As stock markets gyrate, Europe lurches from crisis to crisis, and recovery in the United States slows, the future of the North American economy is more uncertain than ever. Can individual entrepreneurship, corporate innovation, and governments create a new era of sustained economic growth? Or, will the ongoing financial crisis, political dysfunction in the United States, and the rise of emerging nations erode living standards in North America for the long term? In this edition of the Munk Debates -- Canada's premier international debate series -- Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman and former Chief Economist at the Bank of America-Merrill Lynch David Rosenberg square off against former director of President Obama’s National Economic Council Lawrence Summers and bestselling author Ian Bremmer to tackle the resolution: Be it resolved North America faces a Japan-style era of high unemployment and slow growth. This riveting debate features four of the world's most renowned economists discussing the single most important issue facing all North Americans in a lively, engaging forum. The economy is a concern that demands our immediate attention and this enlightening and hugely important debate is a must-read for all of us.
This unique volume records and interprets the revolutionary advances made in the understanding of hypertension during the twentieth century and provides pointers to the future. Many of the contributing authors are prominent participants in the major discoveries related to hypertension. This volume also draws together the different strands in the development of the subject: the scientific and clinical; the North American and European; the technological and the epidemiological. A particular focus is the clinical trial. The editors have encouraged controversial views especially in the criticism directed towards the limitations of meta-analysis, the defects (and virtues) of the currently fashionable large clinical trials, and the sporadic disingenuous interpretation of some trials. This volume of the Handbook of Hypertension series also serves to bring together the key contents and concepts presented in the previous twenty-one volumes. It will set a firm foundation for future volumes that will together continue to provide a major reference work on this important health problem.
Educating Children with Life-Limiting Conditions supports teachers who are working with children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions in mainstream schools by providing them with the core knowledge and skills that underpin effective practice within a whole-school and cross-agency approach. Mainstream schools now include increasing numbers of children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions, and this accessible book is written by a team comprised of both education and health professionals, helping to bridge the gap between different services. Recognising the complexity of individual cases, the authors communicate key principles relating to the importance of communication, multi-professional understanding and working and proactive planning for meeting the needs of any child with a life-limiting or life-threatening condition that can be applied to a range of situations. Reflective activities and practical resources are provided and are also available to download. This book will be of interest to teachers in mainstream schools, as well as teachers, SENCOs and senior leaders in all school settings, school nurses, children’s nurses and allied health professionals.
Although the Brothers Hildebrandt are best known to the public as the illustrators of J.R.R. Tolkien's world of Middle-earth, they have created an array of unique paintings for the work many science fiction and fantasy writers. Here in forty color reproductions and numerous black and white illustrations, is the best of their work.
Two journalists discuss the shocking truth behind the deaths and mutilations of more than ten thousand horses, cattle, and other animals that occurred throughout the Western States
This text offers an insight into the mind of a man holding a high-pressure job. In the sanctuary of his North Norfolk Magic Kingdom, the author's mind relaxes as it alights on, for example, the environment and architecture, and this book features his observations in the context of other areas he has travelled to.
Ian Cochrane was prepared for India. His nostalgic imaginings commingled with 1967's Summer of Love - gurus, tie-dye and cheesecloth-clad women with flowers in their hair, youthful bearded men in patched jeans and psychedelic headbands.His guidebooks: an ancient, dogeared map bequeathed by his Scots grandmother, who always longed to see the Taj Mahal, and a remembered school atlas frozen in the days of the British Raj.Little did he know. In the summer of 2007 he arrived for a working stint in the 'new' India - the largest democracy in the world, and a population figure fast overtaking China.He touched down in the mixed-up metropolis of Mumbai, with its 20 million souls, the most horrendous traffic in the world and the largest slums in Asia. Not to forget cricket gods, Bollywood and billionaires. He was greeted by white-robed Jains, black-burka'd Muslims, a salmagundi of turbans and Nehru caps, and a god at every turn. The backdrop was crammed with churches, idols, towers and temples. He came across technicolor characters and soaked up their stories as he wandered Mumbai and beyond to Delhi, the Taj Mahal, the Godavari River, Ajanta, Ellora, Agra, Nasik and Goa.
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