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Miracle On 34th Street (DVD)
Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Gene Lockhart, Natalie Wood, …
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Doris Walker (Maureen O'Hara), an executive at Macy's department
store, believes in taking a common-sense approach to life and is
consequently raising her daughter Susan (Natalie Wood) not to
believe in Santa Claus. This year however, the convictions of both
mother and child are challenged when the kindly old man (Edmund
Gwenn) hired as the store Santa insists that he is in fact the real
thing. No one believes him, some even think he's insane, but he is
willing to go to court to prove his case. Oscars were won by Edmund
Gwenn (Best Supporting Actor) and George Seaton (Best Screenplay)
and the film was remade in 1994 with Richard Attenborough in the
lead.
The key arguments and debates about globalization have raised
searching questions about the significance of national and regional
borders for the competitive strategies of individuals, firms and
industries." Global Competitiveness and Innovation" seeks to
address these issues by exploring four key topics: The status of
economic agents in the emerging global economy; the limits of path
dependence and the scope of agent action; the relationship between
agents' decision-making and their environments; and agents'
learning capacities in a world of information and knowledge
creation.
At some time 30% of the world's land mass was covered by glaciers
leaving substantial deposits of glacial soils under major
conurbations in Europe, North and South America, New Zealand,
Europe and Russia. For instance, 60% of the UK has been affected,
leaving significant glacial deposits under major conurbations where
two thirds of the population live. Glacial soils are composite
soils with significant variations in composition and properties and
are recognised as challenging soils to deal with. Understanding the
environment in which they were formed and how this affects their
behaviour are critical because they do not always conform to
classic theories of soil mechanics. This book is aimed at designers
and contractors working in the construction and extractive
industries to help them mitigate construction hazards on, with or
in glacial deposits. These soils increase risks to critical
infrastructure which, in the UK includes the majority of the road
and rail network, coastal defences such as the fastest eroding
coastline in Europe and most of the water supply reservoirs. It
brings together many years of experience of research into the
behaviour of glacial deposits drawing upon published and
unpublished case studies from industry. It draws on recent
developments in understanding of the geological processes and the
impact they have upon the engineering properties, construction
processes and performance of geotechnical structures. Unlike other
books on glaciation it brings together all the relevant disciplines
in earth sciences and engineering to make it directly relevant to
the construction industry.
This book explores the basic concept of agency and develops it
further in psychology using it to better understand and explain
psychological processes and behavior. More importantly, this book
seeks to put an emphasis on the role of agency in four distinct
settings: history of psychology, neuroscience, psychology of
religion, and sociocultural theories of co-agency. In Volume 12 of
the Annals of Theoretical Psychology the contributors explore a
number of new ways to look at agency in psychology. This volume
seeks to develop a systematic theory of axioms for agency. It
describes implications for research and practice that are founded
on an understanding of the person as an actor in the world. This
book also has implications for research and practice across
psychology's sub-fields uniting the discipline through an agentic
view of the person
Many people working toward sustainability recognize the important
role of conservation but are inadequately prepared to deal with the
large spatial, temporal and complexity scales that are involved in
large-scale conservation efforts. Problems in large-scale
conservation require navigating an intermixture of geophysical,
biological and political dimensions. Coming to grips with these
many natural and human forces and factors at large scales, much
less the myriad details in any single case, is challenging in the
extreme and becomes more critical with each day that passes.
Large-scale conservation poses many complex challenges that single
disciplines, approaches or methods cannot fully address alone.
Interdisciplinarity can significantly strengthen large-scale
conservation efforts. Throughout Large-Scale Conservation in the
Common Interest the editors and authors argue that a more holistic
and genuinely interdisciplinary approach is required to solve the
complex and growing challenges associated with large-scale
conservation. The chapters within offer such an approach and define
key terms, bring challenges to light and employ case studies to
offer concrete practical and strategic recommendations to help
those who are engaged in the interactive tasks of promoting
sustainability and human dignity. This book is intended for a broad
audience, including students and professors new to the field of
large-scale conservation, experienced field-based practitioners in
science and management and decision and policy makers who set
specific and strategic direction for large landscapes. Professors
can use this book to introduce students to the challenges of
successful large-scale conservation design and implementation and
to teach interdisciplinarity as a framework, concept and tool.
Professionals will find this book offers a new way of using
science, management and policy to make decisions. Finally, this
volume can be used as a guide to set up workshops, seminars, or
projects involving diverse people and perspectives.
Ovid is perhaps the most important surviving Latin poet and his
work has influenced writers throughout the world to the present
day. This volume presents a groundbreaking series of essays on his
reception across in the Middle Ages. The collection includes
contributions from distinguished Ovidians as well as leading
specialists in medieval Latin and vernacular literature, clerical
and extra-clerical culture and medieval art, and addresses
questions of manuscript and textual transmission, translation,
adaptation and imitation. It also explores the intersecting
cultural contexts of the schools (monastic and secular), courts and
literate lay households. It elaborates the scale and scope of the
enthusiasm for Ovid in medieval Europe, following readers of the
canon from the Carolingian monasteries to the early schools of the
Ile de France and on into clerical and curial milieux in Italy,
Spain, the British Isles and even the Byzantine Empire.
