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Collection of four children's animated features. In 'Home On the
Range' (2004), when an eviction notice goes up at the Little Piece
of Heaven family-run dairy farm, notorious yodelling outlaw cattle
rustler Alameda Slim (voice of Randy Quaid) sees his big chance to
claim it for himself. However, he hasn't counted on three
resourceful dairy cows, old-timer Mrs Calloway (Judi Dench),
tough-talking Maggie (Roseanne Barr) and gentle Grace (Jennifer
Tilly), who enlist the help of the other farm animals to track down
Slim and use the ransom on his head to save their beloved farm. But
the bovine trio have another enemy to contend with - ruthless
bounty hunter Rico (Charles Dennis) is also after the reward for
capturing Slim. 'G-Force' (2009) follows a team of secret agent
guinea pigs who have been trained in espionage techniques and armed
with the latest high-tech spy equipment in order to take on a
covert mission for the US government. The team, known by code name
'G-Force', includes ambitious squad leader Darwin (Sam Rockwell),
fearless weapons expert Blaster (Tracy Morgan) and lithe martial
arts genius Juarez (Penélope Cruz). Also along for the ride is
Darwin's housefly sidekick Mooch and computer whiz Speckles
(Nicolas Cage), a star-nosed mole. Can the gang prevent an evil
billionaire from taking over the world with a dastardly plan
involving household appliances? In 'The Wild' (2006) an odd
assortment of animals from the New York Zoo discover what a jungle
the city can be when one of their own is mistakenly shipped to the
wild. When an adolescent lion (Greg Cipes) is accidentally shipped
from the zoo to Africa, his pals, including Samson the lion (Kiefer
Sutherland), Benny the squirrel (James Belushi), Bridget the
giraffe (Janeane Garofalo), Larry the anaconda (Richard Kind),
Kazar the wildebeest (William Shatner) and Nigel the koala bear
(Eddie Izzard), must put aside their differences to help bring him
back. In 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua' (2008), when pampered Beverly
Hills chihuahua Chloe (Drew Barrymore) gets lost while holidaying
in Mexico, she is forced to rely on the kindness of various dogs
she befriends as she tries to get home before she is captured by a
villainous dognapper. Also in pursuit of Chloe is male chihuahua
Papi (George Lopez), who is in love with her, and evil Doberman
Diablo (Edward James Olmos), who has his eye on her valuable
diamond collar.
Efforts to teach students pursuing graduate degrees in urban and
regional planning are often frustrated by the "case books" that
have been prepared for use by law professors teaching similar
courses. Dawn Jourdan and Eric J. Strauss have attempted to take
their concerns to heart in the design of this Planning for Wicked
Problems: A Planner's Guide to Land Use Law. Each chapter begins
with a planning problem that is complex and has no "correct"
answer. Students should answer this hypothetical before reading the
subsequent sections of each of the chapters. The second section of
each chapter provides a primer for each topic. This primer is meant
to summarize the basic principles of the law and to identify the
types of questions relevant to planners when such issues arise. The
third section of each chapter includes a series of edited court
opinions. The cases selected have been identified by American
Institute of Certified Planners as those fundamental to planning
education. Each chapter concludes with an answer to the proposed
wicked planning problem. Planning for Wicked Problems has been
written to demonstrate to future planners how the law may be a
useful tool in helping them invent solutions to wicked planning
problems. The book features a companion website for additional
study and review.
This book describes and assesses an emerging threat to states'
territorial control and sovereignty: the hostile control of
companies that carry out privatized aspects of sovereign authority.
The threat arises from the massive worldwide shift of state
activities to the private sector since the late 1970s in
conjunction with two other modern trends - the globalization of
business and the liberalization of international capital flows. The
work introduces three new concepts: firstly, the rise of companies
that handle privatized activities, and the associated advent of
"post-government companies" that make such activities their core
business. Control of them may reside with individual investors,
other companies or investment funds, or it may reside with other
states through state-owned enterprises or sovereign wealth funds.
Secondly, "imperfect privatizations:" when a state privatizes an
activity to another state's public sector. The book identifies
cases where this is happening. It also elaborates on how ownership
and influence of companies that perform privatized functions may
not be transparent, and can pass to inherently hostile actors,
including criminal or terrorist organizations. Thirdly,
"belligerent companies," whose conduct is hostile to those of
states where they are active. The book concludes by assessing the
adequacy of existing legal and regulatory regimes and how relevant
norms may evolve.
