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To Hunt Men (Hardcover)
Gary Smith; Photographs by Gary Smith
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The Willing (Hardcover)
Gary Smith
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* Offers strategies for individuals and relationships of diverse
ethno-racial cultural backgrounds. * Provides innovative tools
which consider the impacts of acculturation, minority status,
intersectionality and minority stress on sexual health and
dysfunction. * Helps clinicians to broaden their awareness and
build their professional capacity. * Chapters include key terms,
critical questions for the reader, case studies, and suggested
further reading. * It is the very first of its kind and will be a
significant contribution to sex therapy, marriage and family
therapy, and couples counselling.
For introductory courses in physical geology. Encouraging students
to observe, discover, and visualize, How Does Earth Work? Second
Edition engages students with an inquiry-based learning method that
develops a solid interpretation of introductory geology. Like
geology detectives, students learn to think through the scientific
process and uncover evidence that explains earth's mysteries.
* Offers strategies for individuals and relationships of diverse
ethno-racial cultural backgrounds. * Provides innovative tools
which consider the impacts of acculturation, minority status,
intersectionality and minority stress on sexual health and
dysfunction. * Helps clinicians to broaden their awareness and
build their professional capacity. * Chapters include key terms,
critical questions for the reader, case studies, and suggested
further reading. * It is the very first of its kind and will be a
significant contribution to sex therapy, marriage and family
therapy, and couples counselling.
Developed specifically for the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence,
Text for Scotland is written by a dedicated team of authors who
have extensive experience of teaching in Scotland. Text for
Scotland is a complete, unit-based resource for S1 and S2 that
builds essential language skills, with a focus throughout on
Assessment is for Learning strategies. Text for Scotland is closely
matched to the epxeriences and outcomes of the Scottish Curriculum
for Excellence 2008 so you don't need to spend time adapting
resources. * clear outcomes and experiences stated at the start of
each unit to show students what they will be learning. * up-to-date
examples to help students identify with the material and engage
them in the classroom. * activities which focus on acquiring key
language skills. * self- and peer-evaluation activities, which
embed Assessment is for Learning practice. * a clear and colourful
design so your students engage with the material.
There is no doubt science is currently suffering from a credibility
crisis. This thought-provoking book argues that, ironically,
science's credibility is being undermined by tools created by
scientists themselves. Scientific disinformation and damaging
conspiracy theories are rife because of the internet that science
created, the scientific demand for empirical evidence and
statistical significance leads to data torturing and confirmation
bias, and data mining is fuelled by the technological advances in
Big Data and the development of ever-increasingly powerful
computers. Using a wide range of entertaining examples, this
fascinating book examines the impacts of society's growing distrust
of science, and ultimately provides constructive suggestions for
restoring the credibility of the scientific community.
A book that will take you through the best Scottish winter journeys
from the comfort of your favourite chair. There'll be detailed
descriptions, accompanied by some fine photographs, of all the
well-known winter classics such as the traverse of An Teallach,
Ledge Route on the Ben Nevis, the Aonach Eagach Ridge and the Black
Spout on Lochnagar. Some of the not so well-known schizzles
included are Morrisons Gully on Beinn Eighe, Academy Ridge on Sgorr
Ruadh, Summit Gully on Stob Coire nam Beith and the magnificent
Deep South Gully on Beinn Alligin.
In the frenzied final years of the Weimar Republic, amid
economic collapse and mounting political catastrophe, Walter
Benjamin emerged as the most original practicing literary critic
and public intellectual in the German-speaking world. Volume 2 of
the "Selected Writings" is now available in paperback in two
parts.
In Part 1, Benjamin is represented by two of his greatest
literary essays, "Surrealism" and "On the Image of Proust," as well
as by a long article on Goethe and a generous selection of his
wide-ranging commentary for Weimar Germany's newspapers.
Part 2 contains, in addition to the important longer essays,
"Franz Kafka," "Karl Kraus," and "The Author as Producer," the
extended autobiographical meditation "A Berlin Chronicle," and
extended discussions of the history of photography and the social
situation of the French writer, previously untranslated shorter
pieces on such subjects as language and memory, theological
criticism and literary history, astrology and the newspaper, and on
such influential figures as Paul Valery, Stefan George, Hitler, and
Mickey Mouse.
