Our Work: Modern Jobs - Ancient Origins is the catalog for a photo-based exhibit that reveals that many modern professions originated in the ancient Middle East. Artifacts from the Oriental Institute Museum were paired with a baker, farmer, manicurist, brewer, poet, boat builder, judge and other professionals to show the antiquity of these jobs. The portraits are accompanied by commentary on the contributions of the ancient Middle East to life today and new insights into how members of the public view their relationship to the past. This volume will be of interest to educators, historians, and those interested in fine-arts photography.

THIS BOOK, conceived by N. M. S., is patterned this atlas, namely to assemble into a single source after The Atlas and Glossary of Primary Sedi book a photographic record of nearly all volcanic mentary Structures by F. J. Pettijohn and P. E. Potter surface features described during the development (Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. ). We introduce of volcanology so that future workers on terrestrial this atlas with a chapter by the late Arie Polder problems can refer to these photos for comparative vaart treating the principal concepts of volcanoes or illustrative purposes. as landforms, followed by a main section of photo Also, we hope that this atlas will serve as an aid graphs of volcanic structures and features arranged to those engaged in learning or teaching the funda in 198 Plates, and then conclude with an up mentals of geology and its sub fields, such as petro dated glossary of terms associated with volcan logy or geophysics. To this end we have attempted ology, its processes and products. to create a book simple and general enough to be The atlas is, in a sense, an outgrowth of the useful even at the secondary school level, but with expanding interest in volcanology recently stimu sufficient detail and rigor to be acceptable to both lated by the exploration of neighboring planetary students and professors in the universities. Further, bodies in the solar system."

This special edition of Highlights of the Collections of the Oriental Institute Museum commemorates the 2019 centennial of the Oriental Institute and presents 100 highlights from ancient Mesopotamia, Syro-Anatolia, the Levant, Egypt, Nubia, and Persia in the collections.

In the early hours of 9 April 1940, Adolf Hitler's forces made their next move of the Second World War, and, striking north, launched their invasion of Denmark and Norway. Ostensibly undertaken as a preventive manoeuvre against a planned, and openly discussed Franco-British plan to occupy Norway, Operation _Weserubung_ has, more than any other campaign of the Second World War, been shrouded in mystery. Strategic political and legal issues were unclear and military issues were dominated by risk. The German success was the result of improvisation and the application of available forces far beyond the comprehension of their British and Norwegian counterparts. The operation necessitated combining the resources of air force, army and navy. Troops were transported into battle by warship and aircraft, and paratroopers were used for the first time. This combined arms assault was the first three dimensional strategic invasion in history. In _Hitler Strikes North,_ Jack Greene and Alessandro Massignani detail the course of this ground-breaking invasion, at the same time providing valuable historical and modern lessons about the role of combined arms planning, the strategic demand for resources, and the use of military force.

A wide spectrum of tools and techniques exists to manage business cost, output, utilization, cycle time, performance. This objective book explains strategy, benefits and application of tools, and how they fit and reinforce each other Basic IE principles apply widely, to support efficiency and productivity not only in manufacturing but also in the office, lab, maintenance shop, warehouse; service industries, military, medical services, construction. The 400 plus pages of this book present: Seven chapters on Industrial Engineering. Theory, practice, application; how it all fits together, payback of 10 times and how to get it, a sample charter. Four chapters on industrial engineering within a broader management structure; labor, materials, overhead, risk management. Eleven chapters on Cost Reduction; Survive, Recover, or Thrive. Basics, management, accounting, cherry pick, beyond cherry picking, do operating practices interfere, value added, motivation. Thirteen chapters on Work Measurement. What, Why, and How-To. Measurement techniques, incentives, time study, work sampling, construction piece rates, a model plan to establish work measurement, methods checklists, glossary, useful forms. Twenty seven chapters on Plant layout, facility design, floor planning. Benefits, concepts, work flow and productivity, sequence, relocation, relationships between elements of a layout, master plan, many tools to use, glossary. Sixteen chapters on Facility Relocation, Merger, and Consolidation. A plant instead of or in addition to, is it time to expand? to relocate? Justification, the relocation marketplace, incentives and taxes, site search, confidentiality, sequence. Examples of layouts within different building shapes. Five chapters on Capacity, Utilization, Constraints. Determine constraints, manage them, optimize capacity. Four chapters on Lean, or the Toyota Production System (although the author does not claim to be an expert). Lean Manufacturing and its predecessors, Just In Time or Just In Case, What the real Lean experts say, push or pull supply chain. A chapter, Made in (the name of your country here). Good reasons to keep manufacturing near the home market. For management and for the practitioner, IE Theory, Practice and Application presents what, why, benefits to expect, how to manage and how to practice the discipline; with checklists; and forms. Practical, real-life actions, on the production floor but also from the boardroom, are suggested to support business and production management, productivity and capacity. IE tools do not all perform the same function. Furthermore, none of these tools is automatically valuable or useful; each has pros and cons as you consider potential cost and benefit in your circumstance. Select those actions that will bring the most benefit to your circumstances and objectives and which can be implemented by your organization. "Most benefit" often refers to cost but not always; targets may in your situation include output volume now or future growth, fast reaction time, customer service, new products, new technology, quality, technical innovation or excellence, market share. IE tools can help attain all of these objectives.

