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Of jy nou 'n grondeienaar of bestuurder van 'n stuk natuurlike veld
in die Kaap, of 'n besoeker aan hierdie unieke deel van Afrika is,
neem dit jou nie lank om die merkwaardige rykdom van die streek te
waardeer nie. Bergreekse, valleie, kusgebiede en vleilande dra by
tot 'n ongeewenaarde biodiversiteit van wereldwye belang - in so 'n
mate dat groot dele daarvan Werelderfenis-status verwerf het.
Hierdie boek is 'n gids om besoekers, inwoners, bestuurders of
eienaars van grond in die Fynbosbioom te help om die uitsonderlike
rykdom te waardeer en te bestuur. Deur te put uit die omvattende
kennis van navorsers en bestuurders in die Fynbos Forum-gemeenskap,
het ons gepoog om `n praktiese, toeganglike stuk gereedskap vir die
verbetering van grondbestuur in die Fynbosbioom daar te stel, en om
die jongste wetenskaplike kennis oor die bestuur van hierdie
globaal belangrike, ryk ekostelsel te deel.
The Zebrafish in Biomedical Research: Biology, Husbandry, Diseases,
and Research Applications is a comprehensive work that fulfills a
critical need for a thorough compilation of information on this
species. The text provides significant updates for working vivarium
professionals maintaining zebrafish colonies, veterinarians
responsible for their care and well-being, zoologists and
ethologists studying the species, and investigators using the
species to gain critical insights into human physiology and
disease. As the zebrafish has become an important model organism
for the study of vertebrate development and disease, organ
function, behavior, toxicology, cancer, and drug discovery, this
book presents an important resource for future research.
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What is it really like to plunge into the world of science learning
and teaching? Find out in this unique book. Dive In! grew out of a
teacher-scientist project at the University of New Hampshire that
promoted active learning and using science practices in the
classroom. That experience yielded this book's reason for being: to
provide detailed examples of how veteran teachers and their
students can make the leap to implementing the recommendations of A
Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation
Science Standards (NGSS). These features add to the book's
instructional value: Detailed vignettes offer authentic
perspectives about conducting student investigations and
integrating science practices that support the NGSS. Field-tested
learning activities accompany many of the vignettes and illustrate
a range of investigations you can adopt or adapt, regardless of
your grade level or science content focus. A science practice
integration (SPI) toolkit will be useful whether you're already
swimming in SPI instruction or just want to dip a toe in. You will
learn how to modify existing lesson plans to immerse your students
in more science practices. If you need help with SPI's challenges,
you can turn to a handy trouble-shooting guide that outlines
concerns and offers potential solutions. Written from an authentic
teacher perspective, Dive In! presents a realistic picture of the
successes and challenges of integrating NGSS science practices into
your classroom. This book is the resource you need to help students
shift from only knowing about science to actually investigating and
making sense of it. Jump in with both feet!
From the larger field of women and employment law, Maschke has
carved out a study that focuses exclusively on the impact Title VII
of the 1964 Civil Rights Act has had on women workers. . . .
Maschke focus es] on the history of women workers from the days of
protective laws, through the difficult birth of the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, to present-day struggles
involving pregnant workers, sexual harassment, and comparable
worth. Although legalistically oriented, the book is also attuned
to the political in noting diverse strategies among women's
organizations and the varying congressional and presidential
commitments to the promotion of the equality of women's workers. .
. . Concise and readable with a select bibliography and index.
"Choice"
A major contribution to the literature on the legal rights of
women workers, this volume combines empirical investigation and
case law analysis to provide a thorough study of sex discrimination
litigation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. As the
author notes at the outset, Title VII, although not a panacea for
sex discrimination, is the most important federal statute
guaranteeing equality in the workplace for women workers. Her study
examines how women have fared in Title VII litigation and how the
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), as the government's
enforcement agency, played a role in Title VII litigation and in
the development of legal policy in this area.
