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This is the story of Margaret Darwin, a capable self confident
woman who cared for her husband during seven years as he suffered
with Alzheimer's disease and an adult daughter who wass infected
with .HIV After their deaths, she learns that she has ovarian
cancer. Determined to see herself through to the end of her life,
she leaves Toronto and her two estranged sons to go to a small town
in northern Ontario where she and her husband had vacationed long
ago.. In this small town she meets several characters who change
her self sufficiency to a desperate need to find God and peace for
her tattered soul. She has several alarming adventures as she
struggles to find herself again to become whole
In Storytelling: Critical and Creative Approaches award-winning
creative artists and scholars explore the power and complexity of
stories in a variety of genres and cultures. Storytelling is of
crucial importance to narratives of post-coloniality, gender,
history, social status and nationhood. This collection of
analytical and reflective pieces demonstrates the fundamental role
played by imagination in the production and contestation of
culture. The writers show how personal and public truths are
manufactured, modified and undone through processes of
narrativization and storytelling.
This is the first English-language book dedicated to Brazilian sand
flies and their medical importance. No other country has so many
species of these haematophagous insects as Brazil and their
diversity has reached an astonishing level. The book contains
comprehensive chapters, written by Brazilian experts on their
regional distribution, their ecology and their importance as
vectors of pathogens and parasites. Methods for sampling,
processing and preserving phlebotomines are reviewed as are
perspectives on surveillance and leishmaniasis vector control. A
novel classification is presented whose aim is to help
investigators identify the species that they are working with more
efficiently.
Making European Citizens examines the forms of transnational
citizenship developing in Europe. Previous discussions have focused
on the construction of a European identity and the granting of
common European rights, but rarely explore whether citizens have
developed the capacity for self-rule. Active citizenship involves
more than simply voting. Citizens must be able to organize socially
and politically as well. Achieving such mobilization at a
transnational level may involve new democratic techniques and
skills. The volume explores how far European citizens have acquired
the requisite methods and qualities.
Following her return to New Lancaster, Margaret Darwin marries
Douglas Parker. They decide to visit Michael Parker and his family
in Nairobi, Kenya on their way to Italy to study the history of the
Etruscan tribes. While in Kenya, at the risk of making the book
seem like a travelogue they visit the orphanage in Uganda for
children victimized by the AIDS crisis which has long range
implications in the plots of the succeeding books in the series.
E-Business Management: Integration of Web Technologies with
Business Models contains a collection of articles by leading
information systems researchers on important topics related to the
development of e-business. The goal is to enhance the understanding
of the state of the art in e-business, including the most current
and forward-looking research. The book emphasizes both business
practices and academic research made possible by the recent rapid
advances in the applications of e-business technology. The book
should help graduate students, researchers, and practitioners
understand major e-business developments, how they will transform
businesses, and the strategic implications to be drawn.
By illustrating in detail the major e-business developments and
research, E-Business Management focuses on addressing e-business
management from the perspective of information systems research. In
order to cover the subject matter in sufficient breadth and depth,
the book is organized into the following five main sections:
-e-Business Fundamentals;
-e-Business Best Practices;
-Marketing, Customer Relations, e-Services, and Personalization;
-Formation of New Intermediaries and e-Markets, and
-B2B and Supply-Chain Management: New Business Models and
Valuation.
This book has its origins in a resolution passed by the Economic
and Social Council of the United Nations in July 1975 requesting
the Secretary-General to prepare a 10 to 15 year evaluation of the
prospects for copper. The investigation was carried out by the
Centre for Natural Resources, Energy and Transport, with the help
of consultants, and the results summarized in a report submitted to
the Committee on Natural Re sources, a subsidiary body of the
Economic and Social Council, in May 1977. This book presents the
findings of that investigation in greater detail, draws out the
impli cations of those findings more fully, and describes the
methodology employed more completely than was possible in the
earlier report. It also incorporates the results of additional work
carried out by the authors since the spring of 1977 so as to take
into account recent developments as well as comments received from
the participants at the meeting of the Committee on Natural
Resources where the summary paper was re viewed. Although all three
authors are collectively, and individually, responsible for the
whole book, Mr. Wolfgang Gluschke assumes a special responsibility
for Chapters IV, V and VI, Mr. Joseph F. Shaw for Chapters I, II,
and VIII, and Mr. Bension Varon for Chapters III and VII. The work
on the book was undertaken under the general supervision and
guidance of Mr. Varon, then Assistant Director ofthe United Nations
Centre for Natural Resources, Energy and Transport."