First published in 1986, East Indians in a West Indian Town
explores the complex geographical, sociological and anthropological
dimensions of Trinidad society before and after its political
independence, by employing three sets of materials - census data,
questionnaires and participant-observation records. Cartographic,
humanistic and statistical approaches are combined in a historical
perspective to deal with the significance of race, cultural
distinctions and class in San Fernando. A major concern of the book
is to examine the social complexity that lies behind geographical
patterns, and to compare aggregate data with group behaviour. This
book will be of interest to students of geography, sociology and
anthropology.
Multi-Tiered Systems of Support in Elementary Schools is the
leadership handbook and practitioner's field guide to
implementation of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) in
elementary schools, leading to improved student outcomes and school
safety. Schools can creatively customize replicable best practices
using this in-depth operations manual to guide MTSS teams in
planning and delivering tiers of academic and integrated
social-emotional and behavioral supports to meet the needs of all
students. This text introduces Healthy Minds, Safe Schools, an
evidence-based program that significantly improves student
well-being, school safety, and teacher feelings of self-efficacy
for delivering social-emotional and behavioral curriculum in the
classroom. Featuring team exercises and real perspectives from
educators, this text shows how to make incremental yet manageable
changes at elementary schools in accordance with public policy
mandates and evidence-based practices by developing smart teams and
programs, identifying roles and responsibilities, implementing
layers of academic support and services, improving social-emotional
and behavioral health of students, and creating an inclusive school
culture. It details organizational psychology and socially just
educational practices and is a handbook aligned with the U.S.
Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center guidebook for
preventing school violence and with the National Center for School
Mental Health Curriculum.
International aid and development is increasingly channelled
through religious groups and this collection examines the role that
these faith-based organizations play in managing international aid,
providing services, such as health and education, defending human
rights and protecting democracy. Focusing on Asia, Africa and the
Middle East, this book argues that greater engagement with faith
communities and organizations is needed, particularly in achieving
the Millennium Development Goals, and questions the traditional
securalism that has underpinned development policy and practice in
the North.
Multi-Tiered Systems of Support in Secondary Schools is a
humanistic guide used to produce reliable human capital outputs
while ensuring the promotion of socially just practices on campus.
Featuring real perspectives from practitioners, this text shows how
to make manageable changes at secondary schools in accordance with
public policy mandates and evidence-based practices by developing
smart teams and programs, identifying roles and responsibilities,
implementing layers of academic support and services, improving
behavioral and mental health of students, and creating an inclusive
school culture. This unique guide assists practitioners in
implementing systemic change in a bureaucratic system while
simultaneously strengthening the health and cohesion of the
organization.
Australian history has been written for over two centuries
beginning with European explorers and colonists attempting to
convey something of the complexity of the strange upside-down world
they encountered in the southern hemisphere. Of course, aboriginal
peoples had lived in Australia for millennia before the arrival of
the whites. Modern Australia has its foundations in these two
cultural strands. Intertwined with these are the impact of
colonialism and federation, indentured servitude and convict
transportation, the effects of El Nino on European-style farming
techniques, gold rushes, and longstanding issues of ethnicity,
immigration, and religious tolerance. Covering these topics and
more, this most recent and up-to date narrative history of
Australia includes a timeline of major events, a biographic
sketches of noteworthy historical figures, and a bibliographic
essay.
Noted historian of Australia, Francis Clarke, provides a
complete, comprehensive, and contemporary account of the political,
economic, and cultural forces of each period of Australian history
and gives readers a clear understanding of the many factors that
have shaped the country. Written for a general audience, "The
History of Australia" is the perfect introduction to Land Down
Under.
This volume of Research in Economic History includes eight papers.
Five were submitted through regular channels and three papers which
were solicited at the conference ???Toward a Global History of
Prices and Wages???. Following is Nonnenmacher??'s study of the
early years of the telegraph industry in the United States. The
third paper is Herranz-Lonc??n??'s estimates of the growth of the
Spanish infrastructure between 1844 and 1935. Then there are two
papers based on microeconomic data. The first is the investigation
by James, Palumbo and Thomas of late nineteenth century saving
among working class families in the United States. The second is
Murray??'s study of the operation of pioneering sickness insurance
schemes in several European countries between 1895 and 1908.
Finally, the three papers from the conference. In the first of
these papers, Pamuk studies trends in urban construction workers???
wages in the Eastern Mediterranean over almost a millennium. The
following paper by Bassino and Ma examines wages of Japanese
unskilled workers between 1741 and 1913. In the final paper, Ward
and Devereux present estimates of the relative income of the United
Kingdom in comparison with that of the United States for 1831,
1839, 1849, 1859 and 1869.
