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John Asher writes and directs this comedy spoof based on the Liam
Neeson 'Taken' franchise. Bryan Millers (Lee Tergesen) is a mall
cop who possesses many special skills. When his life is threatened
by his arch-enemy Brown Finger (Margaret Cho), Millers joins forces
with his ex-CIA mother (Joyce Bulifant) to fight back.
Human rights is often claimed as the 'idea' of our time. However,
although considerable time, energy and resources have been invested
in the idea, and extravagant claims are often made about progress
in providing machinery for the protection of human rights, there
are few signs that violations are any less common than in the past.
This book argues that while the USA was instrumental in
establishing the 'idea' of human rights as a dominant theme in the
day-to-day rhetoric of international relations, powerful economic
and political interests succeeded in ensuring that a strong
international regime for the protection of human rights did not
emerge.
To succeed in the world today, students need an education
thatequips them to recognize current trends, to be creative
andflexible to respond to changing circumstances, to demonstrate
soundjudgment to work for society's good, and to gain the ability
tocommunicate persuasively. This book argues for returning to
theclassical liberal arts educational system so that students
areprepared for lifelong learning.
This book analyzes how poor eighteenth-century London women coped
when they found themselves pregnant, their survival networks and
the consequences of bearing an illegitimate child. It does so by
exploring the encounters between poor women and the parish as well
as London's lying-in hospitals and the Foundling Hospital. It
suggests that unmarried mothers did not constitute a deviant
minority within London's plebeian community. In fact, many could
expect to find compassion rather than ostracism a response to their
plight. All poor mothers, left without the support of their child's
father, shared similar strategies of survival and economies of
makeshift.
In this major 1993 work, Lloyd Evans provides an integrated view of
the domestication, adaptation and improvement of crop plants,
bringing together genetic diversity, plant breeding, physiology and
aspects of agronomy. Considerations of yield and maximum yield
provide continuity throughout the book. Food, feed, fibre, fuel and
pharmaceutical crops are all discussed. Cereals, grain legumes and
root crops, both temperate and tropical, provide many of the
examples, but pasture plants, oilseeds, leafy crops, fruit trees
and others are also considered. After the introductory chapter, the
increasing significance of crop yields to the world's food supply
is highlighted. The next three chapters consider changes to crop
plants over the last ten thousand years, including domestication,
adaptation and improvement. Aimed at research workers and advanced
students in crop physiology and ecology, agronomy and plant
breeding, this book also reaches conclusions of relevance to those
concerned with developmental policy, agricultural research and
management, environmental quality, resource depletion and human
history.
First published in 1999, this original and entertaining
sociological study takes a comprehensive and critical view of opera
as unique cultural artefact as loss making 'industry', as
institution with a 'museum' culture, and as consumed commodity of
rare distinction and elaborate ritual. Specific chapters deal with
opera within the contexts of musicological analysis, auratic art
and fetishized taste: opera as business and as 'museum': singers'
opera: producers' opera and audiences' opera. There is also a
chapter on 'opera': popular, commercialised fragments of opera
outside the opera house, consumed by and through all manner of
reproduced means: CD, video, Three Tenors concerts: film and TV
soundtracks: advertising jingles etc. Despite the supposed
popularisation and successful commercial exploitation of 'opera'
during the past decade or so, this study concludes that opera
remains an art-form, institution and ritual of relative
inaccessibility and exclusiveness. The commercial interest in and
profitability of 'opera' do not translate into new 'popular'
audiences in the opera house. The increased dependency of opera
companies on corporate funding in the face of retreating government
subsidies may have brought a new 'elite' audience into the
expensive seats, pandered to by the introduction of surtitles etc.,
but the traditional 'elite' has succeeded in closing down entry to
opera in other select venues where opera continues to confirm and
maintain their select identity and prestige of their life-style.