This book describes and assesses an emerging threat to states'
territorial control and sovereignty: the hostile control of
companies that carry out privatized aspects of sovereign authority.
The threat arises from the massive worldwide shift of state
activities to the private sector since the late 1970s in
conjunction with two other modern trends - the globalization of
business and the liberalization of international capital flows. The
work introduces three new concepts: firstly, the rise of companies
that handle privatized activities, and the associated advent of
"post-government companies" that make such activities their core
business. Control of them may reside with individual investors,
other companies or investment funds, or it may reside with other
states through state-owned enterprises or sovereign wealth funds.
Secondly, "imperfect privatizations:" when a state privatizes an
activity to another state's public sector. The book identifies
cases where this is happening. It also elaborates on how ownership
and influence of companies that perform privatized functions may
not be transparent, and can pass to inherently hostile actors,
including criminal or terrorist organizations. Thirdly,
"belligerent companies," whose conduct is hostile to those of
states where they are active. The book concludes by assessing the
adequacy of existing legal and regulatory regimes and how relevant
norms may evolve.
The purpose of this volume and Pediatric Nephrology Seminar IX from
which it was created is to provide easy access to current concepts
in the diagnosis and management of kidney diseases in the newborn.
Complimentary to this purpose is the opportunity the Seminar
structure gives me to invite those particularly interested in the
subject chosen to come together, share experiences and ideas in an
unhurried, unpressured atmosphere for four con tinuous days - an
oasis for me and, I am told, also for the faculty and registrants.
This year's subject choice is an expression of my perennial
interest in the kidney of the newborn. A step back to view the
steps forward reveals unwittingly intertwined associations and
actions which now fall into focus. When I was just beginning my
pediatric nephrology training with Sol Kaplan at Downstate in
Brooklyn, we discussed Bob Usher's pioneering thought that there
was something wrong with the kidneys of babies with RDS. Without
really knowing what needed to be done, I started looking at the
kidneys of those babies. Subsequently, Dick Day who was Chairman of
the Department of Pedia trics there, stopped me in the hall, and
asked me to come into his office. Glowing in quiet introspection,
he extolled the joy of working with one's hands, then hurried away
to his laboratory. He had been the Director of the Newborn Nursery
at Babies Hospital before coming to Downstate, and (as I later
found out) was trying to do something with oxygen electrodes."
It's Santa vs. Jack Frost as the two go head to head over who runs
Christmas. In this third instalment of the series, Scott Calvin
(Tim Allen) aka Santa Clause is up against it. With his wife
Carol/Mrs Clause (Elizabeth Mitchell) pregnant, and her parents due
for a visit, a lightning makeover of Santa's village is needed to
protect his identity. With too much to do and time running out,
Santa's happy to let Jack Frost (Martin Short) step up and save the
day. Unfortunately for Santa, Frost has been waiting to seize his
moment, and soon he's in control of Christmas. Now, with his powers
gone, will Scott choose to return to his normal life, or will he
try to take back the reins from sneaky Jack Frost?
The thrust here is for those who want to know more than the answer
to an exam question - an approach to disease diagnosis and
treatment which emphasizes thoughtful consideration of
alternatives, finding ones way through uncertainties and lack of
knowledge. The annual seminar on which this volume is based has
evolved into a forum for open discussion of puzzling questions -
actually old questions in the light of new data. To me, the
adventure of life is in recognizing the openendedness of all
things. So you thought that a certain disease was a settled
question? In medicine a "settled" question is a transient
conclusion. Even the solutions to the so-called simplest problems
have another side. Our aim this year was to air out concepts and
conclusions about hypertension, fluid-electrolytes, and
tubulopathies. The stars were Drs. Juan Rodriguez-Soriano, Alan
Gruskin, and Donald Potter, along with Drs. Gustavo Gordillo,
Ronald Kallen, and Antonia Novello as guest faculty. Local stars
included Drs. Mary Jane Jesse, Jacques Bourgoignie, and Carlos
Vaamonde. Their contributions added to those of the other faculty
and registrants, coalesced into vibrant exchanges which are
reproduced here for the reader's perusal.
