Dancers, choreographers, & directors are embracing screendance: capturing dance as a moving image mediated by a camera. Rosenberg draws on psycho-analytic, literary, materialist, queer, & feminist modes of analysis to explore relationships between camera & subject, director & dancer, & the ephemeral nature of dance & the fixed nature of film.
Now completely updated and reorganized to reflect the most recent Sleep Medicine board examination, the ICSD-3, and the revision to the AASM Scoring Manual, Kryger’s Sleep Medicine Review, 2nd Edition, provides authoritative guidance and cutting-edge information to help you prepare for the test and for clinical practice. Authors Meir H. Kryger, Russell Rosenberg, Douglas Kirsh, and Lawrence Martin have ensured that this unique review tool contains an assessment of the most current standards, techniques for applying the new scoring rules, and tips for passing the exam – all correlated with other products in the trusted Kryger line of sleep medicine references for a seamless test prep and clinical resource experience. Consult this title on your favorite e-reader. Test your knowledge with more than 450 in-book questions, and more than additional 500 bonus questions online. Monitor your progress with an online testing module that tells you which questions you answer correctly and incorrectly so that you can retest accordingly. Explore explanations further with answers keyed to the relevant sections of Dr. Kryger's Principles and Practices of Sleep Medicine as well as the Atlas of Clinical Sleep Medicine. Effectively prepare for the exam using a format reorganized to include eight new content areas, a mix of review questions weighted to correspond with the test, and new content areas for practitioners taking the European and Japanese sleep boards. Stay up to date with the latest innovations in the field, including questions related to home sleep testing. Keep up with recent changes in the exam through coverage of techniques for applying the new scoring rules, information on the latest classification definitions (ICSD-3), links to CME and Maintenance of Certification (MOC), tips for passing the exam, and more.
This book is about the imagination an inspiration of any young child to accomplish the possibility of your dreams and goals. the story takes place in Boise Idaho as a young student tries to achieve the impossible by building a mock spacecraft for a school project. With the help of friends and family and even a retired astronaut, they find many parts from a junkyard the project is completed. It was never intended to fly but unique set of circumstances puts Talon in the seat of the capsule and the adventure begins. the capsule accidentally is launched into space with Talon aboard. With the help of many experts, he is safely returned to Earth and wins first prize for his science school.
Early detection of breast cancer combined with targeted therapy offers the best outcome for breast cancer patients. This volume deal with a wide range of new technical innovations for improving breast cancer detection, diagnosis and therapy. There is a special focus on improvements in mammographic image quality, image analysis, magnetic resonance imaging of the breast and molecular imaging. A chapter on targeted therapy explores the option of less radical postoperative therapy for women with early, screen-detected breast cancers.
Based on the popular courses run by the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine in Oxford, this workbook provides exercises suitable for researchers and students.
This workshop, which brought together experts, stakeholders and potential partners, provided background information and insights on the state of aquatic invasive species (AIS) monitoring at both provincial and federal levels, crayfish biology, and sampling techniques to support the development of programs to monitor the spread of rusty crayfish (Orconectes rusticus) in Ontario and Manitoba waters. Workshop participants recommended survey designs and protocols to monitor crayfish populations and to effectively detect an invasion front downstream. Workshop participants also identified impacts and risks posed by a rusty crayfish invasion of these ecosystems, possible partners and their roles in monitoring, research and management, and key research needs for inclusion in current and future proposals. Preliminary results from the 2006 sampling season are presented.--Document.
A beautiful volume that brings to light the forgotten Le Nain brothers, a trio of 17th-century French master painters who specialized in portraiture, religious subjects, and scenes of everyday peasant life In France in the 17th century, the brothers Antoine (c. 1598-1648), Louis (c. 1600/1605-1648), and Mathieu (1607-1677) Le Nain painted images of everyday life for which they became posthumously famous. They are celebrated for their depictions of middle-class leisure activities, and particularly for their representations of peasant families, who gaze out at the viewer. The uncompromising naturalism of these compositions, along with their oddly suspended action, imparts a sense of dignity to their subjects. Featuring more than sixty paintings highlighting the artists' full range of production, including altarpieces, private devotional paintings, portraits, and the poignant images of peasants for which the brothers are best known, this generously illustrated volume presents new research concerning the authorship, dating, and meaning of the works by well-known scholars in the field. Also groundbreaking are the results of a technical study of the paintings, which constitutes a major contribution to the scholarship on the Le Nain brothers.
