrisome recent economic downturns in Brazil, Russia and even
China occurred against the backdrop of domestic issues pertaining
to patrimonialism, corruption and informality. Some economies of
the European periphery also suffered from similar domestic issues
and plunged into recession due to economic crisis and austerity
policies implemented in its wake. This book theorises and analyses
the evolving nature of capitalism in emerging economies (the BRICs)
and the European periphery in the face of pressures from
globalisation and economic crises The volume seeks to make sense of
these crises and their impact using the framework of comparative
capitalism while testing its applicability beyond the advanced
industrialised countries for which it was developed. The authors
draw on late Uwe Becker’s open qualitative approach,
systematically integrating the state into the analysis and paying
close attention to the role of changing ideas, character of
international integration, leadership and informality. The
contributors analyse different responses to crises by the BRICs and
countries of the Southern European periphery as well as respective
dimensions of state-business interaction. The findings contribute
to theorising varieties of capitalism beyond the OECD world and to
developing a dynamic theory of capitalist change in the face of
pressures from globalisation and economic crises. The chapters in
this book were originally published as a special issue of
Contemporary Politics.
Diverse Quasiparticle Properties of Emerging Materials:
First-Principles Simulations thoroughly explores the rich and
unique quasiparticle properties of emergent materials through a
VASP-based theoretical framework. Evaluations and analyses are
conducted on the crystal symmetries, electronic energy spectra/wave
functions, spatial charge densities, van Hove singularities,
magnetic moments, spin configurations, optical absorption
structures with/without excitonic effects, quantum transports, and
atomic coherent oscillations. Key Features Illustrates various
quasiparticle phenomena, mainly covering orbital hybridizations and
spin-up/spin-down configurations Mainly focuses on electrons and
holes, in which their methods and techniques could be generalized
to other quasiparticles, such as phonons and photons Considers such
emerging materials as zigzag nanotubes, nanoribbons, germanene,
plumbene, bismuth chalcogenide insulators Includes a section on
applications of these materials This book is aimed at professionals
and researchers in materials science, physics, and physical
chemistry, as well as upper-level students in these fields.
This 10th edition of Constitutional Law in a Nutshell summarizes
constitutional law from Marbury v. Madison (1803), to the present.
The goal has been to discuss the Supreme Court's cases in enough
detail to be helpful but not to be verbose in doing so. In this
edition we feature thirty new cases. Some of the highlights include
Rucho v. Common Cause (2-10) where the Court held 5-4, per Chief
Justice Roberts, that partisan gerrymandering is a non-justiciable
issue beyond the competence of the federal judiciary. In Department
of Commerce v. New York (2019), although the Court ruled that the
Enumeration Clause of the Constitution grants authority to Congress
and "by extension" to the Secretary of Commerce to include a
question about citizenship on the 2020 Census questionnaire, the
Court could not approve it because the rationale presented to the
Court was contrived and was based on a pretext. In Timbs v. Indiana
(2019), the Court demonstrated that there still is vitality in the
incorporation doctrine and held that the Excessive Fines Clause of
the Eighth Amendment is an "incorporated" protection applicable to
the States under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment. As ever, the free expression area is once again fertile
ground for generating Supreme Court case law. In Janus v. American
Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (2018), the
Supreme Court, per Justice Alito, 5-4, reversed the 40 year old
Abood v. Detroit Board of Education (1977) precedent and held that
its ruling requiring non-union members of a public sector union to
pay for the collective bargaining of the union is a violation of
the First Amendment. In Matal v.Tam (2017), the Court unanimously
held that a Lanham Act provision prohibiting the registration of
trademarks that "disparage--or bring--into contempt or disrepute"
any persons living or dead is a violation of the First Amendment.
In the area of freedom of religion, the Court in Trump v. Hawaii
(2018), held, 5-4, per Chief Justice Roberts, that a Proclamation
prohibiting or limiting the entry into the United States of
nationals from seven countries with Muslim majorities did not
violate the Establishment Clause. The Proclamation could reasonably
be justified on grounds of national security rather than religious
hostility. In American Legion v. American Humanist Association
(2019), the Court held, 7-2, per Justice Alito, that the
Bladensburg Peace Cross, erected in 1925 on public land in Maryland
as a memorial to veterans of World War I did not constitute a
violation of the Establishment Clause. Government action which
removes monuments that have religious symbolism and that have long
been on public land could be seen as "aggressively hostile to
religion." Finally, in this edition, as in previous ones, the goal
has been to present the essence of the Court's decisions in a
concise, readable and understandable way.
