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Free-form jazz guitarist Jan Akkerman and classically trained keyboard player Thys van Leer teamed up to form Focus in their native Holland, and recorded Moving Waves; one of the 70s most original and startling LPs. The epic track "Hocus Pocus" took the Reading Festival by storm, and Focus went on to the U.S. where they scored top 10 singles and albums. Long-time associate David Randall has assembled Akkerman's journey, lavishly illustrated, from cult hero to jazz superstar.

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Just how fascinating the discussion between the disciplines of education law and education policy can be was apparent at the Annual Congress of the European Education Law and Policy Association (ELA) in Rotterdam in December 1997. Although, on this occasion, the option was for an education policy subject, a multidisciplinary approach is always to be preferred. Policy-makers interrogate lawyers; lawyers question scientists from other fields of study and lines of practice.

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Contributing authors: Jane D' Arista, Zdenk Drábek, Barry Eichengreen, Fan Gang, Stephany Griffith-Jones, Jan Kregel, Yonghyup Oh, Yung Chul Park, Barbara Stallings, Jan Joost Teunissen, Wing Thye WooEditors: Jan Joost Teunissen and Age AkkermanA book that analyses how the ballooning foreign debt problem of the United States and the problem of increasing global economic imbalances are related, how these problems should be addressed and by whom.Contributing authors provide deep insights and practical policy suggestions of what can be done to lessen the vulnerability of developing countries and contribute to a resolution of the US debt and global imbalances problems.According to some of the contributors, the fundamental problem lies in a global monetary system that maintains the US dollar as the key currency. This allows the US to run high deficits and it prolongs a situation in which capital flows uphillfrom poor countries to the richest country of the world. They see a reform of the international monetary system that ends the hegemony of the dollar as the best solution. Other contributors observe that as long as both Asia and Europe continue to use positive net exports to support their domestic policy goals, they will continue to finance US deficits.The book devotes considerable attention to Chinas role in the global imbalance problem. It investigates whether there are good reasons for placing so much blame on China, and concludes that the focus on the bilateral balance between China and the United States is exaggerated and misleading. ... Read more

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The Fifth -and last- Supplement expands the existingsections on: 3: Identification and classification of microbesusing DNA and RNA sequences, 8: Molecular tools to assessmicrobial activities.
The Molecular Microbial Ecology Manual provides generalinformation about molecular techniques relevant to molecularecological research. Attention is paid to the use of molecular methodsfor studying the fate of genetically modified and nativemicroorganisms in the environment.
Audience: Postgraduate students and research scientists in theplant and soils sciences and plant molecular biology. ... Read more

Book Description
The Molecular Microbial Ecology Manual provides generalinformation about molecular techniques relevant to molecularecological research. Attention is paid to the use of molecular methodsfor studying the fate of genetically modified and nativemicroorganisms in the environment.
Audience: Postgraduate students and research scientists in theplant and soils sciences and plant molecular biology. ... Read more