This book claims a political value for olfactory artworks by situating them squarely in the contemporary moment of various forms of political resistance. Each chapter presents the current research and art practices of an international group of artists and writers from the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, Thailand, Sweden, and the Netherlands. The book brings together new thinking on the potential for olfactory art to critique and produce modes of engagement that challenge the still-powerful hegemonic realities of the twenty-first century, particularly the dominance of vision as opposed to other sensory modalities. The book will be of interest to scholars working in contemporary art, art history, visual culture, olfactory studies, performance studies, and politics of activism.

New product development is not just about creating successful new products. It is about creating new products that will help companies succeed in the global economy. It is also about eliminating products that no longer contribute to the success of the firm. This book presents a blend of cases, original survey research, and theory, to show the principles used by successful firms in developing new products and pruning those that hold the company back.

Over the past 50 years the US economy has experienced economic dynamism and technological change at a dizzying pace, driven substantially by innovation in digital communication technology. This dynamism has had limited effects in the electricity industry, and institutional change within the industry to adapt to these changes has been variable. Many states in the U.S. do not participate in open wholesale markets, and even more states have either no retail markets or have implemented such a restricted and politicized version of retail markets that potential retail market entrants still face substantial entry barriers. This book explores institutional design and regulatory policies in the US electricity industry that can adapt to unknown and changing conditions produced by economic, social, and technological change. Whereas the dominant regulatory paradigm has traditionally been centralized economic and physical control based on natural monopoly theory and power systems engineering, the ideas presented and synthesized by Kiesling compose a different paradigm - decentralized economic and physical coordination through contracts, transactions, price signals, and integrated intertemporal wholesale and retail markets. Digital communication technology, and its increasing pervasiveness and affordability, make this decentralized coordination possible. Kiesling argues that with decentralized coordination, distributed agents themselves control part of the system, and in aggregate their actions produce order. Technology makes this order feasible, but the institutions, the rules governing the interaction of agents in the system, contribute substantially to whether or not order can emerge from this decentralized coordination process.

This book examines the question-how Japanese have been able to carry out technological change so quickly and so smoothly-in depth by comparing the introduction of a major new industrial process-use of the basic oxygen furnace (BOF)-in Japan and in the United States.

Over the past 50 years the US economy has experienced economic dynamism and technological change at a dizzying pace, driven substantially by innovation in digital communication technology. This dynamism has had limited effects in the electricity industry, and institutional change within the industry to adapt to these changes has been variable. Many states in the U.S. do not participate in open wholesale markets, and even more states have either no retail markets or have implemented such a restricted and politicized version of retail markets that potential retail market entrants still face substantial entry barriers. This book explores institutional design and regulatory policies in the US electricity industry that can adapt to unknown and changing conditions produced by economic, social, and technological change. Whereas the dominant regulatory paradigm has traditionally been centralized economic and physical control based on natural monopoly theory and power systems engineering, the ideas presented and synthesized by Kiesling compose a different paradigm - decentralized economic and physical coordination through contracts, transactions, price signals, and integrated intertemporal wholesale and retail markets. Digital communication technology, and its increasing pervasiveness and affordability, make this decentralized coordination possible. Kiesling argues that with decentralized coordination, distributed agents themselves control part of the system, and in aggregate their actions produce order. Technology makes this order feasible, but the institutions, the rules governing the interaction of agents in the system, contribute substantially to whether or not order can emerge from this decentralized coordination process.

The speed with which the Japanese have adopted new industrial technology has been a major factor in their economic success, raising the question of how they have been able to carry out technological change so quickly and so smoothly, often outstripping their U.S. competitors. How Japan Innovates examines this question in depth by comparing t

Deep beneath the city of Hyrum dwells an ancient artifact just waiting for someone to come and get their hands on it. Ponc, a smart-mouthed gnome assassin, Avven, a lady-loving, smooth-talking elven thief, Capax, a half-ogre destined to be forever alone, Dracor, a low-grade alcoholic human knight with questionable morals, and Shadow, a reclusive necromancer with no love for the outside world, are brought together and contracted to retrieve the artifact. Things progress well at first, as you would expect in the beginning of any quest; a side-mission here or there, a goat, a cross-dressing royal advisor--you know, the usual. Once they think they're about to complete their mission and return home with heavy pockets, everything goes wrong. Someone's dead, the bad guys are winning, and the gods are feeling spiteful about it all. Now our heroes are presented with a choice: they can either save the city that tried to kill them, or they can burn it. Which would you choose?

