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The global expansion of irrigated lands during the 20th century and
beyond continues to contribute to food production, but also
degrades the environment significantly. The consequent search for
policy remedies has stimulated a vital body of economic research.
The issues addressed in this comprehensive collection of previously
published articles include the effects of existing government
intervention on the environmental impacts of agriculture, the
economic costs and benefits of environmental regulations for
agriculture, and the economic and environmental merits of
alternative mechanisms for water allocation and water quality
protection. In this volume the editors present a sampling of
economic research on the interface of irrigated agriculture with
the environment. The articles included are by leading researchers
in this field and span the topics of nonpoint pollution control,
salinity management, and the allocation of water.
As a water-scarce state with deep cultural attachments to private
property rights, Texas has taken a unique evolutionary path with
regard to water management. This new resource surveys past and
current challenges for managing both groundwater and surface water,
telling a comprehensive story about water policy in Texas, and
identifying opportunities for improving future governance. Texas is
the U.S. state that has experimented most thoroughly with water
markets. In Water Policy in Texas, experts from broad disciplinary
perspectives describe and analyze Texas water laws and management
agencies, and the practices of water marketing and rate making in
Texas. They explore the unique cases of the Edwards and Ogallala
aquifers, the science and policy of environmental water
stewardship, the extensive history of formalized water sharing with
neighboring states and Mexico, and the opportunities for harnessing
new technologies that might aid in addressing scarcity. This
multidimensional, interdisciplinary book will be a valuable
resource for students and researchers of Texas water policy, as
well as for water managers worldwide, particularly those working
within contexts of water scarcity.
We are living in an age in which the relationship between reading
and space is evolving swiftly. Cutting-edge technologies and
developments in the publication and consumption of literature
continue to uncover new physical, electronic, and virtual contexts
in which reading can take place. In comparison with the
accessibility that has accompanied these developments, the medieval
reading experience may initially seem limited and restrictive,
available only to a literate few or to their listeners; yet
attention to the spaces in which medieval reading habits can be
traced reveals a far more vibrant picture in which different kinds
of spaces provided opportunities for a wide range of interactions
with and contributions to the texts being read. Drawing on a rich
variety of material, this collection of essays demonstrates that
the spaces in which reading took place (or in which reading could
take place) in later medieval England directly influenced how and
why reading happened.
A revelatory look at an underexplored chapter of American art,
which took place not on American soil but in France "Reveals the
fertile creative ground Americans discovered in Paris and
beyond."-Judith H. Dobrzynski, Wall Street Journal, exhibition
review In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries,
American artists flocked to France in search of instruction,
critical acclaim, and patronage. Some, including James McNeill
Whistler, John Singer Sargent, and Mary Cassatt, became highly
regarded in the French press, advancing their careers on both sides
of the Atlantic. Others, notably William Merritt Chase, John
Twachtman, Childe Hassam, and Thomas Wilmer Dewing-part of the
association known as The Ten-found success working in the style of
the French Impressionists, while Henry Ossawa Tanner, Cecilia
Beaux, and Elizabeth Jane Gardner focused on genre and history
subjects. This richly illustrated volume offers a sophisticated
examination of cultural and aesthetic exchange as it highlights
many figures, including artists of color and women, who were left
out of previous histories. Celebrated scholars from both American
and French institutions detail the complex history and diverse
styles of these expatriate artists-styles ranging from conservative
academic modes to Tonalism-and provide original perspectives on
this fertile period of creativity, expanding our understanding of
what constitutes American art. Published in association with the
Denver Art Museum Exhibition Schedule: Denver Art Museum (November
14, 2021-March 13, 2022) Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (April
16-July 31, 2022)
Since the first edition of "Principles of Packaging Development"
was published, the packaging industry has undergone many profound
changes. These have included the virtual elimination of cellophane
and its replacement with oriented polypropylene as a carton
overwrap, fluid milk in blow-molded HDPE bottles, PET beverage
bottles, cookie bags and cartons lined with polyolefin coextrusions
instead of waxed glassine, and bread in reclosable polyolefin and
coextruded film bags. New phrases have also worked their way into
the lexicon of the practic ing packaging technologist, such as
"child resistance" and "tamper evident. " This most popular text on
packaging demanded updating. How these phrases and ideas have
affected the industry in the 1980s and how they will probably alter
its course in the future are treated. New concepts of packaging
system planning and forecasting tech niques are intruding into
package management, and new chapters will introduce them to the
reader. The years have added a certain degree of maturity to the
packaging industry. Not only have the original authors broadened
their per spectives and changed professional responsibilities, we
have also in cluded a third co-author, Dr. Aaron L. Brody, whose
experience in the industry, academic background, and erudite
insights into the very na ture of packaging have added an
unparalled degree of depth to this book. We would like to thank
David L."
