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The Visionary I Ching Cards is an updated version of the ancient Chinese oracle that will stimulate your intuition, provide timeless wisdom, and connect your subconscious mind with the conscious mind to find answers to situations or dilemmas that may occur in life. It includes an extensive guidebook and a beautiful 64-card deck. The Visionary I Ching Cards will help you discover answers to your daily questions.
The I Ching, or Book of Changes—the world’s most revered divination system presented as a modern 64-card deck—enlivens the principle of the Tao, which is the universal flow of all things, and will help you make better decisions and master perfect timing around what you want or need in life. The Visionary I Ching Cards is a modern version of the ancient Chinese oracle that will stimulate your intuition, provide timeless wisdom, and help you make better decisions and help you resolve dilemmas. Simply find a quiet place, calm your mind, ask the question you are focused on at the present moment, and select your cards to get clear on a situation, relationship, or decision. The guidebook, along with the mesmerizing artwork, provides uncanny insight as to what approach to take at this time.
Just be receptive, read between the lines, and allow connections to become clear.
How did Benito Mussolini come to fascism? Standard accounts of the
dictator have failed to explain satisfactorily the transition from
his pre-World War I 'socialism' to his post-war fascism. This
controversial new book is the first to examine closely Mussolini's
political trajectory during the Great War as evidenced in his
journalistic writings, speeches and war diary, as well as some
previously unexamined archive material. The author argues that the
1914-18 conflict provided the catalyst for Mussolini to clarify his
deep-rooted nationalist tendencies. He demonstrates that
Mussolini's interventionism was already anti-socialist and
anti-democratic in the early autumn of 1914 and shows how in and
through the experience of the conflict the future duce fine-tuned
his authoritarian and totalitarian vision of Italy in a state of
permanent mobilization for war. Providing a radical new
interpretation of one of the most important dictators of the
twentieth century, Mussolini in the First World War will appeal to
anyone who wants to learn more about the roots of fascism in modern
Europe.
From legendary wrestling announcer Jim Ross, this candid, colorful
memoir about the inner workings of the WWE and the personal crises
he weathered at the height of his career is "a must-read for
wrestling fans" (Charleston Post Courier). If you've caught a
televised wrestling match anytime in the past thirty years, you've
probably heard Jim Ross's throaty Oklahoma twang. The beloved
longtime announcer of the WWE "has been a driving force behind a
generation of wrestling fans" (Mark Cuban), and he's not slowing
down, having signed on as the announcer of the starry new wrestling
venture All Elite Wrestling. In this follow-up to his bestselling
memoir Slobberknocker, he dishes out about not only his long
career, which includes nurturing global stars like Stone Cold Steve
Austin, The Rock, and John Cena, but also about his challenges of
aging and disability, his split from collaborator Vince McMahon,
and the sudden death of his beloved wife, Jan. The result is a
gruff, endearing, and remarkably human-scale portrait, set against
the larger than life backdrop of professional wrestling. Ross's
ascent in WWE mirrors the rise of professional wrestling itself
from a DIY sideshow to a billion-dollar business. Under the Black
Hat traces all the highs and lows of that wild ride, in which Jim
served not only as on-air commentator, but talent manager, payroll
master, and even occasional in-ring foil to threats like Paul
"Triple H" Levesque and Undertaker. While his role brought him
riches and exposure he had never dreamed of, he chafed against the
strictures of a fickle corporate culture and what he saw as a
narrow vision of what makes great wrestlers-and great story lines.
When suddenly stricken with Bell's palsy, a form of facial
paralysis that makes it impossible to smile, he started down his
greatest fear-being cast out of the announcing booth for good.
Picking up where Slobberknocker left off and ending on the cusp of
a new career in a reimagined industry, Under the Black Hat is the
triumphant tale of a country boy who made it to the top, took a few
knocks, and stuck around-just where his fans like him. Not only
being one of the greatest wrestlers of the WWE, Ross is also "a
master storyteller, and this book is the perfect forum for his
forty years' worth of tales" (Chris Jericho, former WWE champion).
Experience 50 unforgettable years of wrestling history through the
iconic voice of legendary announcer Jim Ross. For wrestling fans,
Jim Ross' voice is the soundtrack of an era. This book is your
ringside ticket to wrestlingâs most unforgettable moments and
erasâthrough the voice of the man who made them legendary. In the
last 50 years, professional wrestling has risen up from a
collection of regional territories to become a global
phenomenonâand Jim Ross has been there for it all. From the grit
and glory days of the 1970s with NWA, to the rise of WCW and the
heyday of WWF and WWE, to signing on as on-air talent and senior
advisor for wrestlingâs newest chapter at AEW, JR has long had
the best seat in the house. Now, in 50 definitive chapters,
chronicling 50 iconic calls across 50 unforgettable years, Business
Is About to Pick Up! takes you into the ring, and behind the
scenes, as only Jim Ross can. Immerse yourself in five decades of
sports entertainment's most dramatic moments, biggest shocks, and
history-making firstsâfrom watershed collisions like âStone
Coldâ Steve Austin versus Bret âHitmanâ Hart to
industry-shaping milestones like birth of All Elite Wrestling, the
debut of Dwyane âThe Rockâ Johnson and this rise of John Cena
and Dave Bautista as Hollywood A-list stars. Then debate which
moments Jim Ross just had to include . . . and what else should've
made his list. This book is a celebration of pro wrestling's past,
present, and futureânarrated by the Voice of Wrestling himself,
who was ringside to call it all.
