Community leadership development programs are designed to increase the capacity of citizens for civic engagement. These programs fill gaps in what people know about governance and the processes of governance, especially at the local level. The work of many in this field is a response to the recognition that in smaller, rural communities, disadvantaged neighborhoods, or disaster areas, the skills and aptitudes needed for citizens to be successful leaders are often missing or underdeveloped. Community Effects of Leadership Development Education presents the results of a five-year study tracking community-level effects of community leadership development programs drawn from research conducted in Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, South Carolina, Ohio, and West Virginia. As the first book of its kind to seek answers to the question of whether or not the millions of dollars invested each year in community leadership development programs are valuable in the real world, this book challenges researchers, community organizers, and citizens to identify improved ways of demonstrating the link from program to implementation, as well as the way in which programs are conceived and designed. This text also explores how leadership development programs relate to civic engagement, power and empowerment, and community change, and it demonstrates that community leadership development programs really do produce community change. At the same time, the findings of this study strongly support a relational view of community leadership, as opposed to other traditional leadership models used for program design. To complement their findings, the authors have developed CENCE, a new model for community leadership development programs, which links leadership development efforts to community development by understanding how Civic Engagement, Networks, Commitment, and Empowerment work together to produce community viability.

When Jonathan visits his eccentric grandfather for the first time in years, the teen is haunted by nightmares and a foreboding feeling. His curiosity leads him into the attic, where he discovers an unopened trunk-and his grandfather suddenly appears with a key. As the lock clicks and the trunk opens to reveal a cross and parchment, Jonathan has no idea that he is about to discover his destiny.

Jonathan's grandfather orders him to never touch the cross or the paper to his skin and hide them away, but Jonathan soon learns that he has been chosen by the Bwoaillee who will help and protect him. After Jonathan returns home, more confused than ever, his grandfather passes away. With the goal of finishing high school and becoming a man of God, Jonathan thinks he finally has his life on track. But his innocence is dramatically undone when he is summoned by the God of the Dead himself-Samhain, who wants to retrieve the special artifact in Jonathan's possession.

As a lightening strike propels Jonathan back in time to meet the magical Druid King, he must attempt to return to his real time without succumbing to the temptations of a beautiful goddess. But he is about to discover that only the Druid Moon holds the answers.

Adaptive techniques play a key role in modern wireless communication systems. The concept of adaptation is emphasized in the "Adaptation in Wireless Communications Series" through a unified framework across all layers of the wireless protocol stack ranging from the physical layer to the application layer, and from cellular systems to next-generation wireless networks. This specific volume, Adaptive Signal Processing in Wireless Communications is devoted to adaptation in the physical layer. It gives an in-depth survey of adaptive signal processing techniques used in current and future generations of wireless communication systems. Featuring the work of leading international experts, it covers adaptive channel modeling, identification and equalization, adaptive modulation and coding, adaptive multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) systems, and cooperative diversity. It also addresses other important aspects of adaptation in wireless communications such as hardware implementation, reconfigurable processing, and cognitive radio.

A second volume in the series, "Adaptation and Cross-layer Design in Wireless Networks(cat no.46039) "is devoted to adaptation in the data link, network, and application layers.

The 2 nd Edition of Analog Integrated Circuit Design focuses on more coverage about several types of circuits that have increased in importance in the past decade. Furthermore, the text is enhanced with material on CMOS IC device modeling, updated processing layout and expanded coverage to reflect technical innovations. CMOS devices and circuits have more influence in this edition as well as a reduced amount of text on BiCMOS and bipolar information. New chapters include topics on frequency response of analog ICs and basic theory of feedback amplifiers.

This is a book of Cork and surroundings - a mix of home-brewed philosophy and local landmarks, written by everyone and all. KLODETTA'S CHRONICLES is a mix of home-brewed philosophy and fleeting euphorias, expat experiences and local landmarks, short-distance trains and long-distance buses, teas and travels, and many other things.