This work examines the geographic position of soviet Asia in the
overall econany of the USSR and analyzes the impact of major
national policy issues on its development and prospects. The Asian
USSR constitutes three-fourths of the country's territory, an area
exceeding the size of Brazil and Australia combined. Its
acquisition was the result of Russian expansion and conquest in the
past 499 years. This vast territory is still hinterland to the
European USSR, weakly and unevenly integrated into the country's
economic and societal mainstream. Moreover, the Asian USSR is
hardly unifonn, culturally or otherwise. Its regions play very
different roles in the Soviet spatial system and are affected by
different policy choices on the national level. On the one hand,
there are striking contrasts between Moslem Central Asia and
Siberia (including the Far East). On the other hand, the Siberian
regions are also assigned different economic and strategic roles
according to their resource endovnent, their links to the economic
power centers in the European USSR (partly a function of their
east-west and north-south positions) and their strategic
vulnerability or importance.
The war on terror cannot be truly understood without investigating
the legitimacy of modernity, the challenge that religion presents
to modernization, the inescapable conflicts attending the emergence
and expansion of modernity, and the post-colonial predicament from
which Islamist reaction arises. Richard Dien Winfield illuminates
the war on terror in light of these issues, presenting an
anti-foundationalist justification of the rationality and freedom
of modernity, while assessing how religion can stand in opposition
to modernity and why Islam has been a privileged vehicle of
anti-modern religious revolt. Winfield shows that the privatization
that religion must undergo to be compatible with modern freedom
involves no capitulation to relativism, but rather is a theological
imperative on which the truth of religion depends. Exposing the
limits of any purely secular modernization of Islam, Winfield shows
how Islam can draw upon its core tradition to repudiate the
oppression of Islamist reaction and become at home in the modern
world.
There is considerable debate over the extent to which cognitive
tasks can be learned non-consciously or implicitly. In recent years
a large number of studies have demonstrated a discrepancy between
explicit knowledge and measured performance. This book presents an
overview of these studies and attempts to clarify apparently
disparate results by placing them in a coherent theoretical
framework. It draws on evidence from neuropsychological and
computational modelling studies as well as the many laboratory
experiments. Chapter one sets out the background to the large
number of recent studies on implicit learning. It discusses
research on implicit memory, perception without awareness, and
automaticity. It attempts to set the implicit - explicit
distinction in the context of other relevant dichotomies in the
literature. Chapter two presents an overview of research on the
control of complex systems, from Broadbent (1977) through to the
present day. It looks at the accessibility of control task
knowledge, as well as whether there is any other evidence for a
distinction between implicit and explicit modes of learning.
Chapter three critically reviews studies claiming to show that
people can acquire concepts without being verbally aware of the
basis on which they are responding. It shows that concept formation
can be implicit in some sense but not in others. Chapter four
investigates the claim that people can learn sequential information
in an implicit way. Chapter five looks at whether computational
modelling can elucidate the nature of implicit learning. It
examines the feasibility of different exemplar connectionist models
in accounting for performance in concept learning, sequence
learning, and control task experiments. Chapter six reviews
evidence concerning dissociations between implicit and explicit
knowledge in various neuropsychological syndromes. Finally,
chapters seven and eight discuss the many practical and theoretical
implications of the research.
Worrisome recent economic downturns in Brazil, Russia and even
China occurred against the backdrop of domestic issues pertaining
to patrimonialism, corruption and informality. Some economies of
the European periphery also suffered from similar domestic issues
and plunged into recession due to economic crisis and austerity
policies implemented in its wake. This book theorises and analyses
the evolving nature of capitalism in emerging economies (the BRICs)
and the European periphery in the face of pressures from
globalisation and economic crises The volume seeks to make sense of
these crises and their impact using the framework of comparative
capitalism while testing its applicability beyond the advanced
industrialised countries for which it was developed. The authors
draw on late Uwe Becker's open qualitative approach, systematically
integrating the state into the analysis and paying close attention
to the role of changing ideas, character of international
integration, leadership and informality. The contributors analyse
different responses to crises by the BRICs and countries of the
Southern European periphery as well as respective dimensions of
state-business interaction. The findings contribute to theorising
varieties of capitalism beyond the OECD world and to developing a
dynamic theory of capitalist change in the face of pressures from
globalisation and economic crises. The chapters in this book were
originally published as a special issue of Contemporary Politics.
