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ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN WITH SKETCHUP The most complete reference for anyone using SketchUp, fully updated to cover the latest features, with a new chapter on drawing preparation using LayOut This newly updated and revised Third Edition of Architectural Design with SketchUp covers all the topics that students and professionals use daily, such as 3D modeling, extensions, photorealistic rendering, and drawing preparation. It features more than fifty easy-to-follow tutorials that first brush up on the basics of the program and then cover many advanced workflows (including digital fabrication and scripting), offering informative text and full-color illustrations side-by-side to clearly convey the techniques and features any reader needs to excel. The leading guide to SketchUp for architects, interior designers, construction professionals, makers, and many others, Architectural Design with SketchUp is the key resource for students using SketchUp in a course or studio, and professionals looking for a thorough desk reference that covers the latest SketchUp features. Topics covered in Architectural Design with SketchUp include: 3D modeling and design approaches with SketchUp, such as conceptual massing, geo-based modeling, component-based assemblies, point-cloud- and script-based modeling. Creating stunning photorealistic renderings and presentation-ready illustrations from your SketchUp models and using LayOut for 2D graphics and construction-documents. Using extensions to enhance SketchUp's core toolset and provide advanced functionality. Making physical objects from your designs with common digital fabrication tools, such as 3D printing, CNC fabrication, or laser cutting. Differences between SketchUp Pro, web, and iPad versions, and integrating SketchUp into workflows with other BIM software and various Trimble products and services, such as Trimble Connect. This Third Edition of Architectural Design with SketchUp includes hundreds of full-color images that show SketchUp features, many example projects, and cookbook-style approaches to common tasks, which is supplemented with additional tutorials and sample files on a companion web site.

A reissue of a comic and tragic play that asks just how much of our life we could—or would—change if we got another chance. In this play by Swiss playwright and novelist Max Frisch, a middle-aged behavioral researcher Kürmann is given the opportunity to start his life over at any point he chooses and change his decisions and actions in matters both serious and mundane—He could save his marriage, become politically active, take better care of his health, or even change the color of his living room furniture. Despite his intention to apply the wisdom he has acquired with age, Kürmann finds himself inexorably trapped in the same decisions. Ultimately proving fatal, Kürmann’s life game interrogates how much of our own path is shaped by seemingly random factors and how much is in fact predetermined by our own limited, conditioned selves. The play’s central idea—that our lives are nothing but a self-conscious play with imaginary identities—is brilliantly captured in Biography’s dramaturgical form, setting up a theatre rehearsal as the metaphor for the endless possibilities and variables of the game of life. Frisch’s own revised, dramatically heightened version of his play celebrates not only the theatre as a form of self-expression but also the human condition in all its potential and limitations as it showcases both comic and tragic outcomes that define all our lives.

In Shakespeare's Medieval Craft, Kurt A. Schreyer explores the relationship between Shakespeare s plays and a tradition of late medieval English biblical drama known as mystery plays. Scholars of English theater have long debated Shakespeare s connection to the mystery play tradition, but Schreyer provides new perspective on the subject by focusing on the Chester Banns, a sixteenth-century proclamation announcing the annual performance of that city s cycle of mystery plays. Through close study of the Banns, Schreyer demonstrates the central importance of medieval stage objects as vital and direct agents and not merely as precursors to the Shakespearean stage.

As Schreyer shows, the Chester Banns serve as a paradigm for how Shakespeare s theater might have reflected on and incorporated the mystery play tradition, yet distinguished itself from it. For instance, he demonstrates that certain material features of Shakespeare s stage including the ass s head of A Midsummer Night s Dream, the theatrical space of Purgatory in Hamlet, and the knocking at the gate in the Porter scene of Macbeth were in fact remnants of the earlier mysteries transformed to meet the exigencies of the commercial London playhouses. Schreyer argues that the ongoing agency of supposedly superseded theatrical objects and practices reveal how the mystery plays shaped dramatic production long after their demise. At the same time, these medieval traditions help to reposition Shakespeare as more than a writer of plays; he was a play-wright, a dramatic artisan who forged new theatrical works by fitting poetry to the material remnants of an older dramatic tradition."