Use of the implantable cardioverter/defibrillator is the most
significant advance in the management of patients with life- botn
threatening cardiac arrhythmias. This device represents an
important practical as well as conceptual breakthrough in
arrhythmia management. It places on firm footing use of
non-pharmacologic tools for clinicians. The text, Implan- table
Cardioverter/Defibrillator, represents contributions by the leading
clinicians in this field from both sides of the Atlantic and is a
welcome addition to the library of clinical electrophysiologists as
well as cardiac surgeons. The editors have well collated the
critical issues related to current use of device therapy in a
meaningful and practical fashion. The text amply reminds us that we
are in the early growth phases of a technology that promises to
completely change our approach to the cure of patients with actual
or potentially life-threatening ventricular dysrhythmias. It also
reminds us that Dr. Mirwoski's dream continues to live and remains
as a perpetual challenge to clinicians and engineers alike to bet-
ter perfect and utilize device therapy for our patients. I com-
mend the authors and editors for a superb and timely effort. San
Francisco, CA, USA Melvin M. Scheinman, M. D. Preface 1teatment of
patients with ventricular tachycardia and pre- vention of sudden
arrhythmic death is one of the most challenging tasks of modem
cardiology. 'len years ago anti- arrhythmic drug therapy was the
medical tool used most fre- quently in the management of patients
with life-threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias.
This volume represents a collection of selected papers presented at
a symposium of the same name sponsored by the Division of Colloid
and Surface Chemistry held at the national Spring meeting of the
American Chemical Society in Las Vegas, Nevada, March 29 - April 1,
1982. Also included are invited papers from a number of outstanding
overseas liquid crystal scientists who were unable to attend the
symposium. The attendance at the symposium itself and the number of
papers contained herein is reflective of the high level of current
interest in (and maturity of) the field of liquid crystal research.
Included in this volume are papers mainly derived from the fields
of chemistry and physics ranging in content from the design and
synthesis of new meso genic materials to theoretical physical
treatments of anisotropic liquids. One of the significant aspects
of current liquid crystal research is the increasing col laboration
between chemist and phys.icist. The overlap of these two areas has
been growing over the last several years and many contri butions to
this volume involve a molecular approach to the chemical physics of
liquid crystalline materials."
Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are
not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or
access to any online entitlements included with the product. For
decades, this manual has been the most widely respected guide to
designing, constructing, and maintaining low-slope roofing systems.
We are living in an age in which the relationship between reading
and space is evolving swiftly. Cutting-edge technologies and
developments in the publication and consumption of literature
continue to uncover new physical, electronic, and virtual contexts
in which reading can take place. In comparison with the
accessibility that has accompanied these developments, the medieval
reading experience may initially seem limited and restrictive,
available only to a literate few or to their listeners; yet
attention to the spaces in which medieval reading habits can be
traced reveals a far more vibrant picture in which different kinds
of spaces provided opportunities for a wide range of interactions
with and contributions to the texts being read. Drawing on a rich
variety of material, this collection of essays demonstrates that
the spaces in which reading took place (or in which reading could
take place) in later medieval England directly influenced how and
why reading happened.