Divided into three major sections, the volume begins by
exploring the protective labor laws that restricted women's job
opportunities at the turn of the century. Maschke goes on to trace
the origins of Title VII and to examine the political controversy
surrounding the use of litigation to enforce Title VII. The second
section analyzes the development of law resulting from cases
involving pregnancy discrimination, sexual harassment, wage
discrimination, and protective policies. In addition to case law
analysis, these chapters examine the EEOC's response to the issues
and demonstrate that the agency has often been inconsistent in
developing sex discrimination policies. In the final section,
Maschke addresses group and EEOC litigation activities in sex
discrimination cases, focusing on aspects of decision making in the
federal courts. The concluding chapter considers how courts and the
litigation process played a role in expanding the rights of women
workers.
Living peace is a journey that includes introspection and
self-awareness. Fox encourages readers to embrace five principles:
forgiveness, confidence, compassion, gratitude, and integrity. She
explores what each principle requires of us and shares her personal
journey toward understanding how to live these principles that
promote inner peace. Fox says that peace is a present-moment
attitude and action. Living peacefully requires decision-making,
self-observation, and the courage of our convictions.
American detective Dan Elliot and his wife, Caroline, have traveled
to Nice, France, to witness the wedding of their special friend,
Kate Kennelly, and the wealthy Jack Boulanger. Caroline's daughter,
Ruth Mannering, is serving as the maid of honor for this elegant
wedding. But when Ruth and Kate don't arrive at the church for the
start of the service, concern sets in. Hours later, Ruth regains
consciousness on a seedy side street in Nice, and she's able to
alert her parents that Kate has been kidnapped. From the moment the
two women disappear, someone taunts and terrorizes the groom and
his family. The culprit is called the "hyene" because of the
childish song and nursery rhyme parodies that have been sent to
Jack. Dan and Caroline share their unique crime-solving expertise
with France's premier detective, Emile LaGrange. When kidnapping
escalates to murder, Caroline does not let her disability hold her
back as she, Dan, and LaGrange seek to reveal the identity of the
kidnapper and murderer. Tension escalates as other deadly incidents
unfold, and the detective trio must determine if this case revolves
around ransom, jealousy, or revenge.
What makes an adult? Is it living independently, having a stable
career path, getting married, or becoming a parent? In the digital
age, particularly in Western societies, such traditional markers
have been increasingly postponed and redefined. Thus, the concept
of emerging adulthood, first described by Jeffrey Jensen Arnett,
Ph.D., is a period between adolescence and adulthood properly
characterized by identity exploration, instability, self-focus,
feeling in-between, and a sense of wide-open possibilities. Many
contemporary researchers have defined emerging adulthood as the
period between ages 18 and 29 years, but this new volume argues
that it is more useful to look at early emerging adulthood, or late
adolescence (ages 18–23), and later emerging adulthood (ages
24–29) separately. Although certain broad trends characterize the
entire decade in question (role experimentation, focus on
self-discovery), the developmental capacities and tasks of the
earlier years are distinct from those of the mid- to late 20s. In
accessible chapters made even more applicable by the use of
illustrative vignettes and videos that provide an individualized
depiction of the broader concepts addressed more abstractly within
the book, Emerging Adulthood: A Psychodynamic Approach to the New
Developmental Phase of the 21st Century examines the overarching
similarities and developmental distinctions between these two
periods and subsequently delves into • The identity process in
contemporary society, and its inevitable intersection with the
digital world, focusing on domains such as race/ethnicity, gender
and sexuality, values, and professional roles • The centrality of
youth culture in aiding the individuation from family of origin,
particularly through the lens of technology, connection to peers,
and trends in music and fashion • How to distinguish between
typical emotional experiences and behaviors in the years leading up
to adulthood and psychopathologies that require mental health
interventions • Treatment modalities for individuals in this
phase of life, including cognitive-behavioral therapy, dialectical
behavior therapy, digital enhancements, and peer involvement Key
points for each chapter will help readers reference the most
salient takeaways as they gain a deepened understanding of the
interface of culture and society, family, development, and
individual psychology during these dynamic life phases.