My thoughts about the Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) got started
in 1961 along with my attempt to return to Argentina. As I sought
my way in Buenos Aires, I visited Carlos Gianantonio whom I had met
in Caracas the year before during the Pan American pediatric
meetings. At that time he was actively working on HUS which had
become an epidemic in Buenos Aires and other parts of Argentina. I
was impressed by the team effort and devotion of his group to such
heavy demands. They obviously were meeting the challenge at an
amazingly high level under a very crippling physical situation with
shortages of space, laboratories and equipment. His group together
with Dr. Becu, at the time the pathologist at the Children's
Hospital of Buenos Aires (we had met through his mother who was
instrumental in arranging my return to Buenos Aires), wrote some of
the classic papers on HUS. Through the years as Dr. Gianantonio
became more involved in general pediatrics, the administrative
aspects and its orientation in Latin America, he became known for
his deep philosophical questions as to what we are doing and where
we are going. His questions have obvious implications regarding an
agressive approach to our pediatric nephrology patients.
Readers of the first volume of Progress in Orthopaedic Surgery may
remember the introductory remarks of Drs. Wagner and Hungerford. It
is the intention of the editors of this publication to familiarize
English - speaking orthopaedists with articles published in the
European literature which, because of language barriers, would
otherwise be inaccessible to them. Most articles in this second
volume also are translations of papers originally printed in Der
Orthopiide. The purpose of this German medical journal is to
disseminate the newest experiences of orthopaedic problems in a
form that is of particular value to the practising orthopaedic
surgeon. In 1973 eight articles were published on acetabular
dysplasia. In his fore word to this issue Dr. Wagner stated some of
the reasons why such an indepth study was deemed necessary. He was
of the opinion that the shallowness and increase in acclivity of
the acetabulum was of such central importance in the development
and treatment of hip dysplasias that a volume dealing with this
subject was fully justified. Another reason for this collection of
papers was the advances made in correcting the results of a
dysplastic acetabulum by surgical means and thereby improving hip
joint function in later years, or at least pre venting its early
deterioration."
This Pediatric Nephrology series is a focus on salient points which
at the time of each annual seminar are of importance to the
practicing pediatrician and nephrologist, the clinical researcher,
and basic researcher interested in clinical problems. Hence the
format of selected papers and panel discussions to capture the
tenor of the times. More thorough coverage of many of the subjects
can be found in current journals and textbooks listed in the
authors' references. Those searching for the conventional should
look there rather than here since our aim is not to cover each
subject in its entirety but to secure attention to the
controversial aspects of the subjects, dispel the notion that there
is one answer to a question, and raise the level of inclination
toward dynamic problem solving. The basic subject chosen this year
reflects dominant concerns this year and the participants
chosen--speakers and discussants--represent certain views relevant
to the subject at this time. To reflect the tempo and flavor
produced by this unique blend, the discussions are included almost
verbatim. For some this means readability; for others, excess
verbiage. The careful reader will notice that I have been the
chairman of all sessions and have moderated all discussions. This
is in keeping with our aim to ferret out interrelated basic
questions and varying answers to the subjects--seen as related in
problems and solutions. In the discussions, all names have been
deleted.
This is the 11th of the Pediatric Nephrology series created to help
us be in touch with developments which are relevant to the problems
we face daily in clinical practice and the questions we ask and try
to answer in clinical and experimental research. Like volume IX,
this one focuses on one of the subgroups to which we are
committed--the neonates' special fluid and electrolyte
requirements. This volume has more on blood pressure and renal
function and looks at the hormonal regulators. There is greater
depth about intoxications and nephrotic agents, congenital
disorders and mineral metabolism. The exchanges were stimulating
and the controversies were brought out without need of much of my
usual prodding. At Julie Ingelfinger's suggestion, at the end of
each panel discussion I have added a comment to highlight the main
points as I see them. Otherwise, the format remains as in past
editions: the papers given related to the four major topic areas,
each followed by panel and registrant discussion. Although the
transcription is almost verbatim, you will not find the names of
the discussants, purposely omitted to ease my editorial work and to
encourage everyone to speak candidly. Some of the questions and
answers are those submitted to the panelists after the sessions,
incorporated here by request. Also, frequent references are made to
others' work but their names have been omitted.