Hardbound. In the tradition of the new economic history, this
collection includes seven carefully researched papers blending
systematic empirical research with consideration of broader
theoretical and analytical issues.
The Deeds of the abbots of St Albans records the history of one of
the most important abbeys in England, closely linked to the royal
family and home to a school of distinguished chroniclers, including
Matthew Paris and Thomas Walsingham. It offers many insights into
the life of the monastery, its buildings and its role as a maker of
books, and covers the period from the Conquest to the mid-fifteenth
century.
First full-scale guide to the origins and development of the early
printed book, and the issues associated with it. The history of the
book is now recognized as a field of central importance for
understanding the cultural changes that swept through Tudor
England. This companion aims to provide a comprehensive guide to
the issues relevant to theearly printed book, covering the
significant cultural, social and technological developments from
1476 (the introduction of printing to England) to 1558 (the death
of Mary Tudor). Divided into thematic sections (the printed
booktrade; the book as artefact; patrons, purchasers and producers;
and the cultural capital of print), it considers the social,
historical, and cultural context of the rise of print, with the
problems as well as advantages of the transmission from manuscript
to print. the printers of the period; the significant Latin trade
and its effect on the English market; paper, types, bindings, and
woodcuts and other decorative features which create the packaged
book; and the main sponsors and consumers of the printed book:
merchants, the lay clientele, secular and religious clergy, and the
two Universities, as well as secular colleges and chantries.
Further topics addressed include humanism, women translators, and
the role of censorship and the continuity of Catholic publishing
from that time. The book is completed with a chronology and
detailed indices. Vincent Gillespie is J.R.R. Tolkien Professor of
English Literature and Language at the University of Oxford; Susan
Powell held a Chair in Medieval Texts and Culture at the University
of Salford, and is currently affiliated to the Universities of
London and York. Contributors: Tamara Atkin, Alan Coates, Thomas
Betteridge, Julia Boffey, James Clark, A.S.G. Edwards, Martha W.
Driver, Mary Erler, Alexandra Gillespie, Vincent Gillespie, Andrew
Hope, Brenda Hosington, Susan Powell, Pamela Robinson, AnneF.
Sutton, Daniel Wakelin, James Willoughby, Lucy Wooding
New essays on the monastic life in the later middle ages show that
far from being in decline, it remained rich and vibrant. In recent
years there has been an increasing interest in the history of the
numerous houses of monks, canons and nuns which existed in the
medieval British Isles, considering them in their wider
socio-cultural-economic context; historians are now questioning
some of the older assumptions about monastic life in the later
Middle Ages, and setting new approaches and new agenda. The present
volume reflects these new trends. Its fifteen chapters assess
diverseaspects of monastic history, focusing on the wide range of
contacts which existed between religious communities and the laity
in the later medieval British Isles, covering a range of different
religious orders and houses. This period has often been considered
to represent a general decline of the regular life; but on the
contrary, the essays here demonstrate that there remained a rich
monastic culture which, although different from that of earlier
centuries, remained vibrant. CONTRIBUTORS: KAREN STOBER, JULIE
KERR, EMILIA JAMROZIAK, MARTIN HEALE, COLMAN O CLABAIGH, ANDREW
ABRAM, MICHAEL HICKS, JANET BURTON, KIMM PERKINS-CURRAN, JAMES
CLARK, GLYN COPPACK, JENS ROHRKASTEN, SHEILA SWEETINBURGH, NICHOLAS
ORME, CLAIRE CROSS
"Volume 18 of Research in Economic History" contains six
contributions, evenly divided between British and U.S. topics. The
first discusses the use of the Charity Commission Reports as a new
source for the study of British economic history. These data
challenge received wisdom on crowding out during the Napoleonic
Wars, the contributions of enclosures to agricultural productivity,
and the role of the Glorious Revolution in establishing secure
property rights. The second study revisits the more than century
old debate about whether nineteenth century industrialization in
Britain worsened or improved conditions for child labour. Data from
the Parliamentary Papers and the censuses of 1841, 1851 and 1871
confirm high labour force participation rates for older (but not
younger) children, particularly in textiles. The third paper
investigates the impact of fluctuations in the weather on
agricultural output in Britain, and consequently on the level of
GDP. Remaining on agricultural topics, but shifting venue to the
United States, the fourth essay explores the induced innovation
hypothesis using state data. The authors question many of the
stylized facts which have been adduced in support of the hypothesis
at the national level, and argue that state level investigations
permit greater sensitivity to the substantial geophysical and
factor price variation within the boundaries of the United States.
The fifth paper examines the role of the National Banking System in
reducing exchange rate variations (deviations from par) within the
United States. The final contribution considers the impact of the
introduction of two parallel but completely separate telegraph
systems on the operation of U.S. financial markets.
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