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Health, Human Rights and the United Nations

Inconsistent Aims and Inherent Contradictions?

By: Theodore Macdonald,Diane Plamping

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Health, Human Rights and the United Nations

Inconsistent Aims and Inherent Contradictions?

By: Theodore Macdonald,Diane Plamping

In the light of impending environmental catastrophe, people all over the world, in all walks of life, are becoming more aware of the pressing need to act globally. The need to base our decisions and actions less on parochial national advantage, sequestered in hate and suspicion of other nation's playing the same game of Russian roulette, have to give way to a new appreciation of the fact that our global village is indeed so very small and perilously frail. We depend upon one another as never before and, unless we insure the health and human rights of all, we shall surely each perish individually...' In "Health, Human Rights and the United Nations", Theodore H MacDonald carefully analyses the origin, development and structure of the United Nations (UN) and its key agencies, and considers its capacity to mediate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. He takes a detailed look into human rights abuses in Sudan's Darfur province, Burma, Liberia, the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the United Kingdom. By investigating the development of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the pressures being brought to bear upon it, MacDonald exposes contradictions in the aims of both the WHO and the UN. Does the current global political scene and its neoliberal policies nullify the work of both? Is the UN fit for purpose? Can drastic reforms result in equitable solutions? Can a new trans-national body be developed, to arbitrate global trade, health, human rights and fiscal issues? This remarkable book is ideal for anyone interested in international law, human rights, global health, public health and health promotion. Public health and health promotion professionals, including international healthcare organisations, care agencies, and international charities will find the analysis enlightening. It is also of great interest to policy makers and shapers in communities and government, political activists and all those with an interest in equality and globalisation.

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CRC Press

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1315346907

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9781315346908

Working Whole Systems

Putting Theory Into Practice in Organisations

By: Julian Pratt,Pat Gordon,Diane Plamping

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Working Whole Systems

Putting Theory Into Practice in Organisations

By: Julian Pratt,Pat Gordon,Diane Plamping

Working Whole Systems offers a radical way of thinking about organisations as living systems. It provides practical methods for engaging with complex social and organisational issues that are applicable to any group wanting a new way to work. The book draws directly on the authors' experience in health agencies, housing, transport, local government, police and voluntary agencies. This second edition contains new research on the criminal justice system, services for children and young people and services for people with mental health problems. Leaders, managers and human resources professionals in all organisations will find the approach of this book fundamental to the way their systems function. It also offers vital information for policy makers and shapers.

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Radcliffe Publishing

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1857757602

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9781857757606

Occupational Outlook Handbook, 1994-1995

By: DIANE Publishing Company

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Occupational Outlook Handbook, 1994-1995

By: DIANE Publishing Company

A nationally recognized, best-selling reference work. An easy-to-use, comprehensive "encyclopedia" of today's occupations & tomorrow's hiring trends. Describes in detail some 250 occupations -- covering about 104 million jobs, or 85% of all jobs in the U.S. Each description discuses the nature of the work; working conditions; employment; training, other qualifications, & advancement; job outlook; earnings; related occupations; & sources of additional information. Revised every 2 years.

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DIANE Publishing

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0788107941

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9780788107948

American Housing Survey for the United States, 1993

By: DIANE Publishing Company

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American Housing Survey for the United States, 1993

By: DIANE Publishing Company

Presents data on apartments; single-family homes; mobile homes; vacant housing units; age, sex and race of householders; income; housing and neighborhood quality; housing costs; equipment and fuels; and size of the housing units. Also reports on homeowners' repairs and mortgages, rent control, rent subsidies, previous unit of recent movers, and reasons for moving. Over 100 tables, charts and graphs.

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DIANE Publishing Inc.

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0788119753

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9780788119750

Career Ideas for Teens in Architecture and Construction

By: Reeves Diane Lindsey,Gail Karlitz,Don Rauf

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Career Ideas for Teens in Architecture and Construction

By: Reeves Diane Lindsey,Gail Karlitz,Don Rauf

Construction and architecture form one of the largest industries in the United States. From planning, drafting, and building to maintenance and operations, this field offers a broad range of exciting, hands-on careers. The careers profiled include: Architect; Brick mason; Carpenter; Civil engineer; Demolition engineer; Electrician; Estimator; General contractor; Interior designer; Landscape architect; Preservationist; and Urban planner.

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Infobase Publishing

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1438121822

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9781438121826

Occupational Outlook Handbook, 1996-1997

By: DIANE Publishing Company

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Occupational Outlook Handbook, 1996-1997

By: DIANE Publishing Company

A nationally recognized, best-selling reference work. An easy-to-use, comprehensive encyclopediaÓ of today's occupations & tomorrow's hiring trends. Describes in detail some 250 occupations -- covering about 104 million jobs, or 85% of all jobs in the U.S. Each description discuses the nature of the work; working conditions; employment; training, other qualifications, & advancement; job outlook; earnings; related occupations; & sources of additional information. Revised every 2 years.