For the Kindle Store version, please refer to http: //www.amazon.com/Cost-Reduction-ebook/dp/B00FAASREG/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1379779971&sr=1-1&keywords=Cost+Reduction The immediate needs for your organization will depend on the general economy, the particular sector of the economy you participate in, and unique characteristics of the organization. You may need to survive, or to recover, or to thrive at different times of your existence. This book offers hands-on options for all economic phases, for all levels of the organization chart. Ideas for cost reduction and for good management are mixed interchangeably, just as in real life. Cost reduction and control are reliable strategies in any business phase, with benefit likely to be much higher than the cost. Many of us have been told at one time or another, find ways to cut cost. An "or else" relating to survival may have been spoken or implied. An evil economy may have conveyed the same message to the organization and its executives. Chapters in this book include: Cost reduction, the basics Cost reduction management Accounting aspects; keeping the books Keep it simple, sir or sweetheart Cherry pick at the management level; examples Beyond cherry picking: examples Five very effective tools which lead to cost reduction Do your internal operating practices interfere? Value added Motivation Twice as smart Operating practice for labor operations Operating practice for materials Operating practice for overhead Risk management Made in (the name of your country here) To achieve cost reduction in a booming economy or slowdown, how to proceed? one time or continuous, big project or little idea? top down or bottom up? Yes. Who can use this book, executive or manager? engineer or accountant or scientist or line supervisor or scheduler or buyer or maintenance head? Yes. Good cost reduction practice is not standardized; there is no established check list to perform for economic health or promise that if you perform steps 1, 2, 3 and 4 you will survive, or recover, or thrive. You'll have to pick and choose what makes sense for your organization, objectives and time table. This book is full of ideas for all of you who will reduce costs. Some sections will exactly fit the challenge you face, others will offer an adaptable idea or spark a new thought process. Some will tell you something you didn't know and open a new door.

For the Kindle Store version, please refer to http: //www.amazon.com/Plant-Layout-Facility-Planning-ebook/dp/B00FAGME58/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1379779924&sr=1-1&keywords=Plant+Layout+and+Facility+Planning Layout, or the physical organization of people, materials and machines within a workplace, is at the very heart of productivity. This book will enable the reader to create productive layouts quickly and smoothly. Plant layout and facility planning are closely associated in industrial and commercial enterprises, and affect operating efficiency and productivity now and in the future. Layout chapters include: Plant Layout, Facility Design, Floor Planning Layout benefits and concepts Layout and how it can enhance productivity Work flow and facility layout Sequence of actions The big picture for a layout Factors to consider in a layout and relocation Relocate for cost reasons Glossary of layout terms If you only read one layout chapter Step one, to create a layout What is the degree of difficulty? Block layout, and detailed layout What format, CAD or paper-dolls? Create layouts, explore options Relationships of layout components Ownership in a layout Tools to apply, for successful layouts Technology transfer, documentation The destination; prepare it Pack and move Master plan a facility Workplace layout Office move, a special case A jam-packed building and how to cope Relocation to an existing company facility Layout for the truly expert Layout during facility consolidation Chapters in the ection on Facility Relocation, Merger, and Consolidation include: Overview, a facility instead of or in addition to Time to expand Time to relocate Justification, both objective and subjective The marketplace which solicits business to locate in their areas Relocation incentives and taxes Just where, exactly Site search process Quality Of Life, and Culture Shock The need for confidentiality Red flags and warning signs Master Plan for a campus, of multiple facilities A "simple" move A "simple" expansion Create a facility from scratch Consolidation, merger, of equipment, facility or process Typical sequence of actions, for a facility project Chapters explain what and why, and list actions to create productive layouts quickly and smoothly within the physical constraints of the facility. They improve project management by highlighting which practices to utilize and which missteps to avoid, and extend the technical capabilities of your staff. This book will guide your organization through practical strategic and hands-on instruction, enable creation of new productive layouts quickly and smoothly within the physical constraints of the facility, as well as Consider and optimize factors which extend the layout's contribution now and through the years. Extend the technical capabilities of your staff . Improve project management by highlighting which practices to utilize and which missteps to avoid. A thoughtful layout can achieve many efficiencies in a new or existing facility. Facility layouts and floor plans tend to be replaced infrequently, because a revision can be expensive and cause disruption as it is installed. Better get it right.

