THE COLLECTION IS HAUNTING, MAGICAL, BOLD AND SENSITIVE; A COMBINATION OF PRAISE SONGS FOR THE CARIBBEAN AND CRITICISM OF ITS FAULTS/SHORTCOMINGS." -Professor Verene Shepherd, Historian-University of the West Indies Tapping into the voice of the Jamaican people, the poems in this collection speak to life as seen through the eyes of a Caribbean poet grounded in the history, geography and realities of the region and the experiences of its people at home and abroad. Author Cecile Jarrett became committed to recording life in the 1970s when both the Caribbean social and political landscapes were in the throes of change. In Voices from the Shore, she pauses to criticize the Caribbean political shenanigans, roves across the region sensing the quality of life and perilous existence of its people and captures the haunting beauty of the landscape. In "Water," she writes: Mystifying, destroying, / Saving, giving pleasure / Roughing up the roof / Gurgling round the bend / Roaring in the distance / Silent now my friend / Glistening in the sunshine / Gushing from the rock / Surging back to sea / Your power-a potent destroyer. Presenting a dynamic visual and rhythmic flow and lyrical pace, Jarrett captures and shares the pain and pleasure of the Sisyphus-like existence of Jamaican/Caribbean women and people.
Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Products for Topical Administration , Volume 9 provides the product characteristics, formulation, and rationale of topical therapeutic preparations. The book attempts to take the reader logically from the physiological and pathological aspects through to the reasoning behind topical medication. The text discusses such topics as the physiology and structure of the skin; the differential diagnosis of various skin diseases; the theoretical basis of emulsion technology; and the mechanism of percutaneous absorption. Undergraduate students and teachers of pharmacy and allied subjects will find the monograph very useful.
Never has it been more important for leaders to engage with their people. However, there is one leadership failure The Forgotten Factor that will weaken an organisation and, ultimately, paralyse its ability to perform to its potential. Never Forget What Its Like To Be A C is reality and based on an idea developed over many years by Trevor Jarrett and Shaun Price. It takes you on a journey from a chance meeting during a business trip, to playing a Game and culminating in a closing remark from the CEO of a failing organisation that identifies TFF: The Forgotten Factor. Never before has such a simple game helped organisations and their leaders uncover where they are failing their people. Experiential in its design and short in its duration, the Game allows participants to find the answer they probably havent even been looking for! Nevertheless, this book clearly is not just about one forgotten factor; it explores and identifies many key messages that any leader can recognise and put into practice immediately. The experience changed both me and my companys life. I will never forget it -Brian Jeffers
Charles Costa was the first and only man she had ever loved. Somehow, over the years, something happened--his love for her faltered. They had tried to have children, and finally produced one son. He was their pride and joy. Several years later, things changed drastically--they grew apart, and Charles hightailed it out of their lives. The separation then inevitable divorce was hard on Nan and their son Jim. They had to learn how to function without the crutch they had gotten used to. It was not an easy task, but they took a day-to-day approach. Their lives would soon change for the better. It was like a fairytale--too good to be true. Nan had fallen for an older gentleman. The question was now what to do about Joe, and how Jim was going to deal with a new man in his life. Fact was she really liked Joe. Since Jim had not seen his father for a few years after the divorce, he embraced his mother's new relationship. After dealing with life's curves and punches--things begin happening for them. Everyone was enjoying the turn of events, until things began to spiral out of control.
Micromorphology is the study of arrangements of particles and matrix and is primarily carried out using thin sections. It is a useful tool to characterize sedimentary facies because material is not disaggregated and the particles are examined in their original position relative to other particles, thus increasing the reliability of sedimentological interpretations. This technical note presents a method for the impregnation of marine sediment core subsamples for the preparation of thin sections. To achieve this, the pore water has to be replaced by an epoxy resin. The method consists of five main steps, described in detail: subsampling preparation; subsampling; sediment dehydration; impregnation; and drying and cutting"--Abstract, page 1.
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