In any settler and/or postcolonial society, heritage is a complex
and contested topic that involves indigenous, imperial and other
migrant components. In Australia, this situation is compounded by
the unique characteristics of the country's natural environment,
the considerable diversity of its migrant intake and the
demographic and technological imbalances between its indigenous and
settler populations. This volume brings together internationally
recognized academics and emerging scholars, whose expertise extends
through the areas of tourism, planning, heritage management,
environmental studies and state and local government. Through a
representative set of case studies from across the country's states
and capital cities, the contributors demonstrate the range and
diversity of heritage issues currently confronting Australia, and
consider possible ways of resolving these.
Because of their mutually influencing interactions, information
systems and modern manufacturing systems are intertwined. They have
been so integrated that information systems have become an embedded
and critical component of any effective manufacturing system. The
impact of the increasing focus on information permeates throughout
the manufacturing life cycle, from product conceptualization,
design, process planning, all the way to production, order
fulfilment, and customer services. For these reasons, it is
critical that we study information-based manufacturing in its
entirety, crossing the traditional functional boundaries and
building as much synergy between Information Systems (IS),
Information Technology (IT), and manufacturing as possible. This is
the motivation for this book and, to this end, the purpose of this
book is threefold: to establish an up-to-date interdisciplinary
research framework for information-based manufacturing that builds
on the research foundation from IS and IT and manufacturing
research; to develop a forward-looking research agenda for
information-based manufacturing for identifying future directions
for research and applications; and to foster a joint academic and
industrial research agenda in information systems and manufacturing
by identifying the greatest synergy possible between academic
research and industrial practices.
This book studies the role of the Ottoman Empire and Republic of
Turkey in providing refuge and prosperity for Jews fleeing from
persecution in Europe and Byzantium in medieval times and from
Russian pogroms and the Nazi holocaust in the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries. It studies the religiously-based communities
of Ottoman and Turkish Jews as well as their economic, cultural and
religious lives and their relations with the Muslims and Christians
among whom they lived.
The neutrality maintained by Turkey during most of World War II
allowed it to rescue thousands of Jews from the Holocaust in the
Nazi-occupied or collaborating countries of Europe. In France, the
Turkish consels in Paris and Marseilles intervened to protect
Turkish Jews from the application of anti-Jewish laws introduced
both by the German occupying authorities and the Vichy government,
and rescued them from concentration camps, getting them off trains
destined for the extermination chambers in the East, and arranging
train caravans and other special transportation to take them
through Nazi-occupied territory to safety in Turkey.;Despite
opposition from both the Nazis and the British, morever, the
Turkish government instructed its diplomats in Eastern Europe to
provide all possible assistance to Jews being persecuted during the
Holocaust, allowed the Jewish Agency and other rescue groups to
operate openly from offices in Istanbul, enabling them to send
money and supplies to Eastern Europe, and permitted almost 100,000
East European Jews to transit through Turkey on their way to
Palestine. This book is based on research in Turkish diplomatic
archives in Ankara and Paris as well as i
This handy guide to Egyptian mythology explores how the ancient
Nile-dwellers explained the world around them. It delves into the
origins of life, the creation and evolution of the world, and the
reigns of the gods on earth, before introducing us to the
manifestations of Egypt's deities in the natural environment; the
inventive ways in which the Egyptians dealt with the invisible
forces all around them; and the trials and tribulations of the life
hereafter. This is the perfect introduction for modern readers to
the mysteries of Egyptian mythology.
Join Egyptologist Garry J. Shaw on a tour up the Nile, through a
beautiful and fascinating landscape populated with a rich
mythology: the stories of Horus, Isis, Osiris, and their enemies
and allies, tales of vengeance, tragedy, and fantastic
metamorphoses. The myths of ancient Egypt have survived in
fragments of ancient hymns and paintings on the walls of tombs and
temples, spells inked across coffins and stories scrawled upon
scrolls. Shaw not only retells these stories with his
characteristic wit, but also reconnects them to the temples and
monuments that still stand today, offering a fresh look at the most
visited sites in Egypt. Shaw's evocative descriptions of the
ancient ruins will transport you to another landscape - including
the magnificent sites of Dendera, Tell el-Amarna, Edfu, and Thebes.