This volume contains papers presented at the Fourth International Altschul Sympo- sium, held June 27-29, 1996, at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Saskatche- wan, Canada. The Altschul Symposia Series are held in memory of Rudolf Altschul, a graduate of the University of Prague and a pioneer in the fields of vascular and nervous system biology. Dr. Altschul was head of the Department of Anatomy at the University of Saskatchewan from 1955 to 1963. The Altschul Symposia are made possible by an endow- ment left by Anni Altschul, Dr. Altschul's wife, and by other contributions given by the sponsors listed at the end of this Preface. The objective of the Fourth Altschul Symposium, entitled Cell Biologv and Pathol- ogv of Myelin: Evolving Biological Concepts and Therapeutic Approaches, was to facili- tate the transfer of ideas on the biology and pathology of myelin from the research laboratory to the clinic by providing a forum for discussing the evolving biological con- cepts regarding myelin function in health and disease.

In the last decade, there has been a burgeoning of activity in the design and implementation of algorithms for algebraic geometric computation. The workshop on Algorithms in Algebraic Geometry that was held in the framework of the IMA Annual Program Year in Applications of Algebraic Geometry by the Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications on September 2006 is one tangible indication of the interest. This volume of articles captures some of the spirit of the IMA workshop.

In the last decade, there has been a burgeoning of activity in the design and implementation of algorithms for algebraic geometric computation. The workshop on Algorithms in Algebraic Geometry that was held in the framework of the IMA Annual Program Year in Applications of Algebraic Geometry by the Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications on September 2006 is one tangible indication of the interest. This volume of articles captures some of the spirit of the IMA workshop.

Without an introduction, this volume of 19 papers plunges right into the subject matter presented at the June 1998 symposium held at Bayreuth U. in Bayreuth, Germany. A sampling of topics: almost-lines and quasi-lines on projective manifolds, the classification of K3 surfaces with nine cusps, simply connected Godeaux surfaces, Kahlerian structures on symplectic reductions, and A geometric proof of Ax' theorem. One paper is in untranslated French. Includes an essay on Michael Schneider's scientific work with a publications list (including his still standard reference on vector bundles on projective spaces); a photograph and "alpine" vita of Schneider (who died while sports-climbing in 1997); a list of the eight symposium lectures; and a listing of the authors and participants with contact information. Lacks an index.

The Bayreuth meeting on "Complex Algebraic Varieties" focussed on the classification of algebraic varieties and topics such as vector bundles, Hodge theory and hermitian differential geometry. Most of the articles in this volume are closely related to talks given at the conference: all are original, fully refereed research articles. CONTENTS: A. Beauville: Annulation du H(1) pour les fibres en droites plats.- M. Beltrametti, A.J. Sommese, J.A. Wisniewski: Results on varieties with many lines and their applications to adjunction theory.- G. Bohnhorst, H. Spindler: The stability of certain vector bundles on P(n) .- F. Catanese, F. Tovena: Vector bundles, linear systems and extensions of (1).- O. Debarre: Vers uns stratification de l'espace des modules des varietes abeliennes principalement polarisees.- J.P. Demailly: Singular hermitian metrics on positive line bundles.- T. Fujita: On adjoint bundles of ample vector bundles.- Y. Kawamata: Moderate degenerations of algebraic surfaces.- U. Persson: Genus two fibrations revisited.- Th. Peternell, M. Szurek, J.A. Wisniewski: Numerically effective vector bundles with small Chern classes.- C.A.M. Peters: On the rank of non-rigid period maps in the weight one and two case.- A.N. Tyurin: The geometry of the special components of moduli space of vector bundles over algebraic surfaces of general type.

Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials in Construction (COST Action NORM4Building) discusses the depletion of energy resources and raw materials and its huge impact not only on the building market, but also in the development of new synthetic building materials, whereby the reuse of various (waste) residue streams becomes a necessity. It is based on the outcome of COST Action TU 1301, where scientists, regulators, and representatives from industry have come together to present new findings, sharing knowledge, experiences, and technologies to stimulate research on the reuse of residues containing enhanced concentrates of natural radionuclides (NORM) in tailor-made building materials. Chapters address legislative issues, measurement, and assessment of building materials, physical and chemical aspects, from raw materials, to residues with enhanced concentrations of natural radionuclides (NORM), processes, building products containing NORM, and end-of-life and reuse requirements.

Two Austrian-born designers have left their indelible mark on California's residential architecture of the 1930s to 1960s: Richard Neutra (1892-1970) and Rudolph M. Schindler (1887-1953) combined modern form and inventive construction with new materials to create a truly modern vision of living that remains inspirational to the present day. This new book features twenty famous and lesser known houses from that period, designed by the two pioneers and other architects that were influenced by Neutra's and Schindler's ideas. All are marked by highly economical use and outstanding quality of space, a minimalist aesthetic, and by their ideal adaption to climatic conditions. They are monuments of a period as well as timeless models for contemporary and future architecture. The images by photographer David Schreyer show the buildings in their present state as a commodity of highest quality that can be, and should be, altered to meet today's changed demands to a living space. Andreas Nierhaus's texts, based on interviews, explore the relationship of the present inhabitants to their homes and what they mean to them. Together, the authors offer uniquely intimate insights into a sophisticated way of life still too little known outside California.

The Internet is a vast smorgasbord of information for human resource professionals. However, many become overwhelmed with so many Web sites proclaiming to be 'the best'. Here's the book that cuts through the hype and provides assistance in locating some of the best online resources. The HR field runs at a hectic pace, and often clear, precise, and up-to-date answers are needed on a moment's notice. Professionals must be able to quickly find the most accurate data available online, without getting lost in the abyss of materials available. They need to know where o find different recruiting services, legal information, tips on salary administration, and more.

The signs on the road to the new economy point to an all-out war for talent. Organisations increasingly encounter difficulties in recruiting and retaining top talent because they have yet to deal with today's most critical human resource issues. To remain competitive, you must create a talent powered company consisting of highly motivated, skilled, and loyal employees. That's the central message in this book. Two of America's leading recruitment specialists cut through the clutter and confusion as they identify the key human resource strategies for creating a talent powered company. Focusing on five competencies for predicting success, they dispel numerous myths and specify what HR professionals and hiring managers need to do in order to energise their human resources and productivity. They provide a critical examination of the latest in effective recruitment methods, from the use of Internet recruiting to developing employee referral programs.

This screenplay by Swiss playwright and novelist Max Frisch was developed from an episode in his 1964 novel Gantenbein, or A Wilderness of Mirrors. At the center of both works is Theo Ehrismann, a man who cannot seem to change his life no matter how many times he resolves to do so. Chance comes to Theo one day upon returning from a trip abroad-he arrives home to read his own obituary in the paper. He shows up just on time for his own funeral and observes the attending mourners, and yet he is not able to reveal himself to them, and especially not to his wife. "How does one say that he is alive," wonders Theo. Life, as Frisch said, "is the sum of events that happen by chance, and it always could as well have turned out differently; there is not a single action or omission that does not allow for variables in the future." Zurich Transit presents Frisch at the height of his dramatic powers and exemplifies his ardent believe in a dramaturgy of coincidence rather than causality.

Dieses Buch gibt einen schnellen UEberblick uber das Thema Podcast. Wie muss das Thema Podcast strategisch angegangen werden, damit es nachhaltig einen Mehrwert fur ein Unternehmen bietet? Sind Podcasts nur ein Hype oder koennen sie sinnvoller Teil des Kommunikations- und Marketingmixes eines Unternehmens sein? Podcasts sind der aktuelle Trend in der Kommunikation und im Marketing. Taglich kommen unzahlige neue Formate auf den Markt. Die hohe Smartphonedichte, ein verandertes Mediennutzungsverhalten, bessere mobile Datenverfugbarkeit und grosse Player wie Audible und Spotify haben geholfen, das klassische "Hoerspiel" in moderner Form aus der Versenkung zu holen. Dieses essential hilft dabei, strategisch eigene Podcastmassnahmen fur das Unternehmen zu entwickeln.