Are you the pursuer or do you let men pursue YOU? The answer is the difference between you becoming a side toy for a man to play with or a girlfriend with a title and eventually a woman who any man would be eager to call his wife. Many of us modern 21st century women have been taught that in order to get a guy we have to go out there and snag him, trick him, tag him and drag him home. But that doesn't work -- at least not in the long run. Men are natural hunters. They won't always admit it, but they absolutely LOVE the chase. They want a woman who is interesting, confident and vocal. They want a woman who sets boundaries and keeps them on their toes. They want to earn a woman's love. This simple, easy-to-follow guide explains how you can shake off meaningless flings with men and start to attract men who are serious about you. What You'll Learn: * How to avoid Friends with Benefits and Booty Calls * How to recognize when a man is just toying with you * Why men love bad girls and strippers * The single most irresistible thing about a woman * What makes a man fall in love, I mean head over heels for you Love Lynn

DESCRIPTION OF BOOK: Cancer Is So Limited and Other Poems of Faith by Robert L. Lynn For forty years Robert L. Lynn has sought to live a life of faith and to record that journey in verse. This volume of 52 poems marks a trail of his spiritual walk toward mature faith. The title poem, Cancer Is So Limited, with its runaway fame, is an example of the power of his poetry. Written to encourage a friend who was sentenced to death by cancer, it circled the earth on the web, attributed to "Anonymous," and has brought hope to millions cursed by the disease. This book's title establishes Lynn as the author of the copyrighted poem, which once generated 167,000,000 internet hits. Many today cling to the poem as their philosophy of life. But Lynn's other 51 poems here also pack spiritual power for those who seek a vibrant and rewarding faith in a harsh and conflicting world. These include a set of poems exploring hard expectations by Jesus of his disciples, encounters of the Christ with Mary Magdalene and Lazarus, the boyhood call of the prophet Samuel, Queen Esther's rescue of her Jewish people, heroic acts the poet has lived through: the fall of communism, 9-11, the death of his father, and the prophetic teaching from the cell of Martin Luther King, as well as bursts of praise, and poems about his life-long pursuit of a serious, intelligent faith. As a new college president when he found students disliked speeches but loved poetry, he presented original poems for his students at least once a year for 22 years. One, "A Prayer for Students," reads in part: I pray that you shall grant: not All-American honor and acclaim but reverence for your holy name; not more training in receiving, teach them, Lord, the art of giving; not the drive to be served by all but, like your Son, to become servants of all. Effective poetry often shreds the chaff and distils truth to its essence. Faith Poet Robert L. Lynn offers a 21st century torch in this book to those engaged seriously in the modern questing towards faith. Dr. Lynn and his wife, Dr. Bonnie Lynn, live in Duluth, Georgia. He has written over 400 poems and won over 100 poetry prizes. A leader in the Georgia Poetry Society, he edited the Society's poetry anthology, The Reach of Song, for three years. He chairs the Johns Creek Poetry Group in Atlanta and is a deacon and Sunday School teacher in his congregation. He has written or edited ten books. This is his third poetry volume. You can hear him recite his poetry at www.robertllynn.com

As you journey with the author, you will discover the extraordinary cause and effect of one of the most pathological diseases increasing in women and disseminating across our nation gambling. This disease controls minds, lives, and family relationships. You will learn the traits of gambling addiction. Gambling can warp anyone 's sense of values. The book explains the far-reaching grasp of the mind-controlling disease. This is a must-read book with its startling revelations.

Trusted for more than 15 years, the groundbreaking DO-WATCH-LISTEN-SAY has revolutionized social and communication intervention for children of all ages with autism spectrum disorder. Now a new edition is here, reimagined and expanded for the next generation of children and support teams. Whether you're a professional already or in training to be one, this is the resource you need to address complex social and communication challenges for children with autism from ages 3 to 18. In one comprehensive volume, you'll have everything you need to conduct effective assessment, set goals and objectives for the child, plan interventions that work, ensure generalization of skills, and monitor progress. Immediately useful new additions-including a more extensive assessment tool and a system to monitor skill development-make this a cornerstone resource for every professional working with children and youth with autism. WHAT'S NEW: - Expanded and revised assessment and intervention planning tool, with an emphasis on tracking generalization of new skills. - The very latest evidence-based practices and intervention approaches for enhancing social and communication skills/ - New activity sheets with fun and motivating ways to teach social, communication, and community skills. - A look at how restricted and repetitive behaviors affect learning and development (one of the most underexplored areas of autism). - Guidance on prioritizing goals and objectives, linking them to assessment, and designing interventions. - New chapter on progress monitoring that includes a full data collection toolkit for tracking the generalization of social and communication skills. - Updated vignettes and extended case stories illustrating social and communication challenges characteristic of autism. PRACTICAL MATERIALS: Assessment tool; activities to build play and leisure, social, and communication skills; more than a dozen sheets to help monitor progress toward skill mastery and generalization.

Family communication is a topic of central interest in a large number of fields across the social and behavioural sciences - for instance, in the domains of language acquisition, cognitive development and socialization. This concise, readable book is the first to offer an interdisciplinary integration of current research on parent-child interaction in the traditional' family structure.

Examining the important variables of self-control, self-concept and communication competencies in childhood, this volume functions as a research heuristic and a vehicle for conversation between theorists, researchers and practitioners.