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The government is introducing a stabilization package for 1990 to restore financial balance and to expand dramatically the supply of consumer goods. A new Reform Commission chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Abalkin is moving ahead to design and implement a reform strategy which will include a radically different approach to property rights. (Abstract amended)

Presents results of the second meeting to review Soviet economic performance. Because of serious inconsistencies and discrepancies in official Soviet statistical data for 1986, a debate on the quality of Soviet economic statistics is included. PlanEcon estimates are compared with those of the CIA. Also discusses perspectives on agriculture and industry and prospects for 1987. (Abstract amended)

The only guide you need to read on the Intensive Interaction approach returns for its second edition, this time with its founder, Dave Hewett, as the Editor. The Intensive Interaction approach has spread around the world and has been hugely influential in developing and teaching communication techniques with individuals who have severe learning difficulties and autism. This straightforward, no-nonsense handbook contains: - 2 new chapters: The Intensive Interaction Outcomes Reporter; and Autism and Intensive & Intensive Interaction and more able people; - photo stories demonstrating the approach in practice; - links to external videos presenting the photo stories in greater depth. More information on the Intensive Interaction community and approach can be found on dedicated social media pages, and at https://www.intensiveinteraction.org.

Since 2010, I have acted as the full-time researcher on a longitudinal qualitative study which has been following the transition experiences of more than 80 young people in the United Kingdom who have a visual impairment. When I first started working with these participants, they were aged 14-16 years, and I have now been working with them for 6 years. There are more than 60 of the participants who have remained active in the research study and contribute to two interviews per year. This is despite the changing environments they have experienced such as moving to university or starting their first job. The aim of the research has been to assess how prepared these young people were for employment and adulthood having left compulsory education by tracking their experiences through various pathways such as further education, higher education, apprenticeships, and the labor market. This case study explores first what exactly longitudinal qualitative studies are, including their strengths and weaknesses and their value in researching transition. It then discusses some of the techniques which are recommended by researchers for retaining and engaging participants in longitudinal studies, before examining the practical approaches which I took to retain these participants.

In addition to his distinguished writing career, Harold Pinter also worked successfully for many decades as an actor, making numerous, albeit intermittent, appearances on television, on stage and in film. Pinter's acting life spanned the television eras I have identified as studio realism and location realism (2017). However, unlike many of his contemporaries, his screen performances do not represent a straightforward linear development from the scaled down, stage-derived codes of multi-camera studio to the less projected style of single camera film. In contrast, Pinter drew upon a variety of styles at each stage of his performing career. This article draws upon four case studies to examine his screen performances, divided into two pairs. The first examines his work for multi-camera studio television, and the second for single camera film. The multi-camera case studies include an early supporting role as Seeley in his own Armchair Theatre entry, 'A Night Out', alongside the BBC's 1987 adaptation of 'The Birthday Party', in which Pinter plays Nat Goldberg. The single camera pairing comprises Pinter's cameo as lawyer Saul Abrahams in the 1976 television movie Rogue Male, and his memorable appearance as the Director in David Mamet's 2000 short film Catastrophe. In addition to examining the range of naturalistic and non-naturalistic techniques Pinter employed over his distinguished – yet comparatively little heralded – acting career, this article will also consider to what extent Pinter was 'performing' in terms of his public persona, taking as its model his 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature lecture, 'Art, Truth and Politics'.

On the 19 July 1916, the Australian Imperial Force fought in their first major battle on the Western Front in World War I. The Battle of Fromelles, as it has come to be known, which lasted only 24 hours, has come to rep resent one of the most tragic battles in Australia's military history. Despite, the terrible loss of human life suffered by the Australian Imperial Force at Fromelles, this battle was to be lost in Australia's history until recently. The quest of one man, Lambis Englezos, to find the remains of the Australian soldiers from the Battle of Fromelles who were declared missing in action has not only sparked Australians' interest in this particular battle but has also opened the debate on the Australian Government's involvement in locating and then relocating our war dead. The Australian Government since the end of the Graves Registration Unit in 1922 has refused to support the speculative searching for the. remains of Australia' s war dead. Instead, the position of the Australian Government has been to take appropriate action only if and when the remains of Australian war dead are discovered by accident. This was reflected in The Australian Defence Instructions {General) Missing in Action Presumed Killed : Recovery of Human Remains of Australian Defence Force Members of 1996, which outlined the policies and procedures of the Australian Government and the Australian Defence Force. However, the persistence of Lambis Englezos to prove his theory to the Australian Government brought the Australia Defence force policy of 1996 under scrutiny and highlighted its inadequacy in dealing with his claim . Lambis Englezos was convinced the remains of 250 Australia and English soldiers remained buried in burial pits at Pheasant Wood, undisturbed since they had been buried there by the Germans after the Battle of Fromelles . Consequently, new procedures were to be put in place to analyse the evidence presented by Lambis Englezos pertaining to burial pits at Pheasant Wood, in order to determine whether or not the site should be investigated by the Australian Government. Similar non- government pressure caused the Australian Government to assist in the attempts to locate the wrecks of HMAS Sydney and Australian Hospital Ship 'Centaur'. The success of the investigation of the burial pits at Pheasant Wood, and hence the discovery of the 250 Australian and English soldiers who had been missing for 94 years has resulted in a change in the Australian Defence Force policy. In 2009, the Australian Defence Force released a revised policy relating to the recovery of human remains of Australian Defence Force Members missing in action. The amendments of the 2009 Australian Defence Force policy reflect the framework that was implemented during the investigation into the missing at Fromelles. The discovery of the remains of Australian soldiers at Frome lies and the quest of Lambis Englezos generated a significant amount of media attention. This resulted in increasing community interest in the missing soldiers of Fromelles and the growing public pressure on the Australian Government to react . Since the discovery of the remains of Australian soldiers at Fromelles in 2008, the Australian Government has invested to date $6 .2 million. Each soldier is being DNA tested in hope of proving his identity and individually reburied in the newly constructed Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Cemetery. The debate that has ensued since the discovery of the missing soldiers of Fromelles is related to the moral questions as to the right method of honouring our war dead. Should the Australian Government make every effort to relocate our war dead? Or, is there a time when their remains should be left in peace and honoured through other ways? The Australian Defence Force policy released in 2009 was revised in order to provide a more structured and appropriate framework for the Australian Defence Force and the Australian Government to investigate claims of the human remains of our missing war dead. However, the discovery of two shipwrecks from World War II, The HMAS Sydney and the Australian Hospital Ship 'Centaur' highlight the inconsistency of the policy. The inconsistencies lie in the decisions made by the Australian Government in the recovery of the remains. The Australian Government has gone above and beyond the boundaries of its previous policy to recover the remains of the Australian soldiers at Fromelles . However in the instances of the HMAS Sydney and the Australian Hospital Ship 'Centaur' no effort has been made to recover any remains, nor has there been any discernable public pressure to recover such remains. It is recommended that the Australian Government and the Australian Defence Force adopt a policy that is consistent in its treatment of the remains of Australia's war dead.