This Pediatric Nephrology series is a focus on salient points which
at the time of each annual seminar are of importance to the
practicing pediatrician and nephrologist, the clinical researcher,
and basic researcher interested in clinical problems. Hence the
format of selected papers and panel discussions to capture the
tenor of the times. More thorough coverage of many of the subjects
can be found in current journals and textbooks listed in the
authors' references. Those searching for the conventional should
look there rather than here since our aim is not to cover each
subject in its entirety but to secure attention to the
controversial aspects of the subjects, dispel the notion that there
is one answer to a question, and raise the level of inclination
toward dynamic problem solving. The basic subject chosen this year
reflects dominant concerns this year and the participants
chosen--speakers and discussants--represent certain views relevant
to the subject at this time. To reflect the tempo and flavor
produced by this unique blend, the discussions are included almost
verbatim. For some this means readability; for others, excess
verbiage. The careful reader will notice that I have been the
chairman of all sessions and have moderated all discussions. This
is in keeping with our aim to ferret out interrelated basic
questions and varying answers to the subjects--seen as related in
problems and solutions. In the discussions, all names have been
deleted.
This is the 11th of the Pediatric Nephrology series created to help
us be in touch with developments which are relevant to the problems
we face daily in clinical practice and the questions we ask and try
to answer in clinical and experimental research. Like volume IX,
this one focuses on one of the subgroups to which we are
committed--the neonates' special fluid and electrolyte
requirements. This volume has more on blood pressure and renal
function and looks at the hormonal regulators. There is greater
depth about intoxications and nephrotic agents, congenital
disorders and mineral metabolism. The exchanges were stimulating
and the controversies were brought out without need of much of my
usual prodding. At Julie Ingelfinger's suggestion, at the end of
each panel discussion I have added a comment to highlight the main
points as I see them. Otherwise, the format remains as in past
editions: the papers given related to the four major topic areas,
each followed by panel and registrant discussion. Although the
transcription is almost verbatim, you will not find the names of
the discussants, purposely omitted to ease my editorial work and to
encourage everyone to speak candidly. Some of the questions and
answers are those submitted to the panelists after the sessions,
incorporated here by request. Also, frequent references are made to
others' work but their names have been omitted.
My thoughts about the Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) got started
in 1961 along with my attempt to return to Argentina. As I sought
my way in Buenos Aires, I visited Carlos Gianantonio whom I had met
in Caracas the year before during the Pan American pediatric
meetings. At that time he was actively working on HUS which had
become an epidemic in Buenos Aires and other parts of Argentina. I
was impressed by the team effort and devotion of his group to such
heavy demands. They obviously were meeting the challenge at an
amazingly high level under a very crippling physical situation with
shortages of space, laboratories and equipment. His group together
with Dr. Becu, at the time the pathologist at the Children's
Hospital of Buenos Aires (we had met through his mother who was
instrumental in arranging my return to Buenos Aires), wrote some of
the classic papers on HUS. Through the years as Dr. Gianantonio
became more involved in general pediatrics, the administrative
aspects and its orientation in Latin America, he became known for
his deep philosophical questions as to what we are doing and where
we are going. His questions have obvious implications regarding an
agressive approach to our pediatric nephrology patients.
The purpose of this volume and Pediatric Nephrology Seminar IX from
which it was created is to provide easy access to current concepts
in the diagnosis and management of kidney diseases in the newborn.
Complimentary to this purpose is the opportunity the Seminar
structure gives me to invite those particularly interested in the
subject chosen to come together, share experiences and ideas in an
unhurried, unpressured atmosphere for four con tinuous days - an
oasis for me and, I am told, also for the faculty and registrants.
This year's subject choice is an expression of my perennial
interest in the kidney of the newborn. A step back to view the
steps forward reveals unwittingly intertwined associations and
actions which now fall into focus. When I was just beginning my
pediatric nephrology training with Sol Kaplan at Downstate in
Brooklyn, we discussed Bob Usher's pioneering thought that there
was something wrong with the kidneys of babies with RDS. Without
really knowing what needed to be done, I started looking at the
kidneys of those babies. Subsequently, Dick Day who was Chairman of
the Department of Pedia trics there, stopped me in the hall, and
asked me to come into his office. Glowing in quiet introspection,
he extolled the joy of working with one's hands, then hurried away
to his laboratory. He had been the Director of the Newborn Nursery
at Babies Hospital before coming to Downstate, and (as I later
found out) was trying to do something with oxygen electrodes."