In the frenzied final years of the Weimar Republic, amid
economic collapse and mounting political catastrophe, Walter
Benjamin emerged as the most original practicing literary critic
and public intellectual in the German-speaking world. Volume 2 of
the "Selected Writings" is now available in paperback in two
parts.
In Part 1, Benjamin is represented by two of his greatest
literary essays, "Surrealism" and "On the Image of Proust," as well
as by a long article on Goethe and a generous selection of his
wide-ranging commentary for Weimar Germany's newspapers.
Part 2 contains, in addition to the important longer essays,
"Franz Kafka," "Karl Kraus," and "The Author as Producer," the
extended autobiographical meditation "A Berlin Chronicle," and
extended discussions of the history of photography and the social
situation of the French writer, previously untranslated shorter
pieces on such subjects as language and memory, theological
criticism and literary history, astrology and the newspaper, and on
such influential figures as Paul Valery, Stefan George, Hitler, and
Mickey Mouse.
G.B. Smith’s book, PATHWAYS takes the viewer through a journey of
each image, using light to illuminate patterns and distilling the
subject down to its uncluttered form. This innovative approach
transcends a wide range of subjects and genres and reflects his
traditional photographic heritage of plate cameras and exclusively
black-and-white imagery. The joy of his imagery is in fact deeply
embedded in his ability to present the canvas in its essential
form. His images bring solace to our psyche constantly overwhelmed
by the overstimulation of color, and they encourage us to
appreciate the essence of the subject in a new and releasing way.
Out of less comes more in this gorgeously produced volume. PATHWAYS
is also a metaphor for the photographer’s personal artistic
journey that began almost fifty years ago as a teenager and has
taken a somewhat circuitous route, coming back full circle to
embrace his original photographic passions. The book features
selected works from several of G.B. Smith’s current collections,
including many of his more recent award-winning images. All of the
author’s proceeds are being donated to The Breast Cancer Alliance
charity.
Core Cases in Critical Care describes the clinical management of
some of the most common problems seen in the critically ill
patient. Twenty detailed, illustrative case histories are presented
and for each, descriptions of the problem, its underlying
pathophysiology and the key principles of principles of patient
management are given. Each 'case' is written by experts in the
field, and all contributors are practising anaesthetists and
critical care specialists of many years' experience. Core Case in
Critical Care is essential reading for all trainees in critical
care, and will also prove a valuable addition to the libraries of
other groups such as critical care nurses, surgical trainees and
practising critical care physicians and anaesthetists, both as a
useful summary of key topics in critical care in an easily-digested
format, and as a stimulus for discussion and analysis of current
practice.
Walter Benjamin (1896-1940) has been called by Hannah Arendt the
greatest critic of the century. While an increasing number of
Anglo-American literary critics draw upon Benjamin's writings in
their own works, their colleagues in the philosophical community
remain relatively unacquainted with his legacy. In the European
intellectual world, by contrast, Benjamin's critical
epistemological program, his philosophies of history and language,
and his aesthetics have long since become part of philosophical
discourse. The present collection of articles, many of which were
contained in earlier versions in the Winter 1983 special issue of
the journal The Philosophical Forum, initiates the project of
establishing Benjamin's importance to philosophy.
A balance of original work by Benjamin and important commentary on
his works, this volume includes the crucial chapter from Benjamin's
magnum opus The Arcades Project, his Program of the Coming
Philosophy, and Central Park, as well as essays by leading scholars
(including Theodor W. Adorno, Leo Lowenthal, and Rolf Tiedemann)
that treat single philosophical themes and relate his ideas to
those of other thinkers such as Gadamer, Goodmann, and Rosenzweig.
Gary Smith's introduction to the volume provides an extremely
useful and sophisticated entree for readers unaccustomed to the
breadth of Benjamin's philosophical allusions, as well as an
informative summation of the contents of the volume. This book will
be of interest to philosophers, literary theorists, art historians,
anthropologists, and other social scientists.
