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Open Systems: Physics, Metaphysics, and Methodology

by Michael E. Cuffaro, Stephan Hartmann ...

Scientific and philosophical inquiry often assumes that systems can be studied in isolation, yet real-world systems are never truly closed. They constantly interact with their environment, exchanging energy, information, and matter. This openness challenges fundamental assumptions about determinism, causality, and emergence, raising profound questions about how we model, explain, and understand ... Read more

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Scientific and philosophical inquiry often assumes that systems can be studied in isolation, yet real-world systems are never truly closed. They constantly interact with their environment, exchanging energy, information, and matter. This openness challenges fundamental assumptions about determinism, causality, and emergence, raising profound questions about how we model, explain, and understand
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Participatory Grantmaking in Philanthropy

How Democratizing Decision-Making Shifts Power to Communities

by Jasmine McGinnis Johnson, David Suárez, Kelly Husted, Emily Finchum-Mason, Mirenda Megheilli, Elizabeth Barajas-Roman, Elizabeth Dale0, Anne Katahira1, Jen Bokoff2, Melanie Kawano-Chiu3, Karla Nicholson4, Julia Dundorf5, Bart Westdijk6, Sarah Huang7, William Schambra8, Michael Hartmann9, Terry Odendahl0, Laura Garcia1, Stephanie Boddie2, Tracy Rone3, Marissa Jackson4, Katie Carter5 ...

Series series Georgetown Studies in Philanthropy, Nonprofits, and Nongovernmental Organizations
A new community-based framework assessing the impact of participatory grantmaking on philanthropyInstitutional foundations are influential, yet it can be difficult to understand how they operate. How do their staff members make decisions? What impact do these decisions have on nonprofits, civil society, and democracy more broadly? One practice that holds promise for demystifying this relationship ... Read more

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A new community-based framework assessing the impact of participatory grantmaking on philanthropyInstitutional foundations are influential, yet it can be difficult to understand how they operate. How do their staff members make decisions? What impact do these decisions have on nonprofits, civil society, and democracy more broadly? One practice that holds promise for demystifying this relationship
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Cognitive Linguistics and Language Evolution

by Michael Pleyer, Stefan Hartmann ...

Series series Elements in Cognitive Linguistics
The evolution of language has developed into a large research field. Two questions are particularly relevant for this strand of research: firstly, how did the human capacity for language emerge? And secondly, which processes of cultural evolution are involved both in the evolution of human language from non-linguistic communication and in the continued evolution of human languages? Much research ... Read more

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The evolution of language has developed into a large research field. Two questions are particularly relevant for this strand of research: firstly, how did the human capacity for language emerge? And secondly, which processes of cultural evolution are involved both in the evolution of human language from non-linguistic communication and in the continued evolution of human languages? Much research
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Advances in cultured meat technology

by Dr Alexandra Sexton, Dr Johnny Yeung, Dr Yong Quan Tan, Dr Siew Herng Chan, Dr Kern Rei Chng, Dr Calvin Yeo, Dr Jer Lin Poh, Dr Teng Yong Low, Ms Joanne Sheot Harn Chan, Dr Irfan Tahir, Dr Miranda Stahn, Dr N. Stephanie Kawecki, Dr Vicky Andriessen, Dr Bianca Datta, Dr Dwayne Holmes, Dr Lejjy Gafour, Dr Isha Datar, Dr Leonard Nelson, Dr Richard Siller, Dr Gareth Sullivan, Dr Andrew J. Stout, Dr Stefan Schlößer, Dr Philipp Nold, Dr Iris Ianovici, Dr Idit Goldfracht, Dr Yana Shaulov Dvir, Dr Hagit Shoyhat, Prof Shulamit Levenberg, Dr Panagiota Moutsatsou, Dr Paul Cameron, Dr Apeksha Bharatgiri Goswami, Dr Ben Dages, Dr Alvin W. Nienow, Dr Gary Lye, Dr Eirini Theodosiou, Dr Mariana P. Hanga, Dr Jette Feveile Young, Dr A. Abraham, Dr M. K. Rasmussen, Dr S. Skrivergaard, Dr M. Therkildsen, Dr James Charlesworth, Professor Hanna L. Tuomisto, Dr Christina Hartmann, Dr Michael Siegrist, Mr John P. Ellersick, Dr Elliot Swartz, Dr Reina Ashizawa, Dr Joanna M. Biazik, Dr Mark S. Rybchyn, Prof Johannes Le Coutre, Dr Neil Stephens ...