Die Benennung "Werkzeugspanner" ist bis he ute zwar weniger ge- brauchlich als die Benennung "Werkzeughalter". In den weitaus meisten Fallen wird das Werkzeug mit der Werkzeugmaschine jedoch kraft- schlussig verbunden, also gespannt, z. B. DrehmeiBel, Bohrer, Senker, Fraser, HobelmeiBel, StoBmeiBel und Schleifscheiben. Zudem kenl).- zeichnet die Benennung Werkzeugspanner folgerichtig und sinnfallig die ZugehOrigkeit dieser Fertigungsmittel zur Gruppe der Spannzeuge. Fur Werkzeugspanner gelten grundsatzlich die gleichen Gestaltungs- richtlinien wie fur Werkstuckspanner, denn mit beiden Arten von Spann- zeugen sind im wesentlichen dieselben Aufgaben zu erfullen. Das Be- stimmen der Lage lind das Spannen von Werkzeugen ist jedoch in der Regel einfacher als das von Werkstucken, da Werkzeuge einfachere und einheitlichere AnschluBformen aufweisen. Andererseits ergeben sich fur Werkzeugspanner vielseitige Gestaltungsmoglichkeiten aus der Ver- schiedenheit der Werkzeugmaschinen, aus Zustellung und Vorschub des Werkzeuges, Ausgleich der Werkzeug-Abnutzung und zum Teil aus der Spaneabfuhr. Werkzeugspanner fur spanlose Fertigung wurden in dieses Buch nicht aufgenommen, da diese in jedem Werk uber Stanzereitechnik enthalten sind. Aufbau und Gliederung dieses Buches sind im groBen und ganzen gleich dem des Buches "Werkstuckspanner", das in demselben Verlag von demselben Verfasser erschienen ist. Allgemeines und Wesentliches sind vorzugsweise im Haupttext enthalten, das ubrige ist in den Bild- texten angefUhrt. Abweichend von der Sprache des Betriebes wurden folgende Be- nennungen verwendet: DrehmeiBel, BohrmeiBel usw. anstatt Drehstahl, Bohrstahl usw.; Drehmaschine anstatt Drehbank; Tiefbohrmaschine an- statt Tieflochbohrmaschine; Sackbohrung anstatt Sackloch. Von der Wiedergabe vollstandiger DINormen wurde Abstand ge- nommen, denn diese unterliegen Anderungen, und wurden auBerdem den Umfang des Buches unzulassig vergroBern.

Auf der Basis der Change Management-Forschung sowie der Motivations- und Verhaltensforschung identifiziert Maximilian Schreyer entscheidende Erfolgsfaktoren fur die Implementierung von Performance Measurement Systemen. Er leitet ein Ursache-Wirkungs-Modell ab, mit Hilfe dessen die potentiellen Erfolgsfaktoren der Implementierung dargestellt werden konnen."

Konzipiert als studienorientierte Einfuhrung, richtet sich der "Grundkurs Politikwissenschaft: Studium der politischen Systeme" in erster Linie an die Zielgruppe der Studienanfanger. Auf der Grundlage eines politikwissenschaftlichen Systemmodells werden alle wichtigen Bereiche eines politischen Systems dargestellt. Dabei orientiert sich die Gliederung der einzelnen Punkte an folgenden didaktisch aufbereiteten Kriterien: Definition der zentralen Begriffe, Funktionen der Strukturprinzipen und der Akteure, Variablen zu deren Typologisierung, Ausgewahlte Problemfelder, Entwicklungstendenzen, Stellung im politischen System, Kontrollfragen, Informationshinweise zur Einfuhrung (kurz kommentierte Einfuhrungsliteratur, Fachzeitschriften, Internet-Adressen). Im Anhang werden die wichtigsten Begriffe in einem Glossar zusammengestellt. Ein Sach- und Personenregister sowie ein ausfuhrliches allgemeines Literaturverzeichnis runden das Werk ab.