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After years of relative neglect, the reconstruction of post-war
Germany has recently become a major research focus for historians.
The contributors to this volume were among the first to evaluate
the archives relevant to their topic and are hence able to present
many fresh insights into Allied occupation policy in the late
1940s, revealing the painful adjustment which German industry,
institutions and citizens had to make in the post-1945 world.
Imagine for a moment that legend and fact are two living and
breathing entities. In legends, Atlantis was destroyed by a great
flood due to greed. For a civilization to be gluttonous, they have
to be imperialistic. A great war would have taken place to destroy
such a powerful civilization. In fact, mankind has learned of
civilizations older than the Egyptians and Sumerians. Within the
last five decades, archeologists have learned about the Gobekli
Tepe in Turkey, and the City of Lord Krishna submerged under the
Gulf of Cambay. Both cities can date back twelve thousand years
ago. Right after the Ice Age, the world looked different. The
oceans and seas started to rise four hundred feet due to climate
change. After the glaciers started to melt, Mankind was ready to
strive to the next level of its existence. Societies and cultures
started to expand. If a person fuses fact and legend together, the
result would be the civilization of the Atlantian Empire.
Twelve thousand years ago, heroes and antagonists were made.
Civilizations were starting to flourish. Within their social
structures there was love, honor, and friendship. On the other side
of the spectrum, there was also greed, fear, and power. Within the
last one hundred years, archeologists and paleontologists unearthed
a new world. After the Ice age, archeologists discovered
civilizations with architectural buildings and commerce.
Paleontologists have proof of animals which were not like we are
accustomed to today. They have uncovered giant sloths, mammoths,
giant rhinos, and giant elk, all living amongst the civilizations
before written history. So far, Atlantis is a legend. In those
legends there had to be a leader and hero that brought Atlantis
together. The story of Atlandreous unfolds as Duncan, a present day
archeologist, visions the beginning of the Atlantean Empire.
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Tattoo (Hardcover)
Rebecca D. Turner
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Tattoo is about how customer zealots are inspired. The book makes a
compelling business case for companies of all sizes to create
customer advocates (customers who go out and bring business to
you).
Using examples and interviews from Harley Davidson, Ritz Carlton,
Starbucks, as well as several small businesses, Tattoo shows that
fans are born from customer-focused, consistent actions by
companies.
It offers a blueprint for businesses to follow and shows that
"customer advocacy" does not have to be expensive or complicated to
be effective.
The book gets its title from the surprising behavior of Harley
Davidson motorcycle fans that tattoo their bodies with the Harley
logo. Step-by-step, Tattoo explores how the company inspires its
customers and employees with passion to create an experience that
is so remarkable that they feel compelled to tell a story about
their passion for the product.
Tattoo makes the point that feeling special is a human
experience--one that companies create. From the small business dry
cleaners that sew a button on your clothes to the Ritz Carlton
"experience," this book provides a wealth of examples and
inspiration for the business owner or executive charged with
growing the company.
Why do stock and housing markets sometimes experience amazing booms
followed by massive busts and why is this happening more and more
frequently? In order to answer these questions, William Quinn and
John D. Turner take us on a riveting ride through the history of
financial bubbles, visiting, among other places, Paris and London
in 1720, Latin America in the 1820s, Melbourne in the 1880s, New
York in the 1920s, Tokyo in the 1980s, Silicon Valley in the 1990s
and Shanghai in the 2000s. As they do so, they help us understand
why bubbles happen, and why some have catastrophic economic, social
and political consequences whilst others have actually benefited
society. They reveal that bubbles start when investors and
speculators react to new technology or political initiatives,
showing that our ability to predict future bubbles will ultimately
come down to being able to predict these sparks.
This book traces the fascinating history of how and why ancient
Mesoamerican objects have been collected. It begins with the
pre-Hispanic antiquities that first entered European collections in
the sixteenth century as gifts or seizures, continues through the
rise of systematic collecting in Europe and the Americas during the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and ends in 1940—the start of
Europe’s art market collapse at the outbreak of World War II and
the coinciding genesis of the large-scale art market for
pre-Hispanic antiquities in the United States. Drawing upon
archival resources and international museum collections, the
contributors analyze the ways shifting patterns of collecting and
taste—including how pre-Hispanic objects changed from being
viewed as anthropological and scientific curiosities to collectible
artworks—have shaped modern academic disciplines as well as
public, private, institutional, and nationalistic attitudes toward
Mesoamerican art. As many nations across the world demand the
return of their cultural patrimony and ancestral heritage, it is
essential to examine the historical processes, events, and actors
that initially removed so many objects from their countries of
origin.
