Sarah Butler stars in this thriller produced and directed by Malek Akkad. When an employee at Gault Capital suddenly dies in mysterious circumstances, his colleagues are left wondering about what really happened. When curious co-worker Jane (Butler) discovers that the deceased was looking into the potential fraud of Gault and its owner Thaddeus Gault (Malcolm McDowell), Jane decides to dig a little deeper and see what she can find. After Thaddeus gets wind of Jane's investigation, he sends a hitman (D.B. Sweeney) to silence her. As Jane attempts to flee the building she gets trapped in the elevator and must work out a way to escape the relentless killer.

At only 10 days old, Toto the Kitten was found blown up into a tree following a devastating tornado which struck the small town of Brimfield, Massachusetts. His first book was the true story of how he was rescued by a community, and eventually returned to town where he found a new home becoming a symbol of hope for all. Now, follow along on his continued true adventures as he visits all his friends in the neighborhood, just like he does in real life You will laugh as you read this special "Tail" all about where Toto goes, and the many hearts he opens along the way.

Exploring the roles of students' pluralistic linguistic and transnational identities at the university level, this book offers a novel approach to translanguaging by highlighting students' perspectives, voices, and agency as integral to the subject. Providing an original reconsideration of the impact of translanguaging, this book examines both transnationality and translinguality as ubiquitous phenomena that affect students' lives. Demonstrating that students are the experts of their own language practices, experiences, and identities, the authors argue that a proactive translingual pedagogy is more than an openness to students' spontaneous language variations. Rather, this proactive approach requires students and instructors to think about students' holistic communicative repertoire, and how it relates to their writing. Robinson, Hall, and Navarro address students' complex negotiations and performative responses to the linguistic identities imposed upon them because of their skin color, educational background, perceived geographical origin, immigration status, and the many other cues used to "minoritize" them. Drawing on multiple disciplinary discourses of language and identity, and considering the translingual practices and transnational experiences of both U.S. resident and international students, this volume provides a nuanced analysis of students' own perspectives and self-examinations of their complex identities. By introducing and addressing the voices and self-reflections of undergraduate and graduate students, the authors shine a light on translingual and transnational identities and positionalities in order to promote and implement inclusive and effective pedagogies. This book offers a unique yet essential perspective on translinguality and transnationality, and is relevant to instructors in writing and language classrooms; to administrators of writing programs and international student support programs; and to graduate students and scholars in language education, second language writing, applied linguistics, and literacy studies.

Meet the Kinect introduces the exciting world of volumetric computing using the Microsoft Kinect. You'll learn to write scripts and software enabling the use of the Kinect as an input device. Interact directly with your computer through physical motion. The Kinect will read and track body movements, and is the bridge between the physical reality in which you exist and the virtual world created by your software. Microsoft's Kinect was released in fall 2010 to become the fastest-selling electronic device ever. For the first time, we have an inexpensive, three-dimensional sensor enabling direct interaction between human and computer, between the physical world and the virtual. The Kinect has been enthusiastically adopted by a growing culture of enthusiasts, who put it to work in creating technology-based art projects, three-dimensional scanners, adaptive devices for sight-impaired individuals, new ways of interacting with PCs, and even profitable business opportunities. Meet the Kinect is the resource to get you started in mastering the Kinect and the exciting possibilities it brings. You'll learn about the Kinect hardware and what it can do. You'll install drivers and learn to download and run the growing amount of Kinect software freely available on the Internet. From there, you'll move into writing code using some of the more popular frameworks and APIs, including the official Microsoft API and the language known as Processing that is popular in the art and creative world. Along the way, you'll learn principles and terminology. Volumetric computing didn't begin with the Kinect. The field is decades old-if you've ever had an MRI, for example, you have benefitted from volumetric computing technology. Meet the Kinect goes beyond just the one device to impart the principles and terminology underlying the exciting field of volumetric computing that is now wide-open and accessible to the average person.

Bakhtin and Voloshinov argued that dialogue is the intersubjective basis of consciousness, and of the creativity which makes historical changes in consciousness possible. The multiple dialogical relationships give every subject, who has developed through internalising them, the potential to distance him or herself from them. Consciousness is therefore an "unfinalised" process, always open to a possible future which would not merely reiterate the past. But this book explores its corollary: The relative openness is a field of conflict where rival discourses struggle for hegemony, by subordinating or eliminating their rivals. That is how the unconscious is created out of socio-historical conflicts. Hegemony is always incomplete, because there is always the possibility of a return of its repressed rivals in new combinations.

Exploring the roles of students' pluralistic linguistic and transnational identities at the university level, this book offers a novel approach to translanguaging by highlighting students' perspectives, voices, and agency as integral to the subject. Providing an original reconsideration of the impact of translanguaging, this book examines both transnationality and translinguality as ubiquitous phenomena that affect students' lives. Demonstrating that students are the experts of their own language practices, experiences, and identities, the authors argue that a proactive translingual pedagogy is more than an openness to students' spontaneous language variations. Rather, this proactive approach requires students and instructors to think about students' holistic communicative repertoire, and how it relates to their writing. Robinson, Hall, and Navarro address students' complex negotiations and performative responses to the linguistic identities imposed upon them because of their skin color, educational background, perceived geographical origin, immigration status, and the many other cues used to "minoritize" them. Drawing on multiple disciplinary discourses of language and identity, and considering the translingual practices and transnational experiences of both U.S. resident and international students, this volume provides a nuanced analysis of students' own perspectives and self-examinations of their complex identities. By introducing and addressing the voices and self-reflections of undergraduate and graduate students, the authors shine a light on translingual and transnational identities and positionalities in order to promote and implement inclusive and effective pedagogies. This book offers a unique yet essential perspective on translinguality and transnationality, and is relevant to instructors in writing and language classrooms; to administrators of writing programs and international student support programs; and to graduate students and scholars in language education, second language writing, applied linguistics, and literacy studies.

Toto the Tornado Kitten, written by Jonathan Hall and illustrated by Carol Ruzicka is a children's book based on the true survival story of Toto. Toto was a tiny survivor found in a tree in the aftermath of a devastating tornado that swept through Brimfield, Massachusetts on June 1,2011. Toto, who was adopted by Jonathan and his wife, has a story that will undoubtedly leave a smile on your face and warm your heart. 100% of the proceeds from "Toto's" book sales will be donated to the Animal Rescue League of Boston. Without the help of the ARL, Toto and the countless other animals they helped during the Tornado's aftermath would not have survived. The book will appeal to both children and adults alike, and provides a means for parents to discuss the effects of natural disasters on children and their environment.

Numerous forts were built in the lands of the Old Northwest Territory from the time of the first French explorers to the end of the Black Hawk War. This book highlights those which have been fully or at least partially reconstructed today. Forts are arran

Three insightful dramas exploring modern life from a gay perspective: Flamingos, Mr Elliott and The Coffee Lover's Guide to America. In Flamingos, four very different men spending a weekend in Brighton find that love and lust are trickier to handle than they thought.In The Coffee Lover's Guide to America, Joe is happily 'married', so he's hardly likely to jump in a car and take a road trip across the US with a guy he's just met - is he?In Mr Elliott a chance encounter with one of his old students means that a 'straight' teacher's life will never ben the same again.