With the global population estimated to reach 9 billion by 2050, agricultural production must align with this growth to alleviate any further burden on our current food systems. More sustainable and alternative modes of production are required to ensure that this overburden doesn’t occur and that the food security of millions isn’t compromised in the process.Advances in cultured meat technology ... Read more

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With the global population estimated to reach 9 billion by 2050, agricultural production must align with this growth to alleviate any further burden on our current food systems. More sustainable and alternative modes of production are required to ensure that this overburden doesn’t occur and that the food security of millions isn’t compromised in the process.Advances in cultured meat technology
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Social Class and Stratification

Classic Statements and Theoretical Debates

by Joan Acker, Maxine Baca-Zinn, Patricia Hill Collins, Oliver Cox, Kingsley Davis, Kenneth Eells, Bonnie Thornton Dill, Frederick Engels, Heidi Hartmann, Karl Marx, Marchia Meeker, Wibert E. Moore, Michael Omi, Frank Parkin, Melvin M. Tumin, W Lloyd Warner, Max Weber, William Julius Wilson, Erik Olin Wright, W.E.B DuBois, Howard Winant ...

The second edition of this strong collection brings together classical statements on social stratification with current and original scholarship, providing a foundation for theoretical debate on the nature of race, class, and gender inequality. Designed for students in courses on social stratification, inequality, and social theory, this new edition includes a revised and updated editor's ... Read more

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The second edition of this strong collection brings together classical statements on social stratification with current and original scholarship, providing a foundation for theoretical debate on the nature of race, class, and gender inequality. Designed for students in courses on social stratification, inequality, and social theory, this new edition includes a revised and updated editor's
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From Children to Citizens

Volume I: The Mandate for Juvenile Justice

by Thomas Bearrows, Mark H. Moore, Jeffrey Bleich, Francis X. Hartmann, George L. Kelling, Michael Oshima, Saul Weingart ...

Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
From the preface: "History has dealt the juvenile court (and, more broadly, the juvenile justice system) a cruel blow. What began as a promising social experiment has disappointed nearly everyone... Inevitably, disillusionment has weakened the mandate of the juvenile justice system. Conflicts in philosophy, once held at bay by general enthusiasm for the enterprise, have now surfaced with great ... Read more

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From the preface: "History has dealt the juvenile court (and, more broadly, the juvenile justice system) a cruel blow. What began as a promising social experiment has disappointed nearly everyone... Inevitably, disillusionment has weakened the mandate of the juvenile justice system. Conflicts in philosophy, once held at bay by general enthusiasm for the enterprise, have now surfaced with great
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Child's Play

Sport in Kids' Worlds

by Don Sabo, Phil Veliz, Douglas Hartmann, Alex Manning, Cheryl Cooky, Lauren Rauscher, Toben F Nelson, Jeffrey Montez de Oca, Jeffrey Scholes, Brandon Meyer, Murray J. N. Drummond, Chelsey Thul, Nicole M. LaVoi, Torrie Hazelwood, Fatimah Hussein, Ann Travers, Michael Kehler, A. James McKeever, William A. Corsaro ...

