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Max Mercury-Chromoman-knew little of his father Rex Mercury, who died before Max was born. Much later, Max would learn that Rex was a smuggler extraordinaire and that Rex's last job put millions in an offshore account and was a secret operation funded by no other than the United States Secretary of Defense, Sanford Shields. The unsanctioned plan required Rex to pirate a nuclear weapon from North Korea which, Shields believed, would provoke a retaliatory strike on North Korea's weapons facility. But things went very wrong. Although Max Mercury's birth seemed routine, he soon demonstrated extraordinary abilities in biological science. Decades later, Max Mercury-Chromoman-will need his supernatural talents if there is any chance of thwarting an apocalyptic scheme, masterminded by none other than Chip Shields, son of Sanford Shields, who is out to avenge the death of his father. To save the world order, Max's plan will require the tandem use of risky, biological and communications manipulations never attempted. Above all, Max and his team, consisiting of his wife, Brooke, and his longterm friend and telecommunications genius, Riku Hayashi, will need a miraculous amount of luck for any chance of success.
Violence and tragedy riddle democracy - not due to fatal shortcomings or unnecessary failures, but because of its very design and success. To articulate this troubling claim, Steven Johnston explores the cruelty of democratic founding, the brutal use democracies make of citizens and animals during wartime, the ambiguous consequences of legislative action expressive of majority rule, and militant practices of citizenship required to deal with democracy's enemies. Democracy must take responsibility for its success: to rule in denial of violence merely replicates it. Johnston thus calls for the development of a tragic democratic politics and proposes institutional and civic responses to democracy's reign, including the reinvention of tragic festivals and holidays, a new breed of public memorials, and mandatory congressional reparations sessions. Theorizing the violent puzzle of democracy, Johnston addresses classic and contemporary political theory, films, little known monuments, the subversive music of Bruce Springsteen, and the potential of democratic violence by the people themselves.
Antonyms in English
Steven Jones; Murphy M. Lynne; Paradis Carita; Willners Caroline
Cambridge University Press
2015
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The study of antonyms (or 'opposites') in a language can provide important insight into word meaning and discourse structures. This book provides an extensive investigation of antonyms in English and offers an innovative model of how we mentally organize concepts and how we perceive contrasts between them. The authors use corpus and experimental methods to build a theoretical picture of the antonym relation, its status in the mind and its construal in context. Evidence is drawn from natural antonym use in speech and writing, first-language antonym acquisition, and controlled elicitation and judgements of antonym pairs by native speakers. The book also proposes ways in which a greater knowledge of how antonyms work can be applied to the fields of language technology and lexicography.
Medical marijuana and the promise of medical advances with cannabinoids is a controversial topic. This book provides clinicians with credible, peer-reviewed science to advise patients on the use of cannabinoids in practice. From the history of cannabis to the recent discoveries, chapters include the science of cannabinoids, changes in the legal and regulatory landscape, and the emerging area of endocannabinoids. The book differentiates approved cannabinoids from cannabis and medical marijuana and stimulates clinicians to think about the risks and benefits of these two drugs. It provides the factual background for clinicians to lead the discussion on the continued use of marijuana, ongoing areas of research and future advances and development of new medications for treatment. An invaluable guide for all specialists in the pharmaceutical sciences, toxicologists, biochemists, neurologists, psychiatrists, addiction specialists, as well as primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, and regulators and policymakers.
Applying Turbulence Theory to Educational Leadership in Challenging Times
Steven Jay Gross
Routledge
2019
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In our increasingly complex world, the turbulent forces affecting educators have become vastly more dynamic, creating complex challenges but, perhaps paradoxically, also unique opportunities. Reframing how to understand the drivers of turbulence, Applying Turbulence Theory to Educational Leadership in Challenging Times provides aspiring and practicing educational leaders with the theory and tools for understanding Turbulence Theory and its application to school contexts. Renowned author Steven Jay Gross explores how you can apply turbulence theory to respond to critical incidents, as well as how to address the tensions across various stakeholders, including the central office, principals, teachers, students, families, and communities. With over 20 innovative, case-based examples and discussion questions, this book explores how turbulence can be leveraged or minimized to increase creative opportunity and address dilemmas in schools.
Applying Turbulence Theory to Educational Leadership in Challenging Times
Steven Jay Gross
Routledge
2019
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In our increasingly complex world, the turbulent forces affecting educators have become vastly more dynamic, creating complex challenges but, perhaps paradoxically, also unique opportunities. Reframing how to understand the drivers of turbulence, Applying Turbulence Theory to Educational Leadership in Challenging Times provides aspiring and practicing educational leaders with the theory and tools for understanding Turbulence Theory and its application to school contexts. Renowned author Steven Jay Gross explores how you can apply turbulence theory to respond to critical incidents, as well as how to address the tensions across various stakeholders, including the central office, principals, teachers, students, families, and communities. With over 20 innovative, case-based examples and discussion questions, this book explores how turbulence can be leveraged or minimized to increase creative opportunity and address dilemmas in schools.