Is it actually possible? ...that we might emerge from this pandemic
with a peaceful global power switch from those who have too much to
those who don't have enough? With billionaires able to decide the
fate of nations, private corporations more powerful and less
accountable than ever, and political autocrats around the world
shaking our confidence in democratic institutions, power resides in
all the wrong places. And so our world is in crisis. In such
moments, activists find opportunities. Not to restore the
pre-crises order, but to transform it. Paul O'Brien argues that
progressive activists may never have a better opportunity to
rewrite economic rules, systems and outcomes in favor of those who
don't have enough. His book offers practical action steps for
activists who want to drive a power switch that overcomes extreme
inequalities in our world.
This exciting new book is a unique compilation of data from a wide
range of chemical and spectroscopic instrumentation and the
integration of nanostructure characterisation drawn from physical,
chemical, electrochemical, spectroscopic and electron microscopic
measurements. It fills a gap in the current nanomaterials
literature by documenting the latest research from scientific
journals and patent literature to provide a concise yet balanced
and integrated treatment of an interesting topic: titanium oxide
nanostructures within the emerging fashionable area of
nanomaterials. Of particular interest are the following key
chapters: * Modification and Coating Techniques - provides a unique
summary and discussion of available techniques to coat surfaces
with nanostructured materials * Chemical Properties - relates
structure to surface chemistry and hence applications * Structural
and Physical Properties - reviews the relationship between
nanostructure and physical properties providing a basis for the
rationalisation of applications The book, a valuable reference
point, is aimed at professionals, postgraduates and industrial
research workers in nanomaterials. Readers will gain a knowledge of
the methods for synthesising nanomaterials as well as an
understanding of their structure and resulting physical
characteristics and a knowledge of their (existing and potential)
applications.
Nanostructured materials with tailored properties are regarded as a
fundamental element in the development of future science and
technology. Research is still ongoing into the nanosized
construction elements required to create functional solids. The
recently developed technique, nanocasting, has great advantage over
others in terms of the synthesis of special nanostructured
materials by the careful choice of suitable elements and
nanoengineering steps. This new book summarizes the recent
developments in nanocasting, including the principles of
nanocasting, syntheses of novel nanostructured materials,
characterization methods, detailed synthetic recipes and further
possible development in this area. The book focuses on the
synthesis of porous solids from the viewpoint of methodology and
introduces the science of nanocasting from fundamental principles
to their use in synthesis of various materials. It starts by
outlining the principles of nanocasting, requirements to the
templates and precursors and the tools needed to probe matter at
the nanoscale level. It describes how to synthesize nano structured
porous solids with defined characteristics and finally discusses
the functionalization and application of porous solids. Special
attention is given to new developments in this field and future
perspectives. A useful appendix covering the detailed synthetic
recipes of various templates including porous silica, porous carbon
and colloidal spheres is included which will be invaluable to
researchers wanting to follow and reproduce nanocast materials.
Topics covered in the book include: * inorganic chemistry * organic
chemistry * solution chemistry * sol-gel and interface science *
acid-base equilibria * electrochemistry * biochemistry * confined
synthesis The book gives readers not only an overview of
nanocasting technology, but also sufficient information and
knowledge for those wanting to prepare various nanostructured
materials without needing to search the available literature.
"In his now celebrated lecture at the 1959 meeting of the American
Physical Society, Richard Feynman pondered the potential of
miniaturization in the physical sciences. His vision, based on
known technology, examined the limits set by physical principles
and proposed a variety of new nano-tools including the concept of
""atom-by-atom"" fabrication. In the intervening decades, many of
these predictions have become reality. In particular, the
development and application of nanofluidics is becoming a
competitive and exciting field of research. These nanoscale
analytical instruments employ micromachined features and are able
to manipulate fluid samples with high precision and efficiency. In
a fundamental sense, chip-based analytical systems have been shown
to have many advantages over their conventional (larger) analogues.
Despite the growth of this field, there are surprisingly few books
dedicated to nanofluidics. This book will fill the gap in the
literature for a text focusing on bioanalytical applications.
Written at a level accessible to experts and non-experts alike, it
has the potential to become a mainstream text book for advanced
nanobiotechnology courses within academic institutions."
Sol-Gel processing methods, first used historically for decorative
and constructional materials, were extensively developed in the
last century for applications such as glasses, ceramics, catalysts,
coatings, composites and fibres. Today they are reaching their full
potential, enabling the preparation of new generations of advanced
materials not easily accessible by other methods yet using mild,
low-energy conditions. The topic is therefore increasingly included
in advanced undergraduate, MSc and PhD programmes in the areas of
chemistry, physics and materials science. This concise introductory
text, written at the advanced undergraduate/first-year postgraduate
level, is also suitable as an introduction to the development,
mechanisms, chemistry, characterisation methods and applications of
the technique. It provides readers with an extensive yet concise
grounding in the theory of each area of the subject and details the
real and potential applications and the future prospects of sol-gel
chemistry.
This book is a collection of nine essays examining the impact of
World War II on the American people. The