This work examines the geographic position of soviet Asia in the
overall econany of the USSR and analyzes the impact of major
national policy issues on its development and prospects. The Asian
USSR constitutes three-fourths of the country's territory, an area
exceeding the size of Brazil and Australia combined. Its
acquisition was the result of Russian expansion and conquest in the
past 499 years. This vast territory is still hinterland to the
European USSR, weakly and unevenly integrated into the country's
economic and societal mainstream. Moreover, the Asian USSR is
hardly unifonn, culturally or otherwise. Its regions play very
different roles in the Soviet spatial system and are affected by
different policy choices on the national level. On the one hand,
there are striking contrasts between Moslem Central Asia and
Siberia (including the Far East). On the other hand, the Siberian
regions are also assigned different economic and strategic roles
according to their resource endovnent, their links to the economic
power centers in the European USSR (partly a function of their
east-west and north-south positions) and their strategic
vulnerability or importance.
From Concept to Objectivity uncovers the nature and authority of
conceptual determination by critically thinking through neglected
arguments in Hegel's Science of Logic pivotal for understanding
reason and its role in philosophy. Winfield clarifies the logical
problems of presuppositionlessness and determinacy that prepare the
way for conceiving the concept, examines how universality,
particularity, and individuality are determined, investigates how
judgment and syllogism are exhaustively differentiated, and, on
that basis, explores how objectivity can be categorized without
casting thought in irrevocable opposition to reality. Winfield's
book will be of interest to readers of Hegel, as well as anyone
wondering how thought can be objective.
Sociocultural Contexts of Language and Literacy, Second Edition
engages prospective and in-service teachers in learning about
linguistically and culturally diverse students, and in using this
knowledge to enrich literacy learning in classrooms and
communities. The text is grounded in current research and theory
that integrate sociocultural and constructivist concepts and
perspectives and provide a framework teachers can use to develop
strategies for teaching reading, writing, and thinking to diverse
students. The focus on English literacy development does not imply
advocacy for "English only" or ESL as the primary mode of literacy
instruction. Rather, the authors take the position that learners
need to develop literacy in their native language and that the
concepts and skills learned in developing the native language
create a foundation of strength from which students can develop
English literacy. Part I introduces relevant research and language
learning theories. Part II provides research reviews and
information about literacy learning within specific culturally and
linguistically diverse communities. The chapters in Part III
challenge the reader to view the multiple social, intellectual,
cultural, and language differences children bring to the classroom
as an opportunity for learning and building on the diversity among
students. Activities and suggested readings at the end of each
chapter involve readers in reflection, observation, meaning making,
and the construction of application processes for their new
understandings. New in the Second Edition:updated research and
theory on multilingual and second language literacy;a focus on the
interpretation of these research findings to make them useful for
teachers and teacher educators in understanding and articulating
the research bases for literacy practices; attention to current
intensely debated issues, such as standards, the phonics movement,
and high-
There is considerable debate over the extent to which cognitive
tasks can be learned non-consciously or implicitly. In recent years
a large number of studies have demonstrated a discrepancy between
explicit knowledge and measured performance. This book presents an
overview of these studies and attempts to clarify apparently
disparate results by placing them in a coherent theoretical
framework. It draws on evidence from neuropsychological and
computational modelling studies as well as the many laboratory
experiments.
Chapter one sets out the background to the large number of recent
studies on implicit learning. It discusses research on implicit
memory, perception without awareness, and automaticity. It attempts
to set the implicit - explicit distinction in the context of other
relevant dichotomies in the literature. Chapter two presents an
overview of research on the control of complex systems, from
Broadbent (1977) through to the present day. It looks at the
accessibility of control task knowledge, as well as whether there
is any other evidence for a distinction between implicit and
explicit modes of learning. Chapter three critically reviews
studies claiming to show that people can acquire concepts without
being verbally aware of the basis on which they are responding. It
shows that concept formation can be implicit in some sense but not
in others. Chapter four investigates the claim that people can
learn sequential information in an implicit way. Chapter five looks
at whether computational modelling can elucidate the nature of
implicit learning. It examines the feasibility of different
exemplar connectionist models in accounting for performance in
concept learning, sequence learning, and control task experiments.