The thrust here is for those who want to know more than the answer
to an exam question - an approach to disease diagnosis and
treatment which emphasizes thoughtful consideration of
alternatives, finding ones way through uncertainties and lack of
knowledge. The annual seminar on which this volume is based has
evolved into a forum for open discussion of puzzling questions -
actually old questions in the light of new data. To me, the
adventure of life is in recognizing the openendedness of all
things. So you thought that a certain disease was a settled
question? In medicine a "settled" question is a transient
conclusion. Even the solutions to the so-called simplest problems
have another side. Our aim this year was to air out concepts and
conclusions about hypertension, fluid-electrolytes, and
tubulopathies. The stars were Drs. Juan Rodriguez-Soriano, Alan
Gruskin, and Donald Potter, along with Drs. Gustavo Gordillo,
Ronald Kallen, and Antonia Novello as guest faculty. Local stars
included Drs. Mary Jane Jesse, Jacques Bourgoignie, and Carlos
Vaamonde. Their contributions added to those of the other faculty
and registrants, coalesced into vibrant exchanges which are
reproduced here for the reader's perusal.
Efforts to teach students pursuing graduate degrees in urban and
regional planning are often frustrated by the "case books" that
have been prepared for use by law professors teaching similar
courses. Dawn Jourdan and Eric J. Strauss have attempted to take
their concerns to heart in the design of this Planning for Wicked
Problems: A Planner's Guide to Land Use Law. Each chapter begins
with a planning problem that is complex and has no "correct"
answer. Students should answer this hypothetical before reading the
subsequent sections of each of the chapters. The second section of
each chapter provides a primer for each topic. This primer is meant
to summarize the basic principles of the law and to identify the
types of questions relevant to planners when such issues arise. The
third section of each chapter includes a series of edited court
opinions. The cases selected have been identified by American
Institute of Certified Planners as those fundamental to planning
education. Each chapter concludes with an answer to the proposed
wicked planning problem. Planning for Wicked Problems has been
written to demonstrate to future planners how the law may be a
useful tool in helping them invent solutions to wicked planning
problems. The book features a companion website for additional
study and review.
This fresh, comprehensive text fills a need for an up-to-date
theology of mission. It offers creative approaches to answering
some of the most pressing questions in theology of mission and
missionary practice today. The authors, who are leading mission
experts, discuss biblical theology of mission, provide historical
overviews of the development of various viewpoints, and address
theologically current issues in global mission from an evangelical
perspective. This readable yet thorough text integrates current
views of the kingdom of God and holistic mission with traditional
views of evangelism and church planting. It also brings theology of
mission into conversation with ecclesiology and eschatology. Topics
covered include contextualization, the missionary vocation, church
and mission, and theology of religions. Sidebars and case studies
enable readers to see how theology of mission touches real-life
mission practice.
Aktueller, interdisziplinarer Uberblick uber moderne diagnostische
und interventionelle Verfahren, deren Bedeutung im klinischen
Alltag standig zunimmt. Der neueste Wissensstand, praxisgerecht fur
Sie aufgearbeitet.
Imagine amazing your students by sticking a knitting needle through
a balloon without popping it. Or bending a spoon completely in half
with only the power of your mind. They would think their teacher is
a magician They would want to know how you did it and would start
asking questions to understand the strange phenomenon. Abracadabra
You have just actively engaged them in the process of scientific
reasoning-close observation, questioning, hypothesizing,
experimenting, and coming to a conclusion. You have also shown them
how descriptive language can color what they see and don't see. The
Magical Classroom is about the science of magic. This book:
-provides teachers with clear, step-by-step instructions on how to
perform magical effects and illusions -includes detailed drawings
to illustrate the effects -explains scientific phenomena behind
magic -requires only everyday materials -offers variations and
further study of each phenomenon -covers electrical forces,
atmospheric pressure, solids, liquids, gases, mass, density,
physical properties of giant molecules, and many other physical
science topics. The Magical Classroom closely examines how to help
children experience and describe the world, how to experiment and
ask questions about it, and how to make decisions about what is
true and what isn't.
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