Series series Critical Issues in Sport and Society
Is sport good for kids? When answering this question, both critics and advocates of youth sports tend to fixate on matters of health, whether condemning contact sports for their concussion risk or prescribing athletics as a cure for the childhood obesity epidemic. Child’s Play presents a more nuanced examination of the issue, considering not only the physical impacts of youth athletics, but its ... Read more

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Is sport good for kids? When answering this question, both critics and advocates of youth sports tend to fixate on matters of health, whether condemning contact sports for their concussion risk or prescribing athletics as a cure for the childhood obesity epidemic. Child’s Play presents a more nuanced examination of the issue, considering not only the physical impacts of youth athletics, but its
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Hell's Own Thunder

by Leigh Michael Hartmann ...

Hell's Own Thunder combines a ruthless internationally sought terrorist, a crusty old man, a 55 year-old airplane and a 15 year old teenage girl in action and adventure that will leave the reader breathless at the end. And to add some flavor, add Rufus and over 50 of the most supremely trained troops the US has ever assembled. ... Read more

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Hell's Own Thunder combines a ruthless internationally sought terrorist, a crusty old man, a 55 year-old airplane and a 15 year old teenage girl in action and adventure that will leave the reader breathless at the end. And to add some flavor, add Rufus and over 50 of the most supremely trained troops the US has ever assembled.
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The Wall

by Leigh Michael Hartmann ...

It is the closing days of the Civil War. Grant is pressing Lee harder than ever in Richmond. Lee has stashed some troops and supplies in a nearby town. With those supplies and reinforcements, Lee can delay the close of the war and sue for peace. The President and the Secretary of War have other plans. General Emmett Hanson is charged with capturing the supplies and troops-thereby denying Lee his ... Read more

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It is the closing days of the Civil War. Grant is pressing Lee harder than ever in Richmond. Lee has stashed some troops and supplies in a nearby town. With those supplies and reinforcements, Lee can delay the close of the war and sue for peace. The President and the Secretary of War have other plans. General Emmett Hanson is charged with capturing the supplies and troops-thereby denying Lee his
... Read more
ADHD

A Hunter in a Farmer's World

by Thom Hartmann ...

A newly revised and updated edition of the classic guide to reframing our view of ADHD and embracing its benefits• Explains that people with ADHD are not disordered or dysfunctional, but simply “hunters in a farmer’s world”--possessing a unique mental skill set that would have allowed them to thrive in a hunter-gatherer society• Offers concrete non-drug methods and practices to help hunters--and ... Read more

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A newly revised and updated edition of the classic guide to reframing our view of ADHD and embracing its benefits• Explains that people with ADHD are not disordered or dysfunctional, but simply “hunters in a farmer’s world”--possessing a unique mental skill set that would have allowed them to thrive in a hunter-gatherer society• Offers concrete non-drug methods and practices to help hunters--and
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We The People: Jefferson Lives

by Thom Hartmann ...

Narrated by Michael Toms ...

Unabridged

58 min

When Thom Hartmann bought an old farmhouse in Vermont, he found a complete twenty-volume set of the complete writings of Thomas Jefferson, published in 1904, hidden away in the attic. The discovery led Hartmann to explore our founding fathers' true vision for America, and how that vision is and is not reflected in the government and society we see today. His observations are at once disturbing and ... Read more

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When Thom Hartmann bought an old farmhouse in Vermont, he found a complete twenty-volume set of the complete writings of Thomas Jefferson, published in 1904, hidden away in the attic. The discovery led Hartmann to explore our founding fathers' true vision for America, and how that vision is and is not reflected in the government and society we see today. His observations are at once disturbing and
... Read more
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Rise Of Corporate Dominance: The Untold Story, The

by Thom Hartmann ...

Narrated by Michael Toms ...

Unabridged

55 min

In this compelling dialogue, award winning author, international teacher, lecturer and psychotherapist Thom Hartmann tracks the history of the corporation, tells the astonishing story of how corporations acquired their power, and cites examples of abuse and manipulation. ... Read more

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In this compelling dialogue, award winning author, international teacher, lecturer and psychotherapist Thom Hartmann tracks the history of the corporation, tells the astonishing story of how corporations acquired their power, and cites examples of abuse and manipulation.
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