Chapter six reviews evidence concerning dissociations between
implicit and explicit knowledge in various neuropsychological
syndromes. Finally, chapters seven and eight discuss the many
practical and theoretical implications of the research.
The war on terror cannot be truly understood without investigating
the legitimacy of modernity, the challenge that religion presents
to modernization, the inescapable conflicts attending the emergence
and expansion of modernity, and the post-colonial predicament from
which Islamist reaction arises. Richard Dien Winfield illuminates
the war on terror in light of these issues, presenting an
anti-foundationalist justification of the rationality and freedom
of modernity, while assessing how religion can stand in opposition
to modernity and why Islam has been a privileged vehicle of
anti-modern religious revolt. Winfield shows that the privatization
that religion must undergo to be compatible with modern freedom
involves no capitulation to relativism, but rather is a theological
imperative on which the truth of religion depends. Exposing the
limits of any purely secular modernization of Islam, Winfield shows
how Islam can draw upon its core tradition to repudiate the
oppression of Islamist reaction and become at home in the modern
world.
This book sheds light on important philosophical assumptions made
by professionals working in clinical and research medicine. In
doing so, it aims to make explicit how active philosophy is in
medicine and shows how this awareness can result in better and more
informed medical research and practice. It examines: what features
make something a scientific discipline; the inherent tensions
between understanding medicine as a research science and as a
healing practice; how the "replication crisis" in medical research
asks us to rethink the structure of knowledge production in our
modern world; whether explanations have any real scientific values;
the uncertainties about probabilistic claims; and whether it is
possible for evidence-based medicine to truly be value free. The
final chapter argues that the most important question we can ask is
not, "How can we separate values from science?" but, "In a
democratic society, how can we decide in a politically and morally
acceptable way what values should drive science?" Key features:
introduces complex philosophical issues in a manner accessible to
non-professional academics; critically examines philosophical
assumptions made in medicine, providing a better understanding of
medicine that can lead to better healthcare; integrates medical
examples and historic contexts so as to frame the rationale of
philosophical views and provide lively illustrations of how
philosophy can impact science and our lives; uses inter-connected
chapters to demonstrate that disparate philosophical concepts are
deeply related (e.g., it shows how the aims of medicine inform how
we should understand theoretical reasoning).
Here is a universal biology that draws upon the contributions of
Aristotle, Kant, and Hegel to unravel the mystery of life and
conceive what is essential to living things anywhere they may
arise. The book develops a philosopher's guide to life in the
universe, conceiving how nature becomes a biosphere in which life
can emerge, what are the basic life processes common to any
organism, how evolution can give rise to the different possible
forms of life, and what distinguishes the essential life forms from
one another.
The Intelligent Mind conceives the psychological reality of thought
and language, explaining how intelligence develops from intuition
to representation and then to linguistic interaction and thinking.
Overcoming the prevailing dogmas regarding how discursive reason
emerges, this book secures the psychological possibility of the
philosophy of mind.
This book develops a comprehensive systematic economic theory,
conceiving how the dynamic of market relations generates an economy
dominated by the competitive process of individual profit-seeking
enterprises. The author shows how, contrary to classical political
economy and contemporary economics, the theory of capital is an a
priori normative account properly belonging to ethics. Exposing and
overcoming the limits of the economic conceptions of Hegel and
Marx, Rethinking Capital determines how the system of capitals
shapes economic freedom, jeopardizing the very rights in whose
exercise it consists. Winfield thereby provides the understanding
required to guide the private and public interventions with which
capitalism can be given a human face.
This volume reviews the current metabolic engineering tools and
technologies from a practical point of view, and guides researchers
as they overcome challenges at various stages of organism and
bioprocess development. Microbes have been engineered to produce a
variety of industrial products such as fuels, basic chemicals, fine
chemicals, nutritional supplements, and pharmaceutical
intermediates, and new tools such as gene synthesis, advanced
cloning techniques, 'omics' analysis, and mathematical modeling
have greatly accelerated the pace of innovation in the field.
Written by leading experts in the field from both academia and
industry, key topics include synthetic biology, pathway
engineering, metabolic flux manipulation, adaptive evolution, and
fermentation process scale-up. It is suitable for non-specialists,
and is a valuable resource for anyone embarking on the exciting
path to harnessing the metabolic potential of microorganisms.
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