This book has been replaced by the author, who in September 2013 has published Cost Reduction In Business Management ISBN-13: 978-1492261100 It is cheaper, and adds new ideas about cost reduction and risk management. Please look for it on Amazon. My book on all aspects of Industrial Engineering is also available now; Industrial Engineering: Theory, Practice & Application Business and Production Management, Productivity and Capacity ISBN-13: 978-1482301793. It includes all of the 2013 book concerning cost reduction and risk management.

For the Kindle Store version, please refer to http: //www.amazon.com/Time-and-Motion-Study-ebook/dp/B00FAOX1I4/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1379779548&sr=1-1&keywords=Time+and+Motion+Study How long does the job take? Arguably, this is the most valuable fact for a business to know because it determines capacity, productivity, profit or loss. Both direct and indirect labor costs rely on the required time, as do output, crew sizes, staffing, schedules, product cost, transfer prices, constraints, workload balance, on and on. Let's also suggest that the answer must be both accurate and objective. Time study is the basis of accuracy for management measurement, and is applied to resolve disagreement should they occur. Chapters include: Operating practice for labor operations Benefits of work measurement, Which measurement technique? Employee incentive pay If you only read one work measurement The art of the time study The art of work sampling The special case of construction piece rates Other important aspects of work measurement A model plan to establish work measurement Formal incentives administration Methods and workplace checklists for improvement Work measurement glossary Useful forms and worksheets An extra section on Capacity, Utilization and Constraints is included, to enable the reader to identify and relieve bottlenecks in the first place, then to manage constraints. Capacity activity depends very heavily on work measurement, to locate causes and relieve them. Chapters include: Capacity, utilization, constraints; in the context of business operations Manage constraints, by boardroom and policy actions Operating factors affect utilization Maximize capacity, manage constraints, on the floor Apply the capacity, constraint, and utilization data As with other professions, work measurement proficiency is gained through training and experience. This book explains very specifically what to do, why it is necessary, and how to do it; not only study techniques themselves, but also management and control actions to implement work measurement. Buy it for both practitioners and managers, as each will learn from the guidance contained. The text of this book is included in "Industrial Engineering: Theory, Practice, and Application," by Jack Greene, as are texts of "Cost Reduction In Business Management" and "Plant Layout and Design Edition Two."

Holy Cow: The Famous First Words Collection. The reality of First Words: bad words/good words--notice your reaction, raw purity, all aspects of Self--each as valid and essential as any one of the others, instinctual, visceral, pre-Babel, and totally inappropriate. First Words have a waking-up quality about them. They tend to shock or unsettle the automatic and habitual mind. This unsettling will often cause the habitual mind to curl back into the judgments and boundaries enforced by both our personalities and our protective social groups. On the other hand, this shock also carries with it the potential of freeing us up to live in the holy present moment and to widen our perception and acceptance of the world around us. Words, too often, are used to control life rather than to create it or accompany it. They become the sacred cows and taboos that wield a two-edge sword over the minds they subdue--and for us, a subdued mind is a dead mind. First Words are the words that come spilling out onto the page while our automatic filters are at their weakest. Often they are messy and malformed, and as they are cycled through the editing process, in our effort to tame them and make them more acceptable, they lose some of their original magic, their raw purity, and their ability to show us reality at its inception--the holy moment of creation. Through this collection of thoughts, poems, stories, and lyrics, it is that holy moment we hope you find hiding among the words written on the pages of this book.

This book has been replaced by the author, who in September 2013 has published Plant Layout and Facility PlanningEdition TwoISBN-13: 978-1491222393 It is cheaper, and combines layout with facility planning since they are so closely related. Please look for it on Amazon. My book on all aspects of Industrial Engineering is also available now; Industrial Engineering: Theory, Practice & Application Business and Production Management, Productivity and Capacity ISBN-13: 978-1482301793. It includes all of the 2013 book concerning layout and facility planning.

This book has been replaced by the author, who in September 2013 has published Time and Motion Study For Capacity and Productivity. ISBN-13: 978-1492221425. It is cheaper, and has more information, especially about capacity and constraints. Please look for it on Amazon. My book on all aspects of Industrial Engineering is also available now; Industrial Engineering: Theory, Practice & Application Business and Production Management, Productivity and Capacity ISBN-13: 978-1482301793. It includes all of the 2013 book concerning time study.

