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Niall Horan’s third album The Show sees the singer/songwriter match the pure emotion of his globally beloved past work with a powerful new element of soul-searching reflection. Built on a lush and radiant form of alt-pop, the album draws much of its mesmerizing power from his use of harmonies – an element inspired by Crosby, Stills & Nash, Jackson Browne and other members of the ’60s/’70s music scene in Laurel Canyon. Niall enters a new era of his career, this a body of work born of his longtime mission of bringing solace and connection to his globe-spanning community of passionately devoted fans. Welcome to The Show.
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Zombie Night (DVD)
Daryl Hannah, Anthony Michael Hall, Rachel G. Fox, Meg Rutenberg, Shirley Jones, …
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John Gulager directs this made-for-TV horror movie starring Daryl
Hannah and Anthony Michael Hall. Patrick (Hall), his daughter
Tracie (Rachel G. Fox) and Tracie's friend Rachel (Meg Rutenberg)
are on their way home one night when their car hits something. When
they discover that the victim is a zombie and that other members of
the undead are approaching they are forced to flee for their lives.
The same problem is faced by Patrick's wife Birdie (Hannah), her
mother (Shirley Jones) and their neighbours, the Laddens. Will any
of them make it through the night?
Recent events have revealed that many healthcare workers are
subject to very high levels of occupational stress. This has become
particularly salient during the COVID-19 crisis. Recent research
indicates that, due to a variety of occupational stressors,
healthcare workers are at risk for a variety of mental and physical
ailments. Unfortunately, the literature on this topic is widely
dispersed among a number of fields, from psychology to medicine to
other professions. This book assembles the state-of-the-art
research from these various fields into one volume that will allow
clinicians, researchers, educators and administrators to understand
the extent of specific risks, their prevention, and treatment. It
draws attention to the emerging issue of stress-related illness in
healthcare and multiple individual topics within this domain. This
book is of interest to researchers and practitioners in clinical
psychology, organizational psychology, and occupational health.
Also, to the healthcare workers themselves that might be looking
for ideas about how to manage stress for themselves or their
coworkers. Finally, this book will be of interest to health
administrators seeking to reduce negative outcomes in their
employees.
Novelist and nature writer Richard Horan embarked on an
adventure across America to reveal that farming is still the
vibrant beating heart of our nation. Horan went from coast to
coast, visiting organic family farms and working the harvests of
more than a dozen essential or unusual food crops--from Kansas
wheat and Michigan wild rice to Maine potatoes, California walnuts,
and Cape Cod cranberries--in search of connections with the
farmers, the soil, the seasons, and the lifeblood of America.
Sparkling with lively prose and a winning blend of profound
seriousness and delightful humor, Harvest carries the reader on an
eyeopening and transformational journey across the length and
breadth of this remarkable land, offering a powerful national
portrait of challenge and diligence, and an inspiring message of
hope.
What do you stand for ? What is the foundation of your leadership
approach ? And what's really important to you ? Many leaders know
the answers to these questions, but few have expressed themselves
in writing on these important leadership underpinnings. The Keys to
Leading provides leaders the opportunity to take their thinking to
a deeper level. Organized around ten time-honored principles
essential to effective, ethical leadership, this journal introduces
these keys in a week-to-week format. By quoting respected exemplars
and posing important questions each day, leaders are asked to
express their thoughts on integrity, commitment, purpose and other
fundamental leadership principles. The exercise of writing one's
deepest thoughts can be clarifying, therapeutic and often
eye-opening. This book is about both what other great leaders have
said, and more importantly, it's about what you have to say ! How
you respond to this journal can be a transformative experience !
Nearly twenty-five years ago, John Milbank inaugurated Radical
Orthodoxy, one of the most significant and influential theological
movements of the last two decades. In Milbank's Theology and Social
Theory, he constructed a sweeping theological genealogy of the
origins of modernity and the emergence of the secular, counterposed
by a robust retrieval of traditional orthodoxy as the critical
philosophical and theological mode of being in the postmodern
world. That genealogy turns upon a critical point-the work of John
Duns Scotus as the starting point of modernity and progenitor of a
raft of philosophical and theological ills that have prevailed
since. Milbank's account has been disseminated proliferously
through Radical Orthodoxy and even beyond and is largely
uncontested in contemporary theology. The present volume conducts a
comprehensive examination and critical analysis of Radical
Orthodoxy's use and interpretation of John Duns Scotus. Daniel P.
Horan, O.F.M. offers a substantial challenge to the narrative of
Radical Orthodoxy's idiosyncratic take on Scotus and his role in
ushering in the philosophical age of the modern.