At each site, discover which gods or goddesses were worshipped
there, as well as the myths and stories that formed the backdrop to
the rituals and customs of everyday life. Each chapter ends with a
potted history of the site, as well as tips for visiting the ruins
today. Illustrations throughout bring to life the creation of the
world and the nebulous netherworld, the complicated relationships
between fickle gods, powerful magicians and pharaohs, and eternal
battles on a cosmic scale. This is the perfect companion to the
myths of Egypt and the gods and goddesses that shaped its ancient
landscape. With 58 illustrations
'With the spotlight on schools and the achievement of subgroups of
students, educators need to read this book and reflect on the
guiding questions. Then we need to take the challenge and do what
we know is right so we are doubling student performance and closing
achievement gaps'-Leslie Standerfer, Principal Estrella Foothills
High School, Goodyear, AZ 'This text is the product of considerable
research and disciplined reflection on closing the student
achievement gap in schools, unquestionably the most important
challenge facing schools. The book offers a wealth of
well-illustrated advice about how to address this challenge and
should be required reading for every principal and
superintendent'-Kenneth Leithwood, Professor of Educational
Leadership and Policy, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education,
University of Toronto The keys to closing achievement gaps from
principals who have been there! What does it take to reach across
cultural and socioeconomic barriers to bridge student achievement
gaps? Drawing on five years of nationwide research, the authors
present Learning First, an integrated schoolwide framework of
collaborative leadership that helps school leaders advance learning
for all students. Using case examples that illustrate how Learning
First works in action and providing worksheets, checklists, and
rubrics to support implementation, the book shows principals how to
apply this field-tested model to four critical dimensions of
leadership: - Advancing equity and excellence in student learning -
Developing teachers' instructional capacity - Managing and aligning
resources - Building and engaging community Learning First! offers
an approach that strengthens principals' leadership skills,
delineates shared goals for professional communities, and helps
educators keep their eyes on the prize-closing the achievement gap
in their schools.
This volume in the "Advances in Management Information Systems"
series offers a state-of-the-art survey of information systems
research on electronic commerce. Featuring chapters by leading
scholars and industry professionals, it provides the framework for
understanding the business trends, emerging opportunities, and
barriers to overcome in the rapid developments taking place in
electronic business and the digital economy. Researchers, students,
and practitioners - anyone interested in the current issues and
future direction of electronic commerce, especially from the
standpoint of information systems and information technology - will
find this book to be an authoritative source of cutting-edge
information. The volume is divided into four parts: Part I covers
the fundamental issues of information technology standards and the
transformation of industry structure; Part II focuses on B2B
commerce; Part III investigates the management of mobile and IT
infrastructure; and Part IV includes trust, security, and legal
issues that undergird the success of e-commerce initiatives.
This valuable contribution to the debate about the relation of religion to the modern city fills an important gap in the historiography of early nineteenth-century religious life. It is a pioneering study of local churches in the urban environment. Based on extensive archival research of churches in Manchester and London in the years 1810-60, it considers the work and thought of ministers who held to a high Calvinistic form of theology. Exploration of this little studied and often derided grouping reveals that their role in the religious and social life of these cities was highly active and responsive, and merits serious reappraisal.
A lively new biography of Tutankhamun-published for the hundredth
anniversary of his tomb's modern discovery The discovery of
Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922 sparked imaginations across the globe.
While Howard Carter emptied its treasures, Tut-mania gripped the
world-and in many ways, never left. But who was the "boy king," and
what was his life really like? Garry J. Shaw tells the full story
of Tutankhamun's reign and his modern rediscovery. As pharaoh,
Tutankhamun had to manage an empire, navigate influential
courtiers, and suffer the pain of losing at least two children-all
before his nineteenth birthday. Shaw explores the boy king's
treasures and possessions, from a lock of his grandmother's hair to
a reed cut with his own hands. He looks too at Ankhesenamun,
Tutankhamun's wife, and the power queens held. This is a compelling
new biography that weaves together intriguing details about ancient
Egyptian culture, its beliefs, and its place in the wider world.
We spend more time shopping than doing anything else, after sleep
and work. So why is it not taken more seriously? The answer: we
take shopping for granted. Indeed, culture can only 'work' by being
taken for granted. This paradox - that what is most familiar, like
shopping, is also the hardest to 'see' analytically - provides the
starting point for this compelling examination of the many
dimensions of the shopping experience.
"Shopping" enables readers to realize the significance of their
shopping memories and milestones, how the rhythm of the day or week
revolves as much around shop opening hours as working hours or bus
times, and why Mayor Giuliani was right after 9/11 to tell
Americans to keep on shopping. From an exciting cultural
perspective, Jenny Shaw explores how shopping is viewed, the
history behind its 'fall from grace', its part in the common
culture, its role in helping us craft new identities, hold on to
old ones, adjust to change, and generally 'hold us together' both
as individuals and communities.