Data science has never had more influence on the world. Large
companies are now seeing the benefit of employing data scientists
to interpret the vast amounts of data that now exists. However, the
field is so new and is evolving so rapidly that the analysis
produced can be haphazard at best. The 9 Pitfalls of Data Science
shows us real-world examples of what can go wrong. Written to be an
entertaining read, this invaluable guide investigates the all too
common mistakes of data scientists - who can be plagued by lazy
thinking, whims, hunches, and prejudices - and indicates how they
have been at the root of many disasters, including the Great
Recession. Gary Smith and Jay Cordes emphasise how scientific rigor
and critical thinking skills are indispensable in this age of Big
Data, as machines often find meaningless patterns that can lead to
dangerous false conclusions. The 9 Pitfalls of Data Science is
loaded with entertaining tales of both successful and misguided
approaches to interpreting data, both grand successes and epic
failures. These cautionary tales will not only help data scientists
be more effective, but also help the public distinguish between
good and bad data science.
"If you are interested in Coaching the System, you must be either
desperate or crazy " At least that's what people told authors Gary
Smith and Doug Porter when they began investigating this
revolutionary style of play almost a decade ago. Ignoring the
critics, they went on to coach the two highest scoring teams in
men's and women's college basketball history: the University of
Redlands, California (132.4 ppg), and Olivet Nazarene University in
Illinois (104.1 ppg). From its origins as the Sonny Allen Numbered
Fast Break, to Paul Westhead's Loyola Marymount up-tempo game, the
System has been around for decades. But when Grinnell College's
David Arseneault added platoon substitution patterns and
hockey-style short shifts, placing a priority on creating
three-point looks for his "preferred shooters," the System truly
came into its own. Smith and Porter learned the Grinnell version of
the System from Arseneault himself, adapting it to fit their
situations coaching men's and women's programs. In the past decade
their teams set 32 NCAA and NAIA records between them, including
most 100-point games in a season (Redlands-23; Olivet-24). Olivet
also holds national records for defensive turnovers (36.3 per game)
assists (23.8 per game), and three pointers made in a season (509,
15.6 per game). Redlands owns college basketball records (all
levels) for field goal attempts (110.3 per game), and
three-pointers made (23.8 per game). Now you can learn every detail
of this devastating full court run-and-press attack that allows you
to dictate tempo and force your opponents out of their normal game
plan, capturing the imagination of your players and community, and
making coaching fun again You'll learn exactly how and why the
System works, how to adapt it to fit your personnel, suggestions
for conditioning players, organizing System practices, and even
ways to respond to the inevitable criticisms that come with playing
the game this far "outside the box." Other chapters offer complete
descriptions of the Redlands Attack (Coach Smith's variation of the
Grinnell offense), the LMU Attack (which Westhead popularized and
used to advance to the NCAA regional finals in 1990), and the
Olivet Attack (Coach Porter's hybrid version of the LMU and
Dribble-Drive offenses). Finally, you'll learn System defensive
principles, terminology, and how to cover every conceivable press
attack and press-breaker alignment. Also included are 57 drills and
over 300 diagrams to illustrate System offense and defense,
providing you with a complete blueprint for "Coaching the System "
Pattern-recognition prowess served our ancestors well, but today we
are confronted by a deluge of data that is far more abstract,
complicated, and difficult to interpret. The number of possible
patterns that can be identified relative to the number that are
genuinely useful has grown exponentially - which means that the
chances that a discovered pattern is useful is rapidly approaching
zero. Patterns in data are often used as evidence, but how can you
tell if that evidence is worth believing? We are hard-wired to
notice patterns and to think that the patterns we notice are
meaningful. Streaks, clusters, and correlations are the norm, not
the exception. Our challenge is to overcome our inherited
inclination to think that all patterns are significant, as in this
age of Big Data patterns are inevitable and usually coincidental.
Through countless examples, The Phantom Pattern Problem is an
engaging read that helps us avoid being duped by data, tricked into
worthless investing strategies, or scared out of getting
vaccinations.
Essential Statistics, Regression, and Econometrics, Second Edition,
is innovative in its focus on preparing students for
regression/econometrics, and in its extended emphasis on
statistical reasoning, real data, pitfalls in data analysis, and
modeling issues. This book is uncommonly approachable and easy to
use, with extensive word problems that emphasize intuition and
understanding. Too many students mistakenly believe that statistics
courses are too abstract, mathematical, and tedious to be useful or
interesting. To demonstrate the power, elegance, and even beauty of
statistical reasoning, this book provides hundreds of new and
updated interesting and relevant examples, and discusses not only
the uses but also the abuses of statistics. The examples are drawn
from many areas to show that statistical reasoning is not an
irrelevant abstraction, but an important part of everyday life.
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