What do you stand for? What is the foundation of your leadership
approach? And what's really important to you? Many leaders know the
answers to these questions at an intellectual level, but
interestingly, they don't talk about them very often, and most have
never expressed themselves in writing on these important leadership
underpinnings. The Leaders Journal provides leaders the opportunity
to take their thinking to a deeper level. Organized around twelve
time-honored principles essential to effective, ethical leadership,
this book introduces these keys in a week-to-week format. By
quoting respected exemplars and posing important questions each
day, you are asked to express your thoughts on integrity,
commitment, purpose and other fundamental leadership principles.
The exercise of writing your deepest thoughts can be clarifying,
therapeutic and often eye-opening. Writing can help you think
through ideas or problems where answers may not be readily
apparent. The more diligent you are in journaling, the more you'll
learn about yourself and about your capacity to lead others. In
this sense, this book is interactive and engaging. It's about both
what other great leaders have said, and more importantly, it's
about what you have to say Just be aware that what you record in
this journal may be transformative
'Access to safe water is a fundamental human need and therefore a
basic human right' "Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary General"
Edited by two world-renowned scientists in the field, The Handbook
of Water and Wastewater Microbiology provides a definitive and
comprehensive coverage of water and wastewater microbiology. With
contributions from experts from around the world, this book gives a
global perspective on the important issues faced in the provision
of safe drinking water, the problems of dealing with aquatic
pollution and the processes involved in wastewater management.
Starting with an introductory chapter of basic microbiological
principles, The Handbook of Water and Wastewater Microbiology
develops these principles further, ensuring that this is the
essential text for process engineers with little microbiological
experience and specialist microbiologists alike.
Comprehensive selection of reviews dealing with drinking water and
aquatic pollution
Provides an understading of basic microbiology and how it is
applied to engineering process solutions
Suitable for all levels of knowledge in microbiology -from those
with no background to specialists who require the depth of
information
Telemetering systems and applications have moved far beyond the space flight telemetry most people have heard of to cutting-edge uses across a broad range of disciplines, including industry, medicine, and meteorology. To fully understand and participate in the acquisition of data this technology makes possible, scientists in these fields along with engineers new to telemetering require some background in the concepts, hardware, and software that makes the technology so valuable.
Introduction to PCM Telemetering Systems, Second Edition summarizes the techniques and terminology used in sending data and control information between users and the instruments that collect and process the data. It gives an overall systems introduction to the relevant topics in three primary areas: system interfaces; data transport, timing, and synchronization; and data transmission techniques. The topics addressed include sensor characteristics, user interface design, data filtering, data framing, statistical analysis, telemetry standards, time code standards, modulation techniques, and radio propagation. To reinforce understanding, each chapter includes exercises.
Rather than focusing on design specifics, which can change so rapidly with evolving technologies, the author centers his discussions on concepts and standards. This edition incorporates the latest standards, LabVIEW-based examples of telemetry and command processing, and simulations using multiSim and Commsim.
U.S.S. Seawolf: Submarine Raider of the Pacific is the famous
first-hand account of the legendary U.S. Navy submarine Seawolf
a.k.a. the Wolf which patrolled the Pacific during the conflict
with Japan in World War 2. Shoving off the day of Pearl Harbor,
Chief Radioman J. (Joseph) M. (Melvin) Eckberg gives the reader a
tense and detailed account of his initial 24-month stint aboard the
Seawolf and beyond.
With expert evidence used more and more often in criminal jury
cases, evaluation of its admissibility and presentation is being
increasingly thrust into the spotlight. However, jury room secrecy
has long prevented a rigorous analysis of its complexities. Expert
Evidence and Criminal Jury Trials draws on an unprecedented study
carried out in Commonwealth jurisdictions which have recently
granted access to jurors, offering a unique exploration of the
presentation and comprehension of expert evidence in criminal jury
trials and a critical perspective on parallel UK processes. The
authors combine empirical research conducted in the courtroom with
expert academic analysis, examining, analysing, and comparing the
views of not only real jurors, but also courtroom lawyers, judges,
and experts across over 50 trials to gauge how complex and
sometimes conflicting expert evidence is perceived and understood
by all parties. Examples of modern technologies used in expert
evidence, including DNA analysis and facial and body-mapping, are
considered, and discussion of the challenges they pose covers not
only issues of procedure and approach, but also perceptual issues
and those of cognitive evaluation. This innovative study aims to
facilitate a broader understanding of the use of expert evidence,
what problems exist with it, and how such problems influence the
communication of information to jurors. While the survey that
informs the book relates to criminal trials in three Australian
jurisdictions, the legal and psychological issues explored
transcend national boundaries, allowing this book to fill a gap in
the market for a practical discussion of expert evidence and its
use that will be relevant to practitioners in any jurisdiction
which utilises an adversarial trial system or juries in criminal
trials.
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