Students of sociology, anthropology, social psychology, media
and business studies interested in culture and the everyday world
will be gripped by this engaging and accessible guide to the
meaning behind what the ordinary shopper actually does and why
shopping remains so popular despite social and cultural
changes.
At the outset of pregnancy, most parents expect a roughly 40-week
journey punctuated by the birth of a healthy baby. When a preterm
birth upends these expectations, the effects extend beyond the
infant; there are real psychological consequences for the parents
themselves. Treatment of Psychological Distress in Parents of
Premature Infants tackles these issues, shedding light on the high
prevalence of symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in
parents following a premature birth. More than a dozen experts lend
their expertise as they examine not only the medical and
neurological consequences of premature birth on infants but also
recent findings on the psychological effects of premature birth on
parents—including the particular issues that fathers experience,
which receive their own chapter. Uniquely, this volume outlines a
comprehensive programmatic approach to psychological consultation
in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The authors describe
how to leverage common interventions—including trauma-focused
cognitive-behavioral therapy—in innovative ways to reduce
symptoms of anxiety, depression, and PTSD in NICU parents. A
chapter that focuses on vulnerable child syndrome underscores the
implications of failing to address PTSD symptoms on parenting and
child development and offers a parent-focused intervention to
reduce unhealthy patterns of overprotective parenting. The insights
offered throughout the book—as well as in the complementary
online treatment manual—will position readers to develop an
entire program of psychological services, from screening to
intervention, in the NICU.
This volume in the "Advances in Management Information Systems"
series offers a state-of-the-art survey of information systems
research on electronic commerce. Featuring chapters by leading
scholars and industry professionals, it provides the framework for
understanding the business trends, emerging opportunities, and
barriers to overcome in the rapid developments taking place in
electronic business and the digital economy. Researchers, students,
and practitioners - anyone interested in the current issues and
future direction of electronic commerce, especially from the
standpoint of information systems and information technology - will
find this book to be an authoritative source of cutting-edge
information. The volume is divided into four parts: Part I covers
the fundamental issues of information technology standards and the
transformation of industry structure; Part II focuses on B2B
commerce; Part III investigates the management of mobile and IT
infrastructure; and Part IV includes trust, security, and legal
issues that undergird the success of e-commerce initiatives.
Contents: 1. Introduction A place for leisure and tourism? From geography to geographies Theorising the social-cultural nexus Social and cultural geographies of leisure and tourism landscapes 2. Locating Landscapes: Geographies of Lesiure and Tourism Introduction Colonial geographies: mapping regional territories Systematic geographies: modelling land use and tourism Landscape evaluations: mapping scenic amenity in leisure and tourism Tourism geographies: topologies of land use Structuralist interpretations of leisure and tourism landscapes Post-colonial geographies of leisure and tourism Geography's cultural turn: the spatiality of leisure and tourism Leisure geographies of the street Tourism geographies of the spectacle and monument Geographies of social and cultural exclusion Overview 3. Moving Landscpaes: Leisure and Tourism in Time and Space Introduction The Journey, travel and discovery Prospects of pleasure, landscapes of feeling Annihilating time and distance Landscape, leisure and mobility Road to nowhere? Overview 4. Valuing the Countryside: Leisure, Tourism and the Rural Landscape Introduction Nature was His book Access and exclusion Landscape fit for heroes A people's charter for the open air A countryside for all? Overview 5. Introduction A landscape aesthetic? The socio-cultural context Landscape and imaginative reconstuction The Highlands of Scotland Ossianic tourism The Highlander in the picture The Highlands of Walter Scott Travelling in the Highlands Royal Patrons A Literary way of seeing The real Highlands Overview 6. Heritage Landscapes: Merging Past and Present Introduction The evolution of heritage Heritage in the landscape Stonehenge: multi-vocal landscape Avebury: evolving landscape Tintagel: mythical landscape Overview 7. Gendered Landscapes: Constructing and Consuming Leisure and Tourism Inroduction Spatialised feminism Feminism and leisure landscapes Gendered space Deconstructing dualisms The gendered other Gender and landscapes of tourism Gender and landscapes of heritage Overview 8. Retrophilia and the Urban Landscape Introduction Antiquity, restoration and fake Reverence, worldliness and action Modernism, collective memory and amnesia Urban conservation and civic pride Commercialism, decadence and tourism The historic quarters of London's City Fringe Overview 9. Landscapes of Desire: Reappropriating the City Introduction Queer space: material and symbolic landscapes Gay destinations: the landscape of the city Sexuality and spectacle: the landscape of the street Sexuality and hospitality: the landscape of the hotel Overview 10. Leisure, Tourism and Culture: Relocating Landscapes
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