First published in 1999, this original and entertaining
sociological study takes a comprehensive and critical view of opera
as unique cultural artefact as loss making 'industry', as
institution with a 'museum' culture, and as consumed commodity of
rare distinction and elaborate ritual. Specific chapters deal with
opera within the contexts of musicological analysis, auratic art
and fetishized taste: opera as business and as 'museum': singers'
opera: producers' opera and audiences' opera. There is also a
chapter on 'opera': popular, commercialised fragments of opera
outside the opera house, consumed by and through all manner of
reproduced means: CD, video, Three Tenors concerts: film and TV
soundtracks: advertising jingles etc. Despite the supposed
popularisation and successful commercial exploitation of 'opera'
during the past decade or so, this study concludes that opera
remains an art-form, institution and ritual of relative
inaccessibility and exclusiveness. The commercial interest in and
profitability of 'opera' do not translate into new 'popular'
audiences in the opera house. The increased dependency of opera
companies on corporate funding in the face of retreating government
subsidies may have brought a new 'elite' audience into the
expensive seats, pandered to by the introduction of surtitles etc.,
but the traditional 'elite' has succeeded in closing down entry to
opera in other select venues where opera continues to confirm and
maintain their select identity and prestige of their life-style.
Evidence and knowledge are fundamental in professional practice. A
key skill for social workers is understanding how to use the range
of sources available. Being able to explain the evidence
underpinning decisions and the knowledge base of professional
interventions is not just good practice: it's essential in
partnership working and in acting accountably. This innovative book
recognizes and builds on the complex nature of social work
practice. It challenges the view that there is one best form of
knowledge which applies equally to all aspects of practice. Tony
Evans and Mark Hardy outline key debates and put forward approaches
to evidence and knowledge that encourage readers to use a range of
different forms of knowledge to inform and develop their
professional practice. This helpful book also supports reflection
and learning by including case studies, activities and tasks
alongside the main text."Evidence and Knowledge for Practice" is
essential reading for social work students, qualified social
workers and other readers with an interest in social work practice.
Key biogeochemical events in the ocean take place in less than a
second, are studied in experiments lasting a few hours, and
determine cycles that last over seasons or even years. Models of
the controlling processes thus have to take into account these time
scales. This book aims at achieving consensus among these
controlling processes at all relevant time scales. It helps
understand the global carbon cycle including the production and
breakdown of solved organic matter and the production, sinking and
breakdown of particles. The emphasis on considering all time scales
in submodel formulation is new and of interest to all those working
in global ocean models and related fields.
The foolproof guide to buying, selling and growing wealth
without money, credit or experience.
Do you feel like you are constantly taking one step forward and
two steps back with your finances?
Are you working around the clock with nothing to show for it?
Brian Evans, creator of Ultimate Real Estate Investors
(www.UltimateRealEstateInvestors.com), presents you with proven
strategies for wealth and income. He admits that the road to real
estate gold is not necessarily EASY, but if you approach your
business with honesty and integrity, if you have CLEAR
expectations, and if you are prepared for a sometimes harsh
reality... through real life examples, insider information and
advice about what NOT to do, Brian Evans will set you on the track
to NEW money making opportunities. Stop being a victim, and become
an ultimate real estate investor. Take hold of the tools to turn an
ordinary business into an extraordinary business TODAY.
This book analyzes how poor eighteenth-century London women coped
when they found themselves pregnant, their survival networks and
the consequences of bearing an illegitimate child. It does so by
exploring the encounters between poor women and the parish as well
as London's lying-in hospitals and the Foundling Hospital. It
suggests that unmarried mothers did not constitute a deviant
minority within London's plebeian community. In fact, many could
expect to find compassion rather than ostracism a response to their
plight. All poor mothers, left without the support of their child's
father, shared similar strategies of survival and economies of
makeshift.
The global automotive industry has become one of the most important
and strongest drivers of economic stability. Innovation and diverse
models, global appeal and fuel efficiency are just some of the
major strengths of the global auto industry. Furthermore, the
automobile is possibly the most massively manufactured
sophisticated product among those produced in mechanical
engineering. More than 60 million automobiles are produced each
year. A number of countries were discussed in this book and the
historic evolution, modular unification and globalization of the
integral manufacturing industry were examined. Furthermore, the
increasing use of polymeric materials, rubbers and chemical fluids,
like mineral oils or brake fluids in the automotive industry,
demands analytical techniques for the identification of high
molecular weight organic compounds. This book describes application
examples of gas chromatography/mass spectrometry and pyrolysis in
the failure analysis for the identification of those chemical
materials used in automobiles. Finally, the last chapter discusses
the use of discrete event simulation as a tool to aid decision
making for the integration of RFID [Radio Frequency Identification]
in a manufacturing system such as with automobiles.
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