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      • Tamer Institute for Community Education

        TAMER Institute for Community Education is an educational non-governmental non for profit organization established in 1989 as a natural and necessary response to the urgent needs of the Palestinian community during the first intifada (uprising). The most important of these is the need to acquire means to help people learn and become productive. Focusing principally on the rights to education, identity, freedom of expression, and access to information,Tamer works across the West Bank and Gaza Strip, primarily targeting children and young adults to encourage and deepen opportunities of learning among them. Our program aims to contribute to enhancing reading, writing and all forms of Expression among children and young adults. It also aims at contributing to a Palestinian environment that is supportive to learning processes, and at supporting the literary and scholar production on child culture in Palestine.

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        Animal physiology
        June 1998

        Toxic Plants and Other Natural Toxicants

        by Edited by Tam Garland, Alberto C Barr

        Toxic plants and other natural toxicants have a variety of roles in the fields of human health, medical research and the production of safe food and also represent an economic problem in terms of animal health and crop production. Estimates of economic impact on livestock have ranged in the millions of dollars in countries such as Australia and the United States. This book brings together applied and fundamental research from botanists, chemists, biochemists, agricultural scientists, veterinarians and physicians and advice from regulatory bodies. It consists of more than 100 edited papers from the Fifth International Symposium on Poisonous Plants, held in Texas in May 1997. All aspects of poisonous plants, mycotoxicoses and herbal intoxications are covered. Their adverse effects are described, such as fatalities, reduced or failed reproduction, fetotoxicity, spontaneous abortions, deformities, reduced productivity and organ-specific toxicity. Methods of detection, isolation and identification of the chemical compounds responsible are included. The biochemistry of the plant-associated toxins and elucidation of their mechanism of action is investigated, including the protocols for management or eradication, immunization programs, behaviour modification, withholding periods for metabolic detoxification, regulatory advice concerning human usage of natural products and advice concerning toxin-residue in agricultural produce. The development of non-toxic strains of plants for use as fodder is also discussed. This book is essential reading for toxicologists concerned with animal and human health, food industry regulators and plant scientists.

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        Medicine
        August 2016

        Health Emergency Preparedness and Response

        by Glen Curry, Simon Lewis, Roger Carter, Philippa Sully, Anthony Rowe, Peter Thorpe, Verity Kemp, Richard Williams, Rob Ellett, John Simpson, Gordon MacDonald, David Griffiths, Jonathan Van-Tam, Tim Uyeki, Marianne Coughlin, Chloe Sellwood, Andy Wapling

        Intensely practical and down to earth, this timely new text covers the breadth of health emergency preparedness, resilience and response topics in the context of inter-disciplinary and whole society responses to a range of threats. It includes public, private and third sector roles in preparation for and in response to natural and man-made events, such as: major incident planning; infectious disease epidemics and pandemics; natural disasters; terrorist threats; and business and service continuity management. The book builds upon the basics of risk assessment and writing an emergency plan, and then covers inter-agency working, command and control, communication, personal impact and business continuity as well as training, exercises and post-incident follow up. Detailing the full emergency preparedness and civil protection planning cycle, the book is illustrated throughout with real-life examples and case studies from global experts in the field for countries with both advanced and developing healthcare systems. This practical handbook covering the essential aspects of major incident and disaster management is ideal for undergraduate and master's students in emergency management and public health, as well as for practitioners in emergency preparedness and civil protection. It will be valuable to all health practitioners from ambulance, hospital, primary and community care, mental health and public health backgrounds. Read the first chapter for free: Introduction: Why Do We Need to Prepare? ; Intensely practical and illustrated with real-life examples, this text covers the breadth of health emergency preparedness, resilience and response topics in the context of inter-disciplinary and whole society responses. It includes public, private and third sector roles in preparation for and in response to natural and man-made events. ; 1: Introduction: Why do we need to Prepare?2: The Planning Process3: Risk Assessment4: Writing an Emergency Plan5: Emergency Planning and Response: Working in Partnership6: Interprofessional Working: Understanding some Emotional Barriers and Unconscious Processes That Might Influence Practice in Group and Team Work7: Command, Control and Communication8: Communications during a Health Emergency9: Psychosocial and Mental Health Care Before, During and After Emergencies, Disasters and Major Incidents10: Business Continuity11: Training and Exercising for Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response12: Post-incident Follow-up13: Mass Casualty Incidents14: Preparedness and Response to Pandemics and other Infectious Disease Emergencies15: CBRN Incidents16: A Military Case Study17: From Pandemics to Earthquakes: Health and Emergencies in Canterbury, New Zealand

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        September 2008

        Closer

        Er wird sie finden. Er wird sie töten.

        by Cortez, Donn / Übersetzt von Pflüger, Friedrich

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        April 2018

        Finde deinen Style!