This book closely examines the analyst's early experiences and
character traits, demonstrating the impact they have on theory
building and technique. Arguing that choice of theory and
interventions are unconsciously shaped by clinicians' early
experiences, this book argues for greater self-awareness,
self-acceptance, and open dialogue as a corrective. Linking the
analyst's early childhood experiences to ongoing vulnerabilities
reflected in theory and practice, this book favors an approach that
focuses on feedback and confrontation, as well as empathic
understanding and acceptance. Essential to this task, and a thesis
that runs through the book, are analysts' motivations for doing
treatment and the gratifications they naturally seek. Maroda
asserts that an enduring blind spot arises from clinicians' ongoing
need to deny what they are personally seeking from the analytic
process, including the need to rescue and be rescued. She equally
seeks to remove the guilt and shame associated with these
motivations, encouraging clinicians to embrace both their own
humanity and their patients', rather than seeking to transcend
them. Providing a new perspective on how analysts work, this book
explores the topics of enactment, mirror neurons, and therapeutic
action through the lens of the analyst's early experiences and
resulting personality structure. Maroda confronts the analyst's
tendencies to favor harmony over conflict, passivity over active
interventions, and viewing the patient as an infant rather than an
adult. Exploring heretofore unexamined issues of the psychology of
the analyst or therapist offers the opportunity to generate new
theoretical and technical perspectives. As such, this book will be
invaluable to experienced psychodynamic therapists and students and
trainees alike, as well as teachers of theory and practice.
This collection of twelve essays will celebrate the distinguished
contribution of Professor John Kenneth Riches to biblical
interpretation. The international selection of contributors are all
either former students or colleagues of Professor Riches and the
focus of the essays all reflect (and extend) Professor Riches'
particular research interests and contribution to biblical and
theological studies. The essays in this volume are clustered around
two closely related topics: historical and theological
contributions to understanding the nature of Christian freedom and
agency, and studies which investigate how Paul's thought has been
interpreted in diverse settings. All the contributors have been
asked to centre their thinking around the following issues: how
does the grace of being 'in Christ' transform and restore those who
receive it in faith; how far they are, as it were, responsible for
that transformation; how far their is identity changed by their
union with Christ; and how are they to make ethical decisions, are
they to be guided (and goaded?) by the law, or are to be led by the
Spirit and called to discern what is right and good in the
law?There are four parts to this book. Part I explores grace and
human agency by looking at texts both within and outside of the New
Testament, highlighting the themes of ethical responsibility and
freedom. Part II turns to look at how Pauline themes of grace and
the Christian life have been interpreted at various points of
Christian history. Part III reflects John Riches' substantial
interest in and contribution to African biblical interpretation and
includes essays that investigate how Paul is appropriated in
African contexts. Part IV reflects John Riches' interest in the
mutual engagement between theology and Scripture and includes
contributions investigating the theological aspects of the Law and
the Spirit, and transformation in Christ in the theology and ethics
of P.T. Forsyth.
Beliefs about land, or the Abrahamic land promise, were an
important part of Second Temple Judaism. Within the Roman Empire,
the reality of life for Jews 'in the land' was different from the
experience of Jews in the Diaspora. Among the diverse expressions
of Judaism that flourished in the land prior to the revolt, there
are indications that Jesus paid attention to the relationship
between God, people and land. However, there are marked differences
between Jesus' millenarian vision of sacred space and that of other
groups at that time. The methodology employed in Wenell's study
views religious space as having both sacred and social aspects and
draws upon insights from sociology and social anthropology. It
focuses on three main areas, all of which are relevant to beliefs
about 'the land': temple, purity and the twelve. A comparative
approach with other first century groups reveals Jesus as a
prophetic figure who does not focus on a temple as the centre of
God's kingdom, nor on purity as the means of maintaining group
identity in the sacredness of the land. Instead, Jesus takes up
land imagery in calling a group of twelve disciples in a prophetic
and symbolic action with implications for Jesus' vision of sacred
space and the social organization of that space. Both positively
and negatively, Jesus' attitude toward the three areas of temple,
purity and twelve points to unique aspects of his message and to
distinctive beliefs poignantly relevant to the Abrahamic promise of
the land.