The author discusses little-known facts about famous atheists, such as the fact that Charles Darwin saw nothing wrong with exterminating blacks and in fact thought that doing so would be simply, "the progress of civilization." The author also shows that Richard Dawkins has repeatedly lied, made illogical arguments, and ignored obvious facts. The most salient example is his claim in his book "The God Delusion" that Hitler was a Catholic while he was dictator of Germany. Every historian who has studied Nazi Germany knows that is poppycock. All the experts today agree that the best biography of Hitler is the massive two-volume work written by a history professor named Ian Kershaw, and if one reads that book, as Dawkins could have, one can see that Hitler, in adulthood, had no religious life whatever. He never attended church services, he never went to confession, and he repeatedly jumped into bed with Eva Braun without marrying her first. In 1930, the Vatican's official newspaper declared in a front-page editorial that Catholics were not allowed to belong to the Nazi Party, so if Hitler was a Catholic, why did he not quit the Nazi Party after that statement was issued? The answer is obvious: because Hitler was not a Catholic. But apparently Dawkins has no desire to think logically about the question. Based on trivial evidence, he declares Hitler must have been a Catholic, then he changes the subject. The simple fact that the four greatest mass murderers of the 20th century, Hitler, Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot, were all atheists, is something that Dawkins refuses to acknowledge, let alone discuss. Apparently he thinks it is just a coincidence. Also in his book "The God Delusion," Dawkins says the Bible says blacks are inferior to whites. That is a barefaced lie. Nothing in the Bible says that. Dawkins doesn't state the book, chapter and verse that says that, because he can't. There is none. The author discusses many other examples of lies and bizarre statements by Dawkins and other famous atheists, such as Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Steven Pinker, Steven Weinberg, Alex Rosenberg, Carl Sagan, and Edward O. Wilson. Perhaps the most outrageous of these is the claim, by Alex Rosenberg, a philosophy professor at Duke University, that "morality" is a meaningless word and that it is silly to spend one's time thinking about it. Rosenberg insists that even the worst criminals in history have done nothing immoral, because the word "immoral" doesn't mean anything. He apparently assumes that preaching this message won't raise the crime rate, but he never presents any evidence to support that assumption. Similarly, Edward O. Wilson, a famous biology professor at Harvard, has declared that morality is just whatever most people say it is, that there are no eternal moral truths, and that people have the right to change the rules of morality whenever they feel like it. Apparently Wilson thinks that if most people on Earth want to exterminate the Jews or any other group, then that is morality and one should just go along with it. There is also a chapter in the book that shows, with overwhelming evidence, that Christians have a better moral record than atheists do.
Reflecting the author's evolution as an environmentalist (apparently in Colorado), these 16 essays explain why critical thinking and deep policy are crucial to considering such issues as water rights, alternatives to reduce air pollution, and the evolution of "standing to sue" through case law and theory. Includes critical thinking drills and "research for the adventurous" exercises aimed primarily at undergraduates students in environmental-related science courses. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Biobased Surfactants: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications, Second Edition, covers biosurfactant synthesis and applications and demonstrates how to reduce manufacturing and purification costs, impurities, and by-products. Fully updated, this book covers surfactants in biomedical applications, detergents, personal care, food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and nanotechnology. It reflects on the latest developments in biobased surfactant science and provides case scenarios to guide readers in efficient and effective biobased surfactant application, along with strategies for research into new applications. This book is written from a biorefinery-based perspective by an international team of experts and acts as a key text for researchers and practitioners involved in the synthesis, utilization, and development of biobased surfactants. Describes new and emerging biobased surfactants and their synthesis and development Showcases an interdisciplinary approach to the topic, featuring applications to chemistry, biotechnology, biomedicine, and other areas Presents the entire lifecycle of biobased surfactants in detail
Do our federal courts, including the Supreme Court, lead or merely implement public policy? This is a critical question in the study and practice of law, with a long history of continued dispute and contradictory evidence. In Lighting the Way, Douglas Rice systematically examines both sides of this debate. Introducing compelling new data on the policy focuses of federal courts, Rice presents the first long-term, comprehensive consideration of the judicial agenda. In doing so, he details the essential role of the Supreme Court and other federal courts in directing attention to issues in American politics through influential relationships with Congress, the presidency, and the public. The dynamics Rice illustrates grow from the strengths of political constituencies in various policy areas and the constitutional powers accorded to the courts. Lighting the Way provides strong evidence that, as long argued but never empirically demonstrated, the courts systematically lead the attention of other institutions on civil rights. The research speaks to a broad and growing literature in political science and sociolegal research on the interactive nature of policymaking and the critical role of legal institutions and social movements in shaping policy agendas.
This volume is a logical extension of #11, Multidimensional Scaling, providing an up-to-date overview of some three-way modesl for multidimensional scaling and related techniques.104
The Durabone Prophecies is a novel about human nature and human destiny. It is a multiplot story of romance, relationships, human emotions, and pleasure vs. purpose. Also, it is a mystery novel with predictions for the future of the Earth and the human race. Four riveting romance stories are intertwined and involve major characters who unexpectedly find love. The major plot and all subplots are related in some way to the main character and counseling psychologist, Dr. Franklin Durabone, who, after a near-death experience, commits to his destined purpose to write The Durabone Prophecies. This prophetic book by Dr. Durabone is based on the prophetic revelations of his mother, Mama Durabone, who sees alternative destinies for Earth and its human race through her visions and dreams. The story takes the reader to Paris (France), Washington, DC, Chicago, Virginia, and Florida. For the reader of The Durabone Prophecies, author Frederick Douglas Harper evokes intense emotional feelings, laughter, sensual arousal, nostalgic memories, intellectual debate, philosophical questions, and spiritual exploration. The Durabone Prophecies is a self-help novel, because psychological principles and messages are embedded in the story. Also, characters are subliminal teachers and role models of human imperfection and vulnerability as well as human possibility and hope.
Clint Eastwood is a true living legend. For over forty years he has dominated Hollywood and his success both in front of and behind the camera has assured his place in cinema history alongside such superstars as Marlon Brando, John Wayne and Robert De Niro..."Clint" reveals the man behind the myth.Bestselling author Douglas Thompson draws on exclusive interviews with the star, to provide the definitive portrait of Clint Eastwood. From his early days as a jobbing actor on $75 a week to his directorial triumph with "Million Dollar Baby", "Clint" reveals the personal highlights of one of the most celebrated careers in cinema history.
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