        Und fühle dich endlich wohl mit dir selbst

        by Kawai, Miyabi; Cortez, Manuel / Illustriert von Tiefenbach, Nina

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        February 1988

        Geschichte der Eroberung von Mexiko

        by Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Georg Adolf Narciß, Anneliese Botond, Georg Adolf Narciß, Tzvetan Todorov

        Diaz del Castillo berichtet von den Intrigen zwischen den Spaniern, ihrem Vorgehen mit Schwert und Kreuz gegen die Eingeborenen, den weiteren Feldzügen in Honduras auf der Suche nach noch mehr Schätzen, der ungleichen Aufteilung der Kriegsbeute durch Hernan Cortes, dem Unwillen der Soldaten, die sich zu Recht betrogen fühlen und doch stets aufs neue Cortes’ Faszination erliegen.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        March 1994

        Siete cuentos

        by P. Beardsall

        One of the core authors of the '60s boom in Latin American fiction, Julio Cortázar made a contribution of international importance to the development of the short story as a literary form. This collection spans his writing career and includes La Noche Boca Arriba and Final del Juego (1956), Las Babas del Diablo (1959), La Isla a Mediodia (1966), Recortes de Prensa and Queremos Tanto a Glenda (1981) and Botella al Mar (1982). Of the seven stories, some are famous examples of his contribution to the genre of 'fantastic' literature, while others demonstrate his social and political concerns. Cortázar can be a challenging and demanding writer. Peter Beardsell's edition, with its comprehensive introduction and notes to the text, selected vocabulary and discussion section suggests that he is also enjoyable and accessible to readers at all levels. ;

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        May 2007

        Ohne Alles

        Szenen für das Schauspielhaus Bochum

        by Diverse

        Im September 2006 zerstörte ein Feuer das Außenlager des Bochumer Schauspielhauses, damals entstand die Idee eines Festivals unter dem Motto »Ohne alles« - Stücke, Skizzen, Miniaturen, spielbar ohne Bühnenbild, ohne aufwendige Kostüme. Der Band versammelt die aus diesem Anlaß geschriebenen Szenen, uraufgeführt im Mai 2007 in Bochum. Autorinnen und Autoren: Lukas Bärfuss, Sibylle Berg, Justine del Corte, Gesine Danckwart, Werner Fritsch, Sabine Harbeke, Ulrich Hub, Thomas Jonigk, Helmut Krausser, Simone Kucher, Jan Neumann, Christoph Nußbaumeder, Moritz Rinke, Kathrin Röggla, Kristo Sagor, Roland Schimmelpfennig, Kerstin Specht, Lisa Stadler, Peter Stamm, Peter Turrini, Soeren Voima, Theresia Walser

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        August 1998

        O mein Heimatland!

        150 Versuche mit dem berühmten Schweizer Echo

        by Adolf Muschg

        In seinem Buch zeigt Muschg, daß die Schweiz in den letzten Jahrzehnten entscheidende Weichenstellungen wie die, sich zu Europa zu bekennen, verpaßt und obendrein ihre eigene europäische Geschichte um das Revolutionsjahr 1848 uminterpretiert hat. Aber Muschg wäre nicht Muschg, wenn er diesen Sachverhalt nicht mit literarischen, also erzählerischen Mitteln ins Bild brächte: anhand von drei Figuren, von denen der Gründer Alfred Escher die mächtigste, der Dichter Gottfried Keller die bekannteste, beider Gegenspieler aber, der Advokat Friedrich Locher, die eigentliche Entdeckung des Buches ist. Im Spannungsfeld dieser drei entsteht (oder verfällt) »republikanische Kultur«. Sie ist der hartnäckig festgehaltene Orientierungspunkt des Schweizers Muschg. O mein Heimatland! ist ein streitbares Buch, das die Geschichte des Bundesstaates seit seiner Gründung 1848 auf ganz besondere Weise erzählt.

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        January 2017

        O, My Fellow Countrymen

        by Jai Xing’an

        Centering on many practical problems, O, My Fellow Countrymen elaborates a series of thrilling stories via the ruthless conflicts between Wang Tiansheng, the protagonist, and corrupt officials, thus shaping the image of a credible and respected rural secretary of the Party committee who is austere and full of courage. The novel exhibits contemporary living and working status of rural cadres from village-level, town-level and county-level, thereby vividly reflecting the profound reform in current politics, economy and social life, and making itself a realistic novel of counter-corruption subject which is quite rare in recent years.

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        April 1979

        Die Marquise von O...

        by Heinrich Kleist, Werner Berthel, Werner Berthel, Heinz Politzer

        Der Dramatiker, Erzähler, Lyriker und Publizist Heinrich von Kleist wurde am 18. Oktober 1777 in Frankfurt an der Oder geboren. Zu seinen bekanntesten Werken gehören u.a. die Dramen Der zerbrochne Krug (1811) und Penthesilea (1808) sowie die Erzählungen Die Marquise von O... (1808) und Das Erdbeben in Chili (1807). Am 21. November 1811 nahm er sich am Kleinen Wannsee bei Berlin das Leben.

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