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Since Efron's profound paper on the bootstrap, an enormous amount of effort has been spent on the development of bootstrap, jacknife, and other resampling methods. The primary goal of these computer-intensive methods has been to provide statistical tools that work in complex situations without imposing unrealistic or unverifiable assumptions about the data generating mechanism. This book sets out to lay some of the foundations for subsampling methodology and related methods.
Here is a provocative book that examines precisely how and why mass
communication has an impact upon the sexual realities of our lives.
Written in response to a demand for information that cuts across
many of the boundaries found in more traditional books on sexuality
and mass communication, Gay People, Sex, and the Media covers a
broad range of sexual identity, socialization, and mass
communication issues and represents a variety of theoretical and
methodological orientations. Although the chapters are diverse,
they all focus on how the mass media--television, radio, films,
newspapers, magazines, and recorded music--contribute significantly
to the very definitions we form of ourselves and of each other. In
part, this informative volume discusses and analyzes several
concerns regarding minority perspectives in the context of the the
study of mass media content and effects; analyzes mediated
information about AIDS and highlights the responsibility of the
mass media to disseminate more accurate information; addresses the
relationships between mass media content (primarily television) and
sexual socialization; explores issues confronted by individuals
whose sexual orientations are generally perceived as falling out of
the mainstream; and provides a selective bibliography of print,
aural, and visual resources on gay men, lesbians, and the mass
media. Unique in contrast to other books of research on human
sexuality and mass communication, Gay People, Sex, and the Media
gives more than a passing reference to issues concerning sexual
identity and gay and lesbian concerns. Scholars and students of
human sexuality, especially those who wish to explore their field
from a communications perspective, will find this to be a valuable
book. It is also useful to communications researchers and teachers,
particularly those studying mediated communications in society,
media ethics, and sex and the media. Finally, for professionals
involved in creating or monitoring media content or forging public
policy and community action programs in response to these issues,
this volume serves as an essential sourcebook.
Since Efron's profound paper on the bootstrap, an enormous amount
of effort has been spent on the development of bootstrap, jacknife,
and other resampling methods. The primary goal of these
computer-intensive methods has been to provide statistical tools
that work in complex situations without imposing unrealistic or
unverifiable assumptions about the data generating mechanism. This
book sets out to lay some of the foundations for subsampling
methodology and related methods.
The hadj, or sacred journey, is the pilgrimage to Mecca that all
Muslims are enjoined to make once in their lifetimes. Its purpose
is to detach human beings from their homelands and, by bringing
them to Mecca, temporarily reinstate the equality of all people
before God. One of the world's longest-lived religious rites, the
hadj has continued without break for fourteen hundred years. It is,
like most things Islamic, shrouded in mystery for Westerners. In
his new book, Michael Wolfe, an American-born writer and recent
Muslim convert, recounts his experiences on this journey, and in
the process brings readers closer to the meaning of Islam. Wolfe's
book bridges the high points of the Muslim calendar, beginning in
April with the annual month-long fast of Ramadan. In Morocco, he
settles into daily life with a merchant family in the ancient
quarter of Marrakesh. During his three-month stay, he explores the
intricate traditional life of Muslim Morocco. His accounts of this
time deepen our feeling for Islam, a faith that claims one-sixth of
the world's population. As summer approaches, he travels north to
Tangier, where he visits Western writers and Moroccan mystics. In
June, he arrives in Mecca, a city closed to all but Muslims. The
protean experience of the hadj, and the real Mecca, that most
religious and mysterious of cities, are captured in the last half
of the book. Inevitably, the buildup to the Gulf War hovers in the
background - the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait is just weeks away. Yet
it is the author's participation in the age-old rites of the hadj
that most preoccupies his thoughts, strengthening his bond to the
faith he has embraced as an outsider, developing and transforming
it, makingit personal and alive.
[This] substantial book...makes an important and stimulating
contribution. MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY Warfare in Europe in the middle
ages underwent a marked change of emphasis as urban life expanded.
