Short stories, told from the porch, that will keep you turning the pages to find out about the Panther that roams Cohay Creek and even found its way into the author's backyard, the old slave graveyard behind the house, cemetery trips to ferret out a ghost, and the trials and tribulations of putting on a pair of Spanx. The author tells how she learned about her maternal grandmother's murder from an elderly schoolteacher and recounts tales of growing up in the Mississippi delta, where she met and married her husband. "Tales from the Porch" will continue to pique your interest until the last page.
Different meanings all combined in nine months of rapid writing, along with fortunate and joyful restful writing of sessions of mind. From the months of August 1994 - May 1995, was the birth of the nine-month creation of the life's efforts. A lot came to me. Others just popped into my head. I just had to write and type to keep up. It was a glorious nine-month period. Almost like water rapids. It could be calm or rough waters. What a great and undoing and collecting of time. Back to a time that was somehow lost. You could say, this was my inner self-being let out. For being cooped up for so long, to get out of the cocoon.
?Die voranschreitende Tertiarisierung, Wissensintensivierung, Globalisierung und das Outsourcing von ehemals unternehmensinternen Aktivitäten führen zu einem steigenden Bedeutungszuwachs wissensintensiver Dienstleistungen. Ziel des vorliegenden Buches ist es, zentrale Ergebnisse einer empirischen Untersuchung deutscher wissensintensiver Dienstleister darzustellen. Die Betrachtung umfasst neben der Charakterisierung wissensintensiver Dienstleistungen, der Bedeutung von Produktivität für diese Dienstleister sowohl die Bestimmung der Produktivität auf Unternehmensebene als auch die Einordnung von erfolgskritischer Faktoren bei der Erbringung von Dienstleistungen in Projekten.
Reframing Disease Contextually will be of particular interest to philosophers of medicine, bioethicists, and philosophers. It may also be of value to medical professionals, historians of western medicine, and health policy makers who take interest in the conceptual foundations of medicine. This book: - provides an overview of key debates in the history of modern western medicine on the nature, knowledge, and value of disease; - illustrates how these debates relate; - provides a "contextual" or "localized" way of understanding disease; - includes case studies of e.g. AIDS, genetic disease, and gendered disease; - conveys the importance of the intersection and interrelation between and among factors that make up disease; - illustrates how bioethical discussions about disease naming, classification, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment are part of a much greater discussion in philosophy of medicine.
I drygt 30 år låg Klara i ett mörklagt rum på en gotländsk bondgård. Hon hade själv valt att isolera sig som ett alternativ till självmord. I tonåren ville hon utbilda sig men fick inte. Hon hade en fästman men han dög inte. Istället blev hon bortgift med Einar, den man som föräldrarna valt ut. Tanken var att han, som svärson, skulle överta gården. Författaren är Klaras och Einars son. I boken berättar han om sin uppväxt på gården och försöker förstå de omständigheter som formade Klaras liv. Klaras gåta handlar också om 1900-talets historia. Det var en omvälvande tid då det traditionella gotländska bondesamhället gick under och ersattes av ett turistanpassat Sommarland. Carl Johan Gardell är FD i historia vid Uppsala universitet, kulturjournalist, författare och entreprenör. Som fastighetsägare på Gotland 1972-92 ägnade han sig bland annat åt att renovera gamla byggnader. De senaste decennierna har han medverkat flitigt på många kultursidor, bland annat i Svenska Dagbladet och Upsala Nya Tidning.
Maldes den försvunne bonden Sven Sjögren ner i en köttkvarn och processades till djurfoder på en minkfarm? Varför placerades det torterade paret Liljegrens kroppar på en plats där kvarlevorna skulle upptäckas inom kort? Hur kunde en lärare förgripa sig på klassens småpojkar i tio års tid utan att någon reagerade? Varför iscensattes en olaglig brottsprovokation på Wisby hotell? Bakom den gotländska sommaridyllen skymtar också ekonomisk brottslighet. Sparbanksdirektören Iwan Bergenstierna stal cirka 50 miljoner i vår tids penningvärde. Den respekterade Bo Pettersson var teknisk chef på Gotlandsbolaget från 70-talet tills bubblan brast 2003. På sitt hemliga schweiziska nummerkonto fanns över 20 miljoner kronor som företag betalat i mutor. I boken tar författaren upp drygt 30 olika fall.
Wessex did not spring full-born from Hardy's imagination when he began to write. The first part of the book reveals in detail how Wessex became what it is, geographically, socially and culturally, beginning with his fist poem in the 1860s and ending with Winter Words, his last collection of verse. The second (briefer) part is an account of the impact of Hardy's vision of Wessex on twentieth-century English culture, offering an explanation for Hardy's endurance as a popular novelist.
Setting out the debates and reviewing the evidence that links health outcomes with social and physical environments, this new edition of the well-established text offers an accessible overview of the theoretical perspectives, methodologies, and research in the field of health geography Includes international examples, drawn from a broad range of countries, and extensive illustrationsUnique in its approach to health geography, as opposed to medical geographyNew chapters focus on contemporary concerns including neighborhoods and health, ageing, and emerging infectious diseaseOffers five new case studies and an fresh emphasis on qualitative research approachesWritten by two of the leading health geographers in the world, each with extensive experience in research and policy
From his tiny, shoe-box apartment, an American from South-Central LA launches Wisdom21--a unique language academy in western Japan. As enrollment soars, success leads to union battles, clashes with the mob, and unpredictable romantic encounters. Doing business in Japan has never been more riveting. And the stakes never so high.