Richard Dawkins's formulation of the meme concept in his 1976 classic The Selfish Gene has inspired three decades of work in what many see as the burgeoning science of memetics. Its underpinning theory proposes that human culture is composed of a multitude of particulate units, memes, which are analogous to the genes of biological transmission. These cultural replicators are transmitted by imitation between members of a community and are subject to mutational-evolutionary pressures over time. Despite Dawkins and several others using music in their exemplifications of what might constitute a meme, these formulations have generally been quite rudimentary, even naïve. This study is the first musicologically-orientated attempt systematically to apply the theory of memetics to music. In contrast to the two points of view normally adopted in music theory and analysis - namely those of the listener and the composer - the purpose of this book is to argue for a distinct and illuminating third perspective. This point of view is metaphorical and anthropomorphic, and the metaphor is challenging and controversial, but the way of thinking adopted has its basis in well-founded scientific principles and it is capable of generating insights not available from the first two standpoints. The perspective is that of the (selfish) replicated musical pattern itself, and adopting it is central to memetics. The approach taken is both theoretical and analytical. Starting with a discussion of evolutionary thinking within musicology, Jan goes on to cover the theoretical aspects of the memetics of music, ranging from quite abstract philosophical speculation to detailed consideration of what actually constitutes a meme in music. In doing so, Jan draws upon several approaches current in music theory, including Schenkerism and Narmour's implication-realization model. To demonstrate the practical utility of the memetic perspective, Chapter 6 applies it analytically, tracing the transmission o
Antonymy is the technical name used to describe 'opposites', pairs of words such as rich/poor, love/hate and male/female. Antonyms are a ubiquitous part of everyday language, and this book provides a detailed, comprehensive account of the phenomenon. This book demonstrates how traditional linguistic theory can be revisited, updated and challenged in the corpus age. It will be essential reading for scholars interested in antonymy and corpus linguistics.
De Wetgeving Van Het Staatstoezicht Op De Krankzinnigen (1888)
Steven Jan Matthijs van Geuns
KESSINGER PUBLISHING, LLC
2010
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Medical Terminology: An Accelerated Approach approaches medical terminology not as words to be memorized but as a language to be learned and teaches students to break down words into their composite word parts. Instead of a dictionary full of terms that need to be memorized, a student equipped with groups of roots, prefixes, and suffixes can easily understand a vast amount of medical terminology regardless of how long or short their med term course is.Medical Terminology: An Accelerated Approach bridges the gap between the two fields that make up medical terminology—medicine and second-language acquisition. It provided assistance in language skills to equip health care professionals to use and understand medical terminology and gives them real-world examples that make their knowledge applicable to working in the world of health care.
Medical Language Accelerated approaches medical terminology not as words to be memorized but as a language to be learned. If you treat medical terminology as a language and learn how to read terms like sentences, you will be able to communicate clearly as a health care professional and will be a full participant in the culture of medicine. Memorizing definitions is equal to a traveler memorizing a few phrases in another language to help during a brief vacation: It will help a traveler survive for a few days. But if one is going to live in another culture for an extended period of time, learning to speak and understand the language becomes essential.
Medical Language Accelerated approaches medical terminology not as words to be memorized but as a language to be learned. If you treat medical terminology as a language and learn how to read terms like sentences, you will be able to communicate clearly as a health care professional and will be a full participant in the culture of medicine. Memorizing definitions is equal to a traveler memorizing a few phrases in another language to help during a brief vacation: It will help a traveler survive for a few days. But if one is going to live in another culture for an extended period of time, learning to speak and understand the language becomes essential.
The stories behind the names of the men on the Kidwelly War Memorial in Carmarthenshire, who fell during both World Wars. Also included are the stories of some of the other local men who are not commemorated on the Kidwelly memorial. This second edition includes the additional details of the four men from Llansaint who have been added to the memorial, as well as details of WW1 gallantry award recipients.
The small Town of St. Clears is situated in West Wales, in the County of Carmarthenshire. St. Clears sits between the River Taf and the River Cynin, astride the main A40 into Pembrokeshire. This book commemorates the memory of the men of the Town who gave their lives during both World Wars of the Twentieth Century, and also two of the greatest Fighter Pilots to have flown with the Royal Air Force. It also commemorates the men of the nearby villages of Meidrim, Trelech, Bancyfelin and Llangynin who fell during both wars.
The Historical Village of Llanddowror lies in the County of Camarthenshire, in West Wales, and sits in a lovely position in the Valley of the River Taf, astride the main A4077 into Pembrokeshire, just three miles from St. Clears. The Village was made famous for being the residence of Gruffydd Jones, the Father of the modern School system. This book commemorates the memory of all of the men of the Village of Llanddowror who served during the course of the Great War. Many of them were taught in the small School originally founded by Gruffydd Jones, and were not long out of School themselves when called to fight for King and Country, during the Great War.
The ancient Town of Whitland sits in a pleasant part of West Wales, in the Valley of the River Taf. It sits on the Borders of the old Counties of Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire, and is famous for being the meeting place of the first 'Welsh Assembly', led by Hywell Dda. The Town is mentioned in the 'Mabinogion' due to it's historic Cistercian Abbey, and the link to Hywel Dda. Nearby is the picturesque village of Lampeter Velfrey, whose Parish overlaps Whitland, with many of the men listed on both War Memorials. This book commemorates the memory of the men of Whitland and Lampeter Velfrey who fought and died in World War One and World War Two, and contains photos of many of the men, and of their last resting places.