With the intention of integrating the archaeology of the Mediterranean's different regions, the annual SOMA conference was held in 2003 at the Institute of Archaeology. These thirty-two papers, which form the proceedings, are multi-disciplinary and consider evidence and sites from the Pleistocene through to Late Antiquity. Subjects range from the dispersal of hominids around the Mediterranean and ancient Near Eastern skull cults to Libyan funerary architecture and monkeys in Egyptian and Minoan art and culture. Other subjects include: the antiquities market; the south Italic fighting technique; north Syria in the 6th century AD; Roman fulling; religion in the southern Levant Chalcolithic; Hellenistic numismatics; burial customs in Argos; the Mycenaean Argolid; gender identities in Egypt; Punic altars; Samnium and the Roman world; archaeological museum space; monument conservation; ethnic identity in archaic Pompeii. All of the papers are in English.

Examinations of wargaming for entertainment, education, and military planning, in terms of design, critical analysis, and historical contexts. Games with military themes date back to antiquity, and yet they are curiously neglected in much of the academic and trade literature on games and game history. This volume fills that gap, providing a diverse set of perspectives on wargaming's past, present, and future. In Zones of Control, contributors consider wargames played for entertainment, education, and military planning, in terms of design, critical analysis, and historical contexts. They consider both digital and especially tabletop games, most of which cover specific historical conflicts or are grounded in recognizable real-world geopolitics. Game designers and players will find the historical and critical contexts often missing from design and hobby literature; military analysts will find connections to game design and the humanities; and academics will find documentation and critique of a sophisticated body of cultural work in which the complexity of military conflict is represented in ludic systems and procedures. Each section begins with a long anchoring chapter by an established authority, which is followed by a variety of shorter pieces both analytic and anecdotal. Topics include the history of playing at war; operations research and systems design; wargaming and military history; wargaming's ethics and politics; gaming irregular and non-kinetic warfare; and wargames as artistic practice. Contributors Jeremy Antley, Richard Barbrook, Elizabeth M. Bartels, Ed Beach, Larry Bond, Larry Brom, Lee Brimmicombe-Wood, Rex Brynen, Matthew B. Caffrey, Jr., Luke Caldwell, Catherine Cavagnaro, Robert M. Citino, Laurent Closier, Stephen V. Cole, Brian Conley, Greg Costikyan, Patrick Crogan, John Curry, James F. Dunnigan, Robert J. Elder, Lisa Faden, Mary Flanagan, John A. Foley, Alexander R. Galloway, Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi, Don R. Gilman, A. Scott Glancy, Troy Goodfellow, Jack Greene, Mark Herman, Kacper Kwiatkowski, Tim Lenoir, David Levinthal, Alexander H. Levis, Henry Lowood, Elizabeth Losh, Esther MacCallum-Stewart, Rob MacDougall, Mark Mahaffey, Bill McDonald, Brien J. Miller, Joseph Miranda, Soraya Murray, Tetsuya Nakamura, Michael Peck, Peter P. Perla, Jon Peterson, John Prados, Ted S. Raicer, Volko Ruhnke, Philip Sabin, Thomas C. Schelling, Marcus Schulzke, Miguel Sicart, Rachel Simmons, Ian Sturrock, Jenny Thompson, John Tiller, J. R. Tracy, Brian Train, Russell Vane, Charles Vasey, Andrew Wackerfuss, James Wallis, James Wallman, Yuna Huh Wong

This guide to over 100 highlights of the collections of the Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago presents objects from ancient Mesopotamia, Syria-Anatolia, the Levant, Egypt, Persia, Nubia, and objects from the Islamic collection. It features all new photography, provenance information, and a brief description of each object, as well as a history of the collections and a concordance.

This fully illustrated catalogue of essays, descriptions, and commentary accompanies the Oriental Institute special exhibit Picturing the Past: Imaging and Imagining the Ancient Middle East (on exhibit February 7 through September 2, 2012). Picturing the Past presents paintings, architectural reconstructions, facsimiles, models, photographs, and computer-aided reconstructions that show how the architecture, sites, and artifacts of the ancient Middle East have been documented. It also examines how the publication of those images have shaped our perception of the ancient world, and how some of the more "imaginary" reconstructions have obscured our real understanding of the past. The exhibit and catalog also show how features of the ancient Middle East have been presented in different ways for different audiences, in some cases transforming a highly academic image into a widely recognized icon of the past.