The baryton is a unique string instrument that provides both bowed melody and plucked accompaniment simultaneously. It emerged in the Baroque era as a solo, self-accompanying viol and was later adopted as a virtuoso melodic instrument to enhance the dramatic arias of the day. A History of the Baryton and Its Music: King of Instruments, Instrument of Kings is the only reference available on this intriguing instrument. This presents a detailed history of the baryton, guidance on playing technique, information on its design and manufacture, descriptions and photos of extant instruments, and a repertoire of hitherto unpublished music. Carol A. Gartrell details the origins and development of the baryton through the instruments that have survived, and through a unique collection of music representing different styles and genres. In addition to a bibliography and an index, the book concludes with two galleries containing an extensive inventory: the first provides detailed descriptions of all extant instruments and more than 20 photographs, while the second gallery catalogs extant manuscripts and supplies a representative selection of complete transcriptions, illustrating the range and variety of baryton music and providing musicians with previously unpublished music they could perform. Complete with a selected discography of baryton recordings, A History of the Baryton and Its Music is an interesting and necessary resource for the musicologist, organologist, and performer.
Sentenced to death as a Fascist spy by Republican forces in war-torn Spain, decorated for saving an airman's life in a bullet-ridden B-24 Liberator over Greece, war correspondent Henry 'Hank' Gorrell often found himself in the thick of the fighting he had been sent to cover. And in reporting on some of the world's most dangerous stories, he held newspaper readers spellbound with his eyewitness accounts from battlefields across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. An 'exclusive' United Press correspondent, Gorrell saw more than his share of war, even more than most reporters, as his beat took him from the siege of Madrid to the sands of North Africa. His memoir, left in an attic trunk for sixty years, is presented here in its entirety for the first time. As he risks life and limb on the front lines, Gorrell gives us new perspectives on the overall conflict - including some of World War II's lesser-known battles - as well as insights into behind-the-lines intrigue.Gorrell's account first captures early Axis intervention in Spain and their tests of new weaponry and blitzkrieg tactics at the cost of millions of Spanish lives. While covering the Spanish Civil War, he was captured by forces from each side and saw many brave men die disillusioned, offering a contrast to other views of that conflict from writers like Hemingway. But Spain was just Hank's training ground: before America even entered World War II, he was embedded with Allied forces from seven nations. When war broke out, Gorrell was sent to the Balkans, where in Budapest he witnessed pro-Axis enthusiasts toast the victory of Italian armies. Later in Romania he watched Stalin kick over the Axis apple cart with his invasion of Bessarabia - forcing the Germans to deal with the Russian menace before they had planned.Then he saw twenty Italian divisions mauled in the mountains of Albania, marking the beginning of the end for Mussolini. Combining the historian's accuracy with the journalist's on-the-spot reportage, Gorrell provides eyewitness impressions of what war looked, sounded, and felt like to soldiers on the ground. ""Soldier of the Press"" weaves personal adventures into the larger fabric of world events, plunging modern readers into the heat of battle while revealing the dangers faced by war correspondents in that bygone era.
Dedicated to the late Bertil Gardell, a Swedish Social Scientist, this text comprises of 18 essays that shares a common vision - the impact of work on the interconnected processes of stress and disease.
Dedicated to the late Bertil Gardell, a Swedish Social Scientist, this text comprises of 18 essays that shares a common vision - the impact of work on the interconnected processes of stress and disease.
Keep. It. Simple. Stupid. After being laid off from her job as an instructor at a local college in the 1990s, and with no prior entrepreneurial experience, Connie Gorrell found herself at the helm of a thriving educational services company that catered to healthcare professionals. She knew that if her small business was to succeed, she needed to create unique, and simple, marketing strategies that would set her company apart from all others. She had little start-up cash and no idea what her marketing strategies would consist of, but she knew she had to try. The company quickly grew to expand services to include communities-at-large in addition to healthcare professionals from coast to coast and into other countries as well. Consumers today have far more choices available to them than ever. Making savvy marketing and advertising choices can be the difference between customer excitement about your business or indifference altogether. This book, The KISS System: Stress-Free Marketing Strategies to Boost Your Local Business on a Budget will help you keep your business from getting lost in market saturation. The marketing strategies are customized to make it easy for any local business owner to have information that could change their life-and business-forever. Use it wisely and profit. -Learn straightforward, proven and profitable marketing strategies that any small or local business can implement immediately to become business royalty in the local marketplace. -Understand the lifetime value of just one of your customers. -Find out how to attract loyal customers and keep them coming back-Discover how to make your business more visible when consumers are looking for your product or services. Help them find you-not your competitors. The 'KISS Principle' DefinedKISS is an acronym attributed to aeronautical engineer Kelly Johnson. It is a design principle that stands for "Keep It Simple, Stupid." It was most noted by the United States Navy in 1960. The KISS principle states, in essence, that all systems work best when kept simple rather than made complicated. If it's stupid, but it works, it's not stupid. -Connie Gorrell
Looking at health and health care in a new way, this book examines health risks and benefits as encountered 'on the move' rather than focusing on the risks and benefits incurred at fixed locations. The provision and utilization of health care is also investigated, as produced/delivered and consumed/accessed in mobile settings. Engaging with the contemporary concern with 'mobilities' this book covers many forms of movement and flow, including movements of people, disease, information and health care. The issues and problems which are considered - whether re-emerging infections, displaced persons, or the 'risks' of globalised travel - are of current and ongoing concern. Drawing on three main disciplines, geography, sociology, and epidemiology, author Tony Gatrell makes strong connections between these areas of inquiry, drawing on (for example) social theorising, geographical concepts, and epidemiological methods and data. The book will be of interest to the growing number of geographers working on the geography of health, along with social scientists involved in the mobilities 'turn'. More broadly, as issues of global public health that invariably involve the movements of people, goods, viruses and information continue to hit the headlines, the book is both timely and of policy relevance.