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DIANE Publishing

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0788129058

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9780788129056

Department of Defense Prime Contract Awards by Service Category and Federal Supply Classification (FY 1992-1995)

By: DIANE Publishing Company

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Department of Defense Prime Contract Awards by Service Category and Federal Supply Classification (FY 1992-1995)

By: DIANE Publishing Company

Includes summary data on Department of Defense (DoD) prime contract awards over $25,000 by service category and Federal Supply Classification (FSC) for fiscal years 1995, 1994, 1993, and 1992. The data presented in this report have the following characteristics: data cover only prime contracts (those awarded directly by DoD). The large number of subcontracts awarded for basic and intermediate materials and components are not reflected in this report. Terminations and other downward adjustments of contracts are included in the award category to which their dollar amount corresponds. Charts and tables.

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DIANE Publishing

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0788142356

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9780788142352

Nobody Ever Told Me (or My Mother) That!

Everything from Bottles and Breathing to Healthy Speech Development

By: Diane Bahr

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Nobody Ever Told Me (or My Mother) That!

Everything from Bottles and Breathing to Healthy Speech Development

By: Diane Bahr

Advice on feeding and exercises to assist the development of babies' mouth and facial muscles to ensure language development, good mouth structure and movement.

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450

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Future Horizons

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1935567209

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9781935567202

Environmental Planning for Small Communities

A Guide for Local Decision-Makers

By: DIANE Publishing Company

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Environmental Planning for Small Communities

A Guide for Local Decision-Makers

By: DIANE Publishing Company

Offers small community decision-makers a process for developing a community environmental plan. Covers: getting the right people involved; developing a community vision; defining your community's needs; finding feasible solutions for your community; putting the plan together; and implementation: putting the plan into action and keeping it on track. Appendixes: what environmental regulations affect your community?; assessing risks from environmental problems in your community; and where to turn for help. Illustrated.

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DIANE Publishing

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0788126482

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9780788126482

Americans with Disabilities Act

Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities, Transportation Facilities, and Transporation Vehicles

By: DIANE Publishing Company

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Americans with Disabilities Act

Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities, Transportation Facilities, and Transporation Vehicles

By: DIANE Publishing Company

Provides the necessary background of the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines for Transportation Vehicles & how the guidelines may apply in a particular case. Information is based on the preamble published with the Vehicle Guidelines & responses to questions posed to the Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board. Numerous figures.

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DIANE Publishing

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0788118307

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9780788118302

Essential Psychic Healing

A Complete Guide to Healing Yourself, Healing Others, and Healing the Earth

By: Diane Stein

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Essential Psychic Healing

A Complete Guide to Healing Yourself, Healing Others, and Healing the Earth

By: Diane Stein

Author and healer Diane Stein brings to the layperson psychic healing techniques once assumed to be too esoteric to use without highly specialized knowledge, years of training, and a paranormal gift. ESSENTIAL PSYCHIC HEALING helps us tap into the potent healing power of our own psychic energies. For the beginner, Diane offers theory and instruction in basic meditation, visualization, kundalini energy, chakras, and auras. Those at the intermediate level will learn to utilize spirit guides and angels, and how to use healing crystals, hands-on healing methods, emotional release work, and remote healing. An advanced program discusses healing karma and past lives, soul retrieval, releasing entities, spirit attachments, and understanding and aiding the death process. Whether you are new to or well acquainted with these principles, ESSENTIAL PSYCHIC HEALING is an indispensable primer.

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Crossing Press

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0307783790

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9780307783790

Paper in Three Dimensions

Origami, Pop-ups, Sculpture, Baskets, Boxes, And More

By: Diane V. Maurer-Mathison

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Paper in Three Dimensions

Origami, Pop-ups, Sculpture, Baskets, Boxes, And More

By: Diane V. Maurer-Mathison

From richly textured handmade paper to elegant pop-ups, "Paper in Three Dimensions" features a full range of papercrafting techniques--all with a three-dimensional slant, presented by Diane Maurer-Mathison, an internationally recognized expert in the art of decorating paper. 220 illustrations, 200 in color.

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Potter Craft

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0823067785

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9780823067787

Merger Of The Century

Why Canada and America Should Become One Country

By: Diane Francis

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Merger Of The Century

Why Canada and America Should Become One Country

By: Diane Francis

No two nations in the world are as integrated, economically and socially, as are the United States and Canada. We share geography, values and the largest unprotected border in the world. Regardless of this close friendship, our two countries are on a slow-motion collision course—with each other and with the rest of the world. While we wrestle with internal political gridlock and fiscal challenges and clash over border problems, the economies of the larger world change and flourish. Emerging economies sailed through the meltdown of 2008. The International Monetary Fund forecasts that by 2018, China's economy will be bigger than that of the United States; when combined with India, Japan and the four Asian Tigers—South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong--China's economy will be bigger than that of the G8 (minus Japan). Rather than continuing on this road to mutual decline, our two nations should chart a new course. Bestselling author Diane Francis proposes a simple and obvious solution: What if the United States and Canada merged into one country? The most audacious initiative since the Louisiana Purchase would solve the biggest problems each country expects to face: the U.S.'s national security threats and declining living standards; and Canada's difficulty controlling and developing its huge land mass stemming from a lack of capital, workers, technology and military might. Merger of the Century builds both a strong political argument and a compelling business case, treating our two countries not only as sovereign entities but as merging companies. We stand on the cusp of a new world order. Together, by marshalling resources and combining efforts, Canada and America have a greater chance of succeeding. As separate nations, the future is in much greater doubt indeed.