Can the lessons of the past help us to prevent another banking
collapse in the future? This is the first book to tell the story of
the rise and fall of British banking stability over the past two
centuries, shedding new light on why banking systems crash and on
the factors underpinning banking stability. John Turner shows that
there have only been two major banking crises in Britain during
this time - the crises of 1825 6 and 2007 8. Although there were
episodic bouts of instability in the interim, the banking system
was crisis free. Why was the British banking system stable for such
a long time? And, why did the British banking system implode in
2008? In answering these questions, the book explores the long-run
evolution of bank regulation, the role of the Bank of England, bank
rescues and the need to hold shareholders to account."
Why do stock and housing markets sometimes experience amazing booms
followed by massive busts and why is this happening more and more
frequently? In order to answer these questions, William Quinn and
John D. Turner take us on a riveting ride through the history of
financial bubbles, visiting, among other places, Paris and London
in 1720, Latin America in the 1820s, Melbourne in the 1880s, New
York in the 1920s, Tokyo in the 1980s, Silicon Valley in the 1990s
and Shanghai in the 2000s. As they do so, they help us understand
why bubbles happen, and why some have catastrophic economic, social
and political consequences whilst others have actually benefited
society. They reveal that bubbles start when investors and
speculators react to new technology or political initiatives,
showing that our ability to predict future bubbles will ultimately
come down to being able to predict these sparks.
An in-depth exploration of the history, authentication, and modern
relevance of Codice Maya de Mexico, the oldest surviving book of
the Americas. Ancient Maya scribes recorded prophecies and
astronomical observations on the pages of painted books. Although
most were lost to decay or destruction, three pre-Hispanic Maya
codices were known to have survived, when, in the 1960s, a fourth
book that differed from the others appeared in Mexico under
mysterious circumstances. After fifty years of debate over its
authenticity, recent investigations using cutting-edge scientific
and art historical analyses determined that Codice Maya de Mexico
(formerly known as Grolier Codex) is in fact the oldest surviving
book of the Americas, predating all others by at least two hundred
years. This volume provides a multifaceted introduction to the
creation, discovery, interpretation, and scientific authentication
of Codice Maya de Mexico. In addition, a full-color facsimile and a
page-by-page guide to the iconography make the codex accessible to
a wide audience. Additional topics include the uses and importance
of sacred books in Mesoamerica, the role of astronomy in ancient
Maya societies, and the codex's continued relevance to contemporary
Maya communities. This volume is published to accompany an
exhibition on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center
from October 18, 2022, to January 15, 2023.
The practice of paleontology has an aesthetic as well as an
epistemic dimension. Paleontology has distinctively aesthetic aims,
such as cultivating sense of place and developing a better
aesthetic appreciation of fossils. Scientific cognitivists in
environmental aesthetics argue that scientific knowledge deepens
and enhances our appreciation of nature. Drawing on that tradition,
this Element argues that knowledge of something's history makes a
difference to how we engage with it aesthetically. This means that
investigation of the deep past can contribute to aesthetic aims.
Aesthetic engagement with fossils and landscapes is also crucial to
explaining paleontology's epistemic successes.
Can the lessons of the past help us to prevent another banking
collapse in the future? This is the first book to tell the story of
the rise and fall of British banking stability over the past two
centuries, shedding new light on why banking systems crash and on
the factors underpinning banking stability. John Turner shows that
there have only been two major banking crises in Britain during
this time - the crises of 1825 6 and 2007 8. Although there were
episodic bouts of instability in the interim, the banking system
was crisis free. Why was the British banking system stable for such
a long time? And, why did the British banking system implode in
2008? In answering these questions, the book explores the long-run
evolution of bank regulation, the role of the Bank of England, bank
rescues and the need to hold shareholders to account."