The concentration of wealth represented by a city was a valuable
objective, and the static nature of a siege was infinitely
preferable to the uncertainties of campaign. As the incidence of
sieges increased, so pitched battles declined. The studies in this
book, intended for specialists as well as general readers, follow
the history of siege warfare, exploringthe urban milieu within
which it developed, and the evolution of siege technology up to the
advent of gunpowder weaponry. The logistics of specific sieges,
from the Crusader kingdoms in the Near East and the Byzantine
Empire as well as medieval Europe, are also considered, with
evidence from literature, engineering, architecture and
cliometrics. IVY CORFIS is professor in the department of Spanish
and Portuguese at the University of Wisconsin, Madison; MICHAEL
WOLFE is professor in the department of history at Penn State
University, Altoona. Contributors: MICHAEL WOLFE, JAMES F. POWERS,
MICHAEL TOCH, DENYS PRINGLE, ERIC McGEER, PAUL E. CHEVEDDEN,
MICHAEL HARNEY, HEATHER ARDEN, WINTHROP WETHERBEE, KELLY DEVRIES,
MICHAEL MALLETT, BERT S. HALL.
Michael Wolfe's "exemplary" (Library Journal) collection of
historical writings on the Hajj, now updated with a new
introduction by Reza Aslan. Since its inception in the seventh
century, the pilgrimage to Mecca, or the Hajj, has been the central
theme in a large body of Islamic travel literature. Beginning with
the European Renaissance, it has also been the subject for a
handful of adventurous writers from the West who, through
conversion or connivance, managed to slip inside the walls of a
city forbidden to non-Muslims. One Thousand Roads to Mecca collects
significant works by observant travel writers from the East and
West over the last ten centuries. The two very different literary
traditions form distinct sides of a spirited conversation in which
Mecca is the common destination and Islam the common subject of
inquiry. Excerpted works include travel narratives by Ibn Jubayr,
Ibn Battuta, J. L. Burckhardt, Richard Burton, the Begum of Bhopal,
John Keene, Winifred Stegar, Muhammad Asad, Harry St. John Philby,
Lady Evelyn Cobbald, Jalal Al-e Ahmad, Malcolm X, and Michael
Wolfe.
Now Available in Paperback
Leading authorities discuss the past, present and future of Islam.
Islam, the least understood of the world's great religions, is
balanced on a precipice between the past and the future, between
fanatical fundamentalists and progressives advocating peace. Noted
Islamic authority Michael Wolfe moderates 35 expert speakers,
writers and leaders, including Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) and Karen
Armstrong, the best-selling author of A History of God and Islam.
They discuss the future of Islam, tear down false stereotypes,
review the historical realities that have shaped the religion, and
examine paradoxes and schisms within the faith.
At a time when every Muslim is forced to defend his faith and
Americans are curious about Islam's basic tenets, this book answers
many questions at the same time that it ponders both the danger and
promise of the future.
Michael Wolfe is a columnist for Beliefnet and the author of books
of poetry, fiction, history, and travel, including "The Hadj: An
American's Pilgrimage to Mecca" and "One Thousand Roads to Mecca."
A Muslim, Wolfe lives in California.
Beliefnet (www.beliefnet.com) is the leading multifaith internet
site and media company for religion, spirituality, and inspiration.
In 2002, Beliefnet won the Webby Award for Best Spirituality Site
and was a finalist for the National Magazine Award for General
Excellence Online. "Taking Back Islam" is Beliefnet's third book in
partnership with Rodale.
Winner of the Wilbur Award for Best Religion Book
In the months after September 11th, American Muslims heard the
familiar sounds of Islam being defined by others. On television,
from the Capitol, from the pulpit, in the classroom, and worst of
all, on videotapes from Osama bin Laden's cave, commentators,
politicians, scholars, and wealthy terrorists were telling Muslims
the "real meaning" of Islam.
Western Muslims knew something had to be done or Islam might be
tarnished, even corrupted. In the past year, they have often
gathered informally to discuss the past, the present, and how
things ought to be. In that spirit, "Taking Back Islam" is a bold
collection of voices in the vanguard of the faith. The essays in
this book are the work of men and women who remain devout and
utterly convinced of Islam's power to help create a just, ordered,
and beautiful world--and who are also unafraid to be critical of
those who would distort Islam for violent or political ends. Many
of these writers are American Muslims who benefit from a commitment
to democratic pluralism as well as a commitment to Islam.
"I believe in Allah and America," writes Arsalan Tariq Iftikar.
"The Qur'an has a radical message of tolerance," says Kabir
Helminski. "American Muslims have a special obligation," according
to Ingrid Mattson. "Many Muslims suspect that Islam's 'traditional
lands' have less to teach us than they claim," writes Michael
Wolfe.