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Harper Collins

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1443424412

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9781443424417

Tumbling

By: Diane McKinney-Whetstone

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Tumbling

By: Diane McKinney-Whetstone

“Warm and intimate. . . . An accomplished novel, with sharply drawn characters, exuberant prose, plenty of period detail and a wise, forgiving outlook on family life.” — Los Angeles Times Book Review Tumbling is the beloved bestselling debut novel that launched the luminous career of Diane McKinney Whetstone, critically acclaimed author of Tempest Rising, Blues Dancing, Leaving Cecil Street, and Trading Dreams at Midnight. Writing in a style as accessible as Terry McMillan, yet with the literary touches of Toni Morrison, McKinney Whetstone’s Tumbling is a poignant, exquisitely rendered story of the ties that bind us and the secrets that keep us apart. Noon and Herbie are deeply in love and living in a tightly knit African American neighborhood in South Philadelphia during the 1940s. But their marriage remains unconsummated because of a horrible incident in Noon's past, so each seeks comfort elsewhere: Noon in the warm acceptance of the neighborhood church; Herbie in the arms of Ethel, a jazz singer. Then one day an infant girl is left on their doorstep, and later Ethel blesses them with her five-year-old niece. Suddenly and unexpectedly a family, Herbie, Noon, and their two girls draw closer—until an outside threat reawakens a fire in Noon, causing her to rise up and fight to hold her family and her community together.

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HarperCollins

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0062795546

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9780062795540

Double Shot

By: Diane Mott Davidson

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Double Shot

By: Diane Mott Davidson

“Today’s foremost practitioner of the culinary whodunit.” —Entertainment Weekly “In the genre of culinary mystery writers, Davidson is a Julia Child among Betty Crockers, and there is no question that Double Shot is her best book.” —Denver Post New York Times bestseller Diane Mott Davidson is the darling of cozy mystery readers and dedicated foodies the world over. Davidson is really cooking with Double Shot, another tantalizing puzzle featuring her beloved protagonist, accomplished caterer and sleuth Goldy Schulz. Whipping up a rich soufflé of murder and mischief, Davidson has Goldy in a stew once again, when the reemergence of her psychopathic ex-husband and a murder that follows soon after brings chaos into her world. And, as always, many delicious recipes from Goldy’s kitchen are featured as well.

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490

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Harper Collins

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0061807516

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9780061807510

Grammar Dimensions

Form, Meaning and Use, Platinum Edition

By: Stephen H. Thewlis,Diane Larsen-Freeman

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Grammar Dimensions

Form, Meaning and Use, Platinum Edition

By: Stephen H. Thewlis,Diane Larsen-Freeman

Workbook provides many exercises on the grammar forms and help learners prepare for the TOEFLA(R).

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Heinle & Heinle Publishers

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0838402852

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9780838402856

Managing Your Business with QuickBooks

By: Charles Rubin,Diane Parssinen

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Managing Your Business with QuickBooks

By: Charles Rubin,Diane Parssinen

This is a friendly, readable guide to the whole process of converting a small business to computerized accounting using Intuit's QuickBooks -- from setting up computerized bookkeeping to making QuickBooks an integral part of running a small business. Assuming no prior knowledge of accounting concepts, the authors teach you how to use QuickBooks to pay bills and employees, prepare regular reports for tax purposes, and assess the overall health of your business.

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Addison Wesley Longman

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0201886847

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9780201886849

Tough Cookie

By: Diane Mott Davidson

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Tough Cookie

By: Diane Mott Davidson

Goldy Schulz has a new television show called Cooking at the Top!, which is broadcast at 11,000 feet in the Colorado Rockies. After the local health inspector closes her home catering business, Goldy agrees to prepare foods for a cooking show televised live once a week at The Bistro, a top-drawer dining establishment at the mountain peak of the ski resort. Needing money, she is willing to sell a pair of skis to her old antiques collector boyfriend, Doug Portmont, right after a cooking show taping. He meets her at the head of a ski run, and they will meet up at the trail's end to exchange the antiques for cash. Only the cash never changes hands; she discovers his dead, broken body instead.

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Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated

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1568951493

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9781568951492

Yalta

By: Diane Shaver Clemens

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Yalta

By: Diane Shaver Clemens

The agreements reached by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin at the historic Yalta Conference have been examined in many lights. To many the code named Argonaut Conference has seemed the necessary price of the wartime coalition; to others a form of appeasement, or even a sell-out. This book dismantles persistent misinterpretations and myths that have developed about those three days in February 1945. Soviet, American, and British documents have been examined to create a day-by-day analysis of the Conference which shaped a post-war peace that represented collective security and a plan for self-determination to the liberated peoples of post-Nazi Europe after the end of World War II.

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New York : Oxford University Press

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0195016181

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9780195016185

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