Community leadership development programs are designed to increase the capacity of citizens for civic engagement. These programs fill gaps in what people know about governance and the processes of governance, especially at the local level. The work of many in this field is a response to the recognition that in smaller, rural communities, disadvantaged neighborhoods, or disaster areas, the skills and aptitudes needed for citizens to be successful leaders are often missing or underdeveloped. Community Effects of Leadership Development Education presents the results of a five-year study tracking community-level effects of community leadership development programs drawn from research conducted in Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, South Carolina, Ohio, and West Virginia. As the first book of its kind to seek answers to the question of whether or not the millions of dollars invested each year in community leadership development programs are valuable in the real world, this book challenges researchers, community organizers, and citizens to identify improved ways of demonstrating the link from program to implementation, as well as the way in which programs are conceived and designed. This text also explores how leadership development programs relate to civic engagement, power and empowerment, and community change, and it demonstrates that community leadership development programs really do produce community change. At the same time, the findings of this study strongly support a relational view of community leadership, as opposed to other traditional leadership models used for program design. To complement their findings, the authors have developed CENCE, a new model for community leadership development programs, which links leadership development efforts to community development by understanding how Civic Engagement, Networks, Commitment, and Empowerment work together to produce community viability.

"Tremendously capable and intimately revealing of a generation and a class." - "Daily Telegraph"
"Mr. Martin writes with enjoyment and eclectic good taste." - "Times Literary Supplement"
"One of the ten novels of the year." - "Yorkshire Post"
"Anyone who feels as if there were a curtain between him and the younger generation should read this novel." - "New Statesman"
"Keen observation and adroit writing." - "Punch"
Perkin Young and his brother Simon are typical of their generation, the first to come of age in England after the Second World War. They live in Chelsea on their father's money while they halfheartedly pursue literary and artistic success. Consumed with boredom and oppressed by a sense of the pointlessness of modern life, they spend their time at parties, in meaningless sexual encounters, or with their friends, who share their ennui. Perkin is in love with Meg, a young widow who lives with a famous novelist; Simon is after Anne, a girl so naive she doesn't realize the store she works in peddles pornography; their friend Jonathan is dating the cynical George, who runs a gay nightclub and brothels. As they move aimlessly through their lives, each waits for something to happen. But when something terrible does finally happen to Perkin and Simon, it threatens to shatter the fragile illusions of the world they have created for themselves....
Kenneth Martin's first book, "Aubade" (1957), written at age 16, was a surprise bestseller, and its story of love between two youths has gone on to become a gay classic. This first-ever reprint of "Waiting for the Sky to Fall" (1959), written at age 18, includes a new introduction by Martin, who discusses publishing the book as a teenager, his disappointment at the mixed reviews it received, and the experience of revisiting the novel for its republication 55 years later.

When Jonathan visits his eccentric grandfather for the first time in years, the teen is haunted by nightmares and a foreboding feeling. His curiosity leads him into the attic, where he discovers an unopened trunk-and his grandfather suddenly appears with a key. As the lock clicks and the trunk opens to reveal a cross and parchment, Jonathan has no idea that he is about to discover his destiny.

Jonathan's grandfather orders him to never touch the cross or the paper to his skin and hide them away, but Jonathan soon learns that he has been chosen by the Bwoaillee who will help and protect him. After Jonathan returns home, more confused than ever, his grandfather passes away. With the goal of finishing high school and becoming a man of God, Jonathan thinks he finally has his life on track. But his innocence is dramatically undone when he is summoned by the God of the Dead himself-Samhain, who wants to retrieve the special artifact in Jonathan's possession.

As a lightening strike propels Jonathan back in time to meet the magical Druid King, he must attempt to return to his real time without succumbing to the temptations of a beautiful goddess. But he is about to discover that only the Druid Moon holds the answers.

"Not many books by anyone so young are worth publishing, but this one was." - John Betjeman
"A very good first novel written with fine economy, intelligent and extremely moving." - Angus Wilson
"Resolves the mixed and complex emotions of adolescence into the timeless purity of art. Most books about such years come from the pressure of emotional maturity: Kenneth Martin writes from the very heart of them." - Elizabeth Bowen
Paul Anderson has just finished school and is spending his last summer at home before he starts university in the autumn. He can hardly wait to escape his ineffectual father and domineering mother, and a long summer spent with nothing to do but work in old Mr. Swallow's store, which never seems to have any customers, is beginning to look dull and interminable. But one day Gary, a young medical student, enters the store, and Paul's life changes forever. He has been brought up to believe that it's wrong, but he can't help it: he's falling in love with Gary. And all of a sudden, the summer becomes a time Paul will never forget. . . .
Written when Kenneth Martin was only sixteen, "Aubade" (1957) remains a moving and honest portrayal of a young man's first love. Long recognized as a classic of gay fiction, "Aubade" returns to print in this new edition, which includes an introduction by the author discussing the experience of writing and publishing "Aubade" as a teenager and the reactions to its initial publication. Martin's second novel, "Waiting for the Sky to Fall" (1959), is also available from Valancourt Books.