Steven Seagal plays tough mercenary John Seeger in this action movie. When Seeger is blackmailed into leading a highly dangerous rescue attempt to free a billionaire's kidnapped son in South Africa, he goes along with the mission. But when Seeger finds out that he's been double-crossed the gloves come off - and now there's going to be hell to pay.

• Combining the expertise and experience of a practising teacher and an academic linguist to address language issues in schools. • Covers the full range of language issues in schools, inside the classroom and outside it • exposes damaging misconceptions and prejudices about how students speak and write • Enables teachers and school management teams make more informed and productive decisions about language use in school. • Includes techniques and activities teachers can use to encourage students to notice language issues alongside worked examples of lesson plans for different subject areas.

• Combining the expertise and experience of a practising teacher and an academic linguist to address language issues in schools. • Covers the full range of language issues in schools, inside the classroom and outside it • exposes damaging misconceptions and prejudices about how students speak and write • Enables teachers and school management teams make more informed and productive decisions about language use in school. • Includes techniques and activities teachers can use to encourage students to notice language issues alongside worked examples of lesson plans for different subject areas.

Description The music industry, as with most other media forms, is in the middle of a period of enormous transformation. Digital technologies have empowered producers and consumers of music - traditional ways of making and distributing music are under threat as musicians and their audiences embrace new opportunities, many of which bypass the incumbent middlemen. Whilst it is clear that the music industry is thriving, the traditional recording industry, dominated by a handful of multinational corporations is struggling to stay relevant. The changes are so dramatic that the term "Music 2.0" has become commonly used to delineate old and new business models and approaches. But the demise of the traditional music industry is overstating things - the reality is that (whilst their profits may be diminishing) they still dominate a multi-billion dollar marketplace and exercise unprecedented control over the star-making process. And, of course, they have the resources to be able to reinvent themselves. The actual future of music is a complex and contested one. This book aims to unpack that complexity, map the changes and explain the causes and motivations surrounding an industry undergoing change. It explores the world of popular music from three distinct perspectives. Firstly, it examines the new opportunities available to consumers of music - interrogating how the lines between production and consumption are blurring, creating fans who do much more than just listen to music. Secondly, it draws on interviews with a diverse range of musicians explaining their place in the brave new world and trying to articulate their newly defined roles. Finally, it examines the industry itself, and unpack the responses to current challenges from new and old players alike.

Brings together the papers of a meeting held in Mont Gabriel, Canada in March 1989. Researchers considered the mechanisms of stress and its neuroendocrinological alterations, discussed the relevance and predictivity of models in man and animals, and the importance of the type of stressor.

Severe adult malnutrition is a common feature in both emergencies and developmental situations. This book provides a review of the history and issues surrounding adult malnutrition before going on to examine new data on the diagnosis and treatment of adult malnutrition. Drawing heavily on studies conducted during the height of severe famines in Somalia 1992, Sudan 1993 and Angola 1993, it presents original data on the most extreme cases of adult starvation ever reported in medical literature. The book establishes screening and diagnostic criteria to assess malnourished adults under the operational conditions seen during famine relief programmes. It provides evidence that measurement of middle upper arm circumference is an efficient tool for assessing admissions. Arm circumference measurements can be combined with simple clinical signs such as oedema, apparent dehydration and the ability to stand, to produce prognostic models useful in assessing admissions. The book also examines the ideal protein content of rehabilitation diets, concluding that diets with lower levels of protein can substantially reduce mortality during the initial phase of treatment.