The fynbos region is one of the most spectacularly diverse places
on Earth. This is not an idle statement. When one considers the
diversity of insects, freshwater and marine species also associated
with the Cape, this hotspot is arguably the hottest of all. It is
also confusingly heterogeneous, with a diversity of fine-scale
habitats, from wetlands in the lowlands to seeps in the mountains,
unique soil, nutrient, aspect and rainfall conditions, all of which
combine to sustain and drive this diversity. Fynbos is a
fire-adapted vegetation and needs fire to sustain itself: without
fire the vegetation would thicken and senesce, permit trees to
enter and dominate the system, and eventually exclude the precious
nutrients liberated by fire and which the system depends upon for
rejuvenation. This book is a guide that will help people who visit,
live, manage or own land in the Fynbos Biome to appreciate and
manage its extraordinary natural richness.
How does one investigate a child maltreatment case when the
victim is blind, mute, deaf, mentally retarded, or confined to an
institution? Special Children, Special Risks presents analysis,
recommendations, and related research from social work, psychology,
psychiatry, medicine, and education essential for establishing and
maintaining safe environments for handicapped children.
This book brings together a diverse group of experts to pool
their knowledge and share their concerns about the risks of abuse
faced by handicapped children. The contributors' perspectives come
from the fields of medicine, social work, developmental psychology,
psychiatry, clinical psychology, education, child welfare, law,
public policy, and journalism.
Nothing ever pleases the king - he wants the cook to create more
exotic dishes, he wants the gardener to plant rarer flowers and
wants the tailor to sew more stylish clothes. One day, the king
decides to offer his daughter's hand in marriage to the person who
can bring him the most beautiful gift of all. This is a tale of a
King who is so blinded by greed that he puts his desire for 'more'
above his daughter's happiness. A simple shepherd boy helps the
King to see the error of his ways and in doing so wins the heart
and hand of the young princess. Hodgson's original story is
beautifully told with lavish illustrations by Madalina Dina. This
timeless book will appeal to children aged 4-8 and to all who love
fairy stories. Hodgson, a former journalist, lives in south-east
England. She is also author of The Robot Who Couldn't Cry, Hugh's
Blue Day and The Teeny Weeny Walking Stick - all published by Hogs
Back Books. Dina was born in Slatina in Romania. A graduate of the
Ecole Des Beaux Arts in Bucharest, she moved to France in 2005.
Working mainly in oils and acrylics, she has worked on the film
sets for Modigliana, and the French saga Les Rois Maudits, starring
Jeanne Moreau and Gerard Depardieu. She also illustrated The Robot
Who Couldn't Cry.
Written and peer reviewed by experts in practice and academia, the
20th edition of the Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs: An
Interactive Approach to Self-Care is an authoritative resource for
students and for health care providers who counsel and care for
patients undertaking self-treatment-nonprescription drugs,
nutritional supplements, medical foods, nondrug and preventive
measures, and complementary therapies. Its goal is to develop the
knowledge and problem-solving skills needed to assess a patient's
health status and current practice of self-treatment, to determine
whether self-care is necessary or appropriate, and, if appropriate,
to recommend safe and effective self-care measures. KEY FEATURES:
Enhanced content in all chapters from the previous edition with
up-to-date information beneficial to all health care providers and
students. Updates to the universal objectives to complement the
content in the chapters focused on medical disorders. Abstracts for
each online chapter providing concise introductory material focused
on key features of each chapter. Up-to-date content on
nonprescription medications including indications, dosages,
interactions, current evidence, medical conditions and prescription
to nonprescription reclassifications. Quick-reference tools such as
treatment algorithms (including exclusions for self-treatment),
drug product tables, patient education sidebars, and product
administration illustrations.
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