Date Smart to Marry for Life offers single and divorced Christian
women exactly what is needed for prevention of heartache and
divorce. This dynamic book helps you actually measure your
potential suitor from biblical guidelines. It gives the "spiritual
fruit" you look for in a prospective suitor, thus taking the
guesswork out of "is he right for me" or "is he really the one?" It
gives powerful guiding truths for "deal breakers," to know if you
need to continue on with your current relationship. It will also
help you decide what you are not willing to put up with in your
marriage. Finally, a book that connects Scripture to your life
where you no longer have to guess about the potential of potential
suitors that, in most cases, eventually leads to marriage!
EXCERPT: "So great was the ferment of reform in the pre-Civil War
United States that to understand it, to grasp the motives of the
reformers, the nature of their work, their successes and failures,
is to understand much about the American nation as a whole. To be
sure, there was more to antebellum history than reform. At the same
time that the reformers were trying to change men's ideas and
actions, other Americans were holding fast to traditional concepts
and ways of doing things. Even as the reformers were battering the
walls of unrighteousness, both they and other men were taming wild
nature for human use, expanding the nation's boundaries and settled
areas at the expense of Indians and Mexicans, adapting its
political institutions and political parties to the needs of a
restless and growing people, wrestling with the thousand and one
problems inherent in the pursuit of happiness. Yet historians have
believed that the myriad of reforms and reformers offer a meaning
for much of the whirl of confusion and change that was America in
the antebellum years. They offer as well, some historians have
claimed, valuable insights into the difficulties the Americans
encountered when they tried to give concrete meaning to their
cherished ideals-so often voiced, so little understood-of democracy
and freedom."
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Rethinking Andrew Wyeth (Hardcover)
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Andrew Wyeth is one of the best loved and most widely recognized
artists in American history, yet for much of his career he was
reviled by the art world's critical elite. Rethinking Andrew Wyeth
reevaluates Wyeth and his place in American art, trying to
reconcile these two opposing images of the man and his work. In
addition to surveying the American critical reception of Wyeth's
art over the seven decades of his career, David Cateforis brings
together a collection of essays featuring new critical and
scholarly responses to the artist. Donald Kuspit's compelling
psycho-philosophical interpretation of Wyeth exemplifies the
possibility of new approaches to understanding his work that move
beyond the Wyeth "curse," as do those of the other contributors to
this volume - from the close analysis of Wyeth's technical means
offered by Joyce Hill Stoner, to the adventuresome interpretive
readings of individual Wyeth paintings advanced by Alexander
Nemerov and Randall C. Griffin, the considerations of Wyeth's
critical reception in historical context offered by Wanda M. Corn
and Katie Robinson Edwards, and the connections of Wyeth to other
canonical artists such as Francine Weiss' comparison of him to
Robert Frost and Patricia Junker's linkage of Wyeth and Marcel
Duchamp. Rethinking Andrew Wyeth includes an appendix with data
from visitor surveys conducted at the Wyeth retrospectives in San
Francisco in 1973 and Philadelphia in 2006. Illustrated throughout
with both iconic and lesser-known examples of Wyeth's work, this
book will appeal to academic, museum, and popular audiences seeking
a deeper understanding and appreciation of Andrew Wyeth's art
through its critical reception and interpretation. Edited by David
Cateforis, with essays by David Cateforis, Wanda M. Corn, Katie
Robinson Edwards, Randall C. Griffin, Patricia Junker, Donald
Kuspit, Alexander Nemerov, Joyce Hill Stoner, and Francine Weiss.
This volume's release coincides with an exhibition at the National
Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. in 2014, Andrew Wyeth: Looking
Out, Looking In.
This accessible book presents research-based strategies for
supporting K--8 students with high-incidence disabilities in
becoming accomplished learners. The authors clearly describe the
core components of effective inclusive instruction, showing how to
recognize and respond to individual students' needs quickly and
appropriately. Teachers are provided with essential tools for
managing inclusive classrooms; planning a curriculum that fosters
concept development across content areas, promotes strategic
learning, and builds fluent skill use; and integrating technology
into instruction. Case examples illustrate ways that special and
general education teachers can work together successfully to solve
complex learning problems and improve outcomes for students who are
struggling.
The books in the Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series
demonstrate the University Press of Florida's long history of
publishing Latin American and Caribbean studies titles that connect
in and through Florida, highlighting the connections between the
Sunshine State and its neighboring islands. Books in this series
show how early explorers found and settled Florida and the
Caribbean. They tell the tales of early pioneers, both foreign and
domestic. They examine topics critical to the area such as travel,
migration, economic opportunity, and tourism. They look at the
growth of Florida and the Caribbean and the attendant pressures on
the environment, culture, urban development, and the movement of
peoples, both forced and voluntary. The Florida and the Caribbean
Open Books Series gathers the rich data available in these
architectural, archaeological, cultural, and historical works, as
well as the travelogues and naturalists' sketches of the area in
prior to the twentieth century, making it accessible for scholars
and the general public alike. The Florida and the Caribbean Open
Books Series is made possible through a grant from the National
Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,
under the Humanities Open Books program.
Recently discovered as a hand-written document in the Buckingham
Smith Collection at the New-York Historical Society, this
remarkable first-person narrative traces the life of Sitiki, whose
name was changed to Jack Smith after his enslavement in America.
Captured and sold into slavery in Africa as a five-year-old, Sitiki
travelled to America as a cabin boy. Eventually sold by the ship's
captain to Josiah Smith of Savannah, Georgia, he lived there and in
Connecticut with his new master. Captured by the British during the
War of 1812, he was returned to the Smiths, to be freed only after
the Civil War. He went on to become the first black Methodist
minister in St. Augustine, Florida where he established his own
church. Patricia Griffin does not leave the story at the conclusion
of the slave narrative, but explores Sitiki's experiences and
places them in clear and valuable context. She presents the
narrative unencumbered, allowing Sitiki's authority, compassion,
and personality to speak for itself.
The "iron curtain" was the symbol marking the beginning of the Cold
War. It divided the Western nations, including the US, and Eastern
Europe into two diametrically opposed ideologies and resultant
political systems. In the East, a communist-controlled federation,
the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, became an international
superpower that ruled through oppression, state-domination, and
military aggrandizement. Nearly five decades later, that curtain
would rise to reveal a host of nations, including Russia itself, in
search of openness, freedom, and integration with the West. After a
decade of mismanaged Western assertive idealism, the curtain's
shadow of distrust and confrontation has returned. Russia is
struggling to recover its role as a great power, while the US
battles terrorism and international criticism. Following several
years of democratic reversals in Russia, the US faces a potential
turning point as its vital interests intersect with Russia's. The
US should adopt a policy of pragmatic engagement of a
still-powerful Russia in order to secure its national security
interests.
During the summer of 2006, Israel conducted a thirty-four day war
against Hezbollah in response to the abduction of two Israeli
soldiers. Israeli forces caused significant damage to Hezbollah
military capabilities and Lebanese infrastructure, yet Israel
failed to achieve any of its primary objectives. The kidnapped
soldiers were not released and Israel's deterrence posture was
weakened due to regional perceptions of Israeli defeat. Hezbollah
survived to fight another day, and their rocket attacks on northern
Israel were never suppressed. The United Nations (UN) peacekeeping
force has proved ineffective at disarming Hezbollah's fighters.
During the fight, Israeli ground forces were bogged down by a well
prepared enemy and, while their air strikes caused great damage in
Lebanon, they failed to coerce the population to stop supporting
Hezbollah. Hezbollah was able to use the damage to evoke widespread
condemnation of Israel by successfully manipulating the media.
THIS IS A FICTION NOVEL OF SUSPENSE & SURVIVAL Set in beautiful
sunny Southern California, Ben Harrington and his pregnant wife,
Sara, live in San Mirado. Ben is head of Whitewater Nuclear Power
Plant. What could NEVER happen.....does happen. Ben and Sara, the
plant workers, the people living in San Mirado and those in
adjacent cities all have to make decisions as to what to do, where
to go. Their choices have have both good and bad consequences - and
some last forever. This fictional story brings home the reality of
what would or could happen.. History has shown us time after time
that......what can go wrong....will go wrong. What would YOU do?
Your answers may be different after reading this novel.
This study provides a narrative of the United States Army's
airborne development that began in the waning years of World War I.
Largely uninspired to fully explore this capability during the
interwar years, America entered World War II with a fledgling
airborne force, incapable of significant contributions on the
battlefield. The study picks up the journey at this point,
examining the development through the lenses of three airborne case
studies, the German invasion of Crete (Operation Merkur), the
Allied assault on Sicily (Operation Husky), and the Anglo-American
crossing of the Rhine (Operation Varsity). In light of the lessons
learned during these three cases, the author offers the airborne
development as a 'learning curve.' He examines this progression
using specific knowledge attained during each operation, while
providing the reader a rich historical narrative of the events. The
study uses the airborne story as a vehicle for the examination of
innovation's crucial role during wartime. The concluding chapter
offers the reader the consensus operational and strategic lessons
of the American Airborne development. It also attempts to ascertain
the fundamental nature of airborne operations. This is a drama
based upon irony, for the Americans effectively seized the German's
primacy in airborne operations, in large part due to the effects of
Germany's penultimate display of airborne capabilities at Crete.
THE GATES OF GORMYRE Mason and Bianca Winslow appear to be a
typical happily married couple, complete with a nine year old son,
Caleb...until the evening of a local Halloween Festival. During the
festival, Mason and Bianca begin having flashbacks-of lives in a
parallel dimension, before Caleb was born. Mason is the son of a
pirate captain, and Bianca is a gypsy. In this dimension pirates
and gypsies are mortal enemies; thus their love is a forbidden one.
A magic show is the grand finale of the Halloween Festival, and
Caleb is chosen from the audience to vanish into thin air, which he
does, magically transported to his parents' native realm. This is a
summons for Mason and Bianca to return as well, to settle an old
score. Memory by memory they make their way back, determined to
find Caleb and bring him home. What they find, when they first
arrive, is a waiting crew of pirates, captained by Mason's father,
Algeron, fuming and demanding they "Surrender The Black Spire."
This is Caleb's ransom, yet to them it is a mystery, a clever and
deadly riddle they must somehow solve to save their son. Seized at
once and held captive on the pirates' ship, Mason and Bianca are
forced into their true personas, which in turn unlocks the past in
both their minds. "Surrender The Black Spire" as the pirate
captain, Algeron first demanded? Not a chance now, not in either of
their minds. Further, although it is mysterious, it is not a riddle
at all, just a plainly stated demand. The Black Spire is a
magnificent castle once ruled by King Gormyre, but the age of kings
is long past in that realm, and the castle lay deserted and
forgotten for a very long time. The pirates found the castle and
occupied it for hundreds of years; The Black Spire is what they
call it. As young lovers, Mason and Bianca heisted the castle
through gypsy magic and then hid it through similar means. This is
the old score the pirates mean to settle - they want their castle
and all its stores of treasure back. Escaping the pirates and
recovering Caleb is a dangerous adventure, full of intrigue and
suspense. Drawn to rejoin the gypsies in that process, Mason and
Bianca lay all secrets bare, and then lead off in a quest to recoup
The Black Spire themselves-for the entire gypsy clan. Both the
pirates and the gypsies are evenly matched in what becomes a race
across that realm to lay claim on The Black Spire, and it's
anyone's guess who will triumph in the final showdown.
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