The unique nature and strength of these voices, fueled by a strong
desire to tap the best traditions within Islam, offer hope for
rescuing a faith that has been injured from within by extremists
and demonized from without by Western culture and media. Winner of
the Wilbur Award for Best Religion Book "This intelligent,
thoughtful collection of writings from dozens of contributors is
the thinking person's guide to Islam in a post-9/11 America. It is
only fitting that a major world religion be represented by multiple
voices. Wolfe gathers excerpts from postings to the Beliefnet Web
site, as well as brief essays from established authorities such as
Karen Armstrong, practitioners like Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens), and
new voices such as Asma Hasan and Aasma Khan . . . The book works
well for both Muslim and non-Muslim readers. It is both an
exploration of contemporary Islam (Has it been hijacked by
extremists? Is it violent? Can Islamic states be democratic?) and a
call for Muslims to reclaim their faith by mobilizing the moderate,
seemingly silent, majority . . . An eye-opening survey of the minds
and passions of progressive Muslims in the United States that]
offers hope for greater interfaith understanding."--"Publishers
Weekly"
"This intelligent, thoughtful collection of writings from dozens
of contributors is the thinking person's guide to Islam in a
post-9/11 America. It is only fitting that a major world religion
be represented by multiple voices. Wolfe gathers excerpts from
postings to the Beliefnet Web site, as well as brief essays from
established authorities such as Karen Armstrong, practitioners like
Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens), and new voices such as Asma Hasan and
Aasma Khan. Some writers describe specific organizations they have
founded to foster interfaith communication and human rights. With
only a few exceptions, they do not write as apologists, but
willingly grapple with the complexities and paradoxes of Islam. The
book works well for both Muslim and non-Muslim readers. It is both
an exploration of contemporary Islam (Has it been hijacked by
extremists? Is it violent? Can Islamic states be democratic?) and a
call for Muslims to reclaim their faith by mobilizing the moderate,
seemingly silent, majority. There are also short personal essays
about various aspects of Muslim life (art, humor, conversion,
pilgrimage, and more) that stand as small windows into daily
practice. These American Muslims and Islamic scholars are devoted
to the faith, but passionate about finding ways for Islam to divest
itself of its associations with violent terrorism and sexism . . .
An eye-opening survey of the minds and passions of progressive
Muslims in the United States that] offers hope for greater
interfaith understanding."--"Publishers Weekly"
Der Autor entwickelt eine Methode, die aktuelle Kundenorientierung
eines Betriebes zu messen, und erarbeitet ein praxisgerechtes
Kennzahleninstrument, aus dem sich konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen
fur Dienstleistungsunternehmen ableiten lassen."
Die naturwissenschaftliche Orientierung der Medizin versperrt den
Blick auf den gesellschaftlichen Definitionsprozess von Krankheit
als Konflikt und Problem des Einzelnen. Die tiefenhermeneutisch
orientierte Studie rekonstruiert den wirklichen und den
symbolischen Problemtransport in die Korperlichkeit an
dokumentierten Einzelfallen. Die Auswertung und Interpretation
wurde von psychoanalytischen Konzepten in sozialwissenschaftlichem
Horizont geleitet."(...) Was Jurgen Habermas in seiner Theorie des
kommunikativen Handelns grundlagentheoretisch vorgefuhrt hat,
gelingt Klaus Horn und seinen Mitarbeitern in exzellenter Weise fur
eine allgemein psychoanalytisch-psychosomatische
Krankheitsauffassung, ihre konkrete und stringente, theoretische
wie methodologische Konzeption ist ein lebendiger Beleg fur die
Energie, die Psychoanalyse als Sozialwissenschaft birgt."Psyche
5/1987"
This article uses data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and
the U.S. Census Bureau to analyze how workers' education or
training relates to their job prospects and career earnings.
James Dunlap is one of four students in Northern High School's room
216; the Behavior Disorders class. The students, labeled as
troublemakers, think high school is a place to be young and have
fun. They soon will discover just how wrong they are. As James
struggles to manage his disability, he and his peers are taken on a
roller coaster ride of events all leading to a devastating end.
High school should be a time of discovery and innocent but for
these four students, the events in room 216 will change them for
the rest of their lives.
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