One of the surprising things about the natural world is that
animals are dying around us all the time and yet we rarely see any
evidence of it. This is a testimony to the efficiency of the large
variety of organisms which decompose animal corpses. Whilst
bacteria and fungi are the main groups involved in decomposition
processes, the larger insects additionally provide an important
physical disruption of body tissues, which aids the penetration of
micro organisms and speeds the collapse of the body structure. A
human corpse is treated no differently and the same groups of
organisms are involved. From a forensic science viewpoint the
universality of the decay process provides two major advantages.
Information based on the decomposition of animals is of
considerable value when considering human cases and the
successional pattern of decay is broadly equivalent wherever the
process is being studied. Historically, the usefulness of insects
in solving crime can be traced back in the literature to the 13th
century. McKnight 1, 2] translated a Chinese text of this period
which contains an account of how a law officer dealt with a case of
murder in the rice fields. Death had been caused by a sickle and
the official ordered all the field workers to line up and lay their
sickles on the ground in front of them. Flies began to be attracted
to one of the sickles whereupon its owner confessed to the crime."
Although this is basically a translation of the second German
edition published in 1970, more recent experimental findings have,
in several instances, been incorporated into the text. Furthermore,
we have tried to explain some of the experiments, and their
possible interpretations, in a more precise way. I am very grateful
to Dr. David Turner; in addition to translating the text, he was
able, thanks to his experience in developmental biology, to suggest
a number of improvements in the course of our collaborative
discussions. Zurich, Spring 1974 ERNST HADORN Preface to the Second
German Edition The guiding principle of the first edition remains
in force. That is, the methods and results of developmental
research are intro duced wherever possible with the aid of
experiments on am phibians. However, the scope of the material has
been substantially ex panded in newly introduced chapters on the
migrations and affinities of somatic and germ cells as well as on
the action of genetic factors in early development. These are
fields of study which are at the center of today's research. In
addition, numerous new findings have been incorporated into the
text. The author hopes that this little book will continue to
facilitate understanding of exciting research problems, for the
interested layman as well as for the teacher and student of
biology.
Late Effects of Treatment for Brain Tumors reviews the
development of the medical team's awareness of late effects of
brain tumor treatment and an overview of brain tumor survivorship.
It reviews the late effects by topic and by organ systems,
educates, and provides guidelines for follow up and interventions
for patient survivorship. Advocacy for survivors and models for the
importance of coordinated late effects programs are also
discussed.
A history of the New Deal program intended to improve the living
conditions of America's underclass. In 1935, under the direction of
the Resettlement Administration, the United States government
embarked on a New Deal program to construct new suburban towns for
the working class. Teams of architects, engineers, and city
planners, along with thousands of workers, brought three such
communities to life: Greenbelt, Maryland; Greendale, Wisconsin; and
Greenhills, Ohio. President Franklin Roosevelt saw this as a way to
create jobs. Resettlement Administration head Rexford Tugwell
longed to improve the living conditions of the nation's underclass.
In Best-Laid Plans, Julie Turner identifies where the Greenbelt
Towns succeeded and where they failed. The program suffered under
the burden of too many competing goals: maximum job creation at
minimal cost, exquisite town planning that would provide modest
residences for low-income families, progressive innovation that
would serve to honor and reinforce traditional American values. Yet
the Greenbelt program succeeded in one respect-providing new homes
in well-planned communities that continue to welcome residents.
Town planning and suburbanization did not follow the blueprint of
the Greenbelt model and instead took a turn toward the suburban
sprawl we know today. The Greenbelt towns may represent an
unrealistic dream, but they show an imagined way of American life
that continues to appeal and hints at what might have been
possible.
A complete review of salivary gland infections for the oral and
maxillofacial surgeon. Topics in this issue include epidemiology,
microbiology, diagnostic imaging, diagnosis and management of
chronic and acute salivary gland infections, salivary gland
infections and HIV, viral salivary gland infections, pediatrics,
sialoendoscopy, extirpation, and an algorithm for diagnosis and
management of salivary gland infections.
Instrumentation (the choice and use of sensors and the processing of signals from them) is a subject of fundamental importance to engineering, science, and medicine. From the student undertaking a laboratory investigation to the operators of a nuclear power plant or medical equipment, accurate measurements are an essential pre-requisite to the understanding and control of all physical processes. This is a practical, concise, and up-to-date book covering data acquisition and analysis in an integrated fashion.
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