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5 to 7 (DVD)
Anton Yelchin, Bérénice Marlohe, Olivia Thirlby, Lambert Wilson, Frank Langella, …
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R41
Discovery Miles 410
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Anton Yelchin and Bérénice Marlohe star in this American comedy
drama. In New York City, struggling writer Brian Bloom (Yelchin)
meets 33-year-old French woman Arielle (Marlohe) on a smoking break
and agrees to meet her again a week later, during the only time
she's free, between the hours of five and seven. Once they meet
again, Brian is devastated to discover Arielle is married with two
young children. Although he's shocked at first, Brian continues
involving himself in Arielle's open marriage but can the pair
sustain their relationship under these unusual circumstances?
With the rise of advanced technology firms, government's role in
nurturing business may be changing. Based on a survey of 450
managers of advanced technology firms in Pennsylvania, this book
describes how the private and public sectors can work together to
improve the economic climate of a region. Nurturing Advanced
Technology Enterprises is the only book to offer in-depth and
comprehensive analysis of all aspects of advanced technology
development. It encompasses job creation and training, location
decisions, industry-university interactions, and more. In addition,
the book draws from the public policy and economics literature to
provide a theoretical perspective on this new planning issue.
Finally, it offers two case studies that illustrate how the
partnership can work.
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My Sassy Girl (DVD)
Jesse Bradford, Elisha Cuthbert, Joanna Gleason, Jay Patterson, William Abadie, …
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R47
Discovery Miles 470
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Comedy about how a nice midwestern boy's life gets turned upside
down when he meets, and falls for, a wildchild. When shy,
respectable Charlie (Jesse Bradford) leaves the safety of his
midwest roots to study in New York, his carefully planned life
takes a major detour when he happens upon, and saves the life of,
beautiful, crazy-chick Jordan (Elisha Cuthbert). Although his
head's telling him she's not the one, his heart has other plans,
and before long he's fallen hopelessly in love - despite himself.
Victor Levine asks a fundamental question of increasing importance
to a globalizing region: How can Pacific Island states provide
decent public education to their children? Based on broad
international experience, he examines the evidence regarding what
does and does not work in public education. While the literature
suggests numerous instances of declining quality in Pacific
public-education systems, Levine finds some basis for optimism
about what is possible. The underlying causes for generally
declining standards do not point to a single factor. And additional
funding is not necessarily the answer. Island countries generally
spend considerably more per pupil on education and attain markedly
poorer results, compared to countries in other regions with similar
economic conditions. Outside support in terms of grants and
personnel has not necessarily brought about the desired results.
Rather than proposing a silver bullet or "grand remedy," Levine
suggests several more-modest options that policymakers may want to
consider for initiating educational reforms. He maintains that the
teacher is the single most important factor affecting student
outcomes. In the past, many of the grand remedies have not worked
because they are remote from the basic problem of ineffective
classroom teaching. Based on this assessment, Levine argues for
teacher-centered policies, which provide material and nonmaterial
incentives to the teaching profession. He urges moving to a system
where demonstrating the ability to produce learning gains in
children (value added) would be a precondition for continued
employment as a teacher. Finally, Levine argues that new teachers
probably do not need a formal teaching qualification to do the job
that is so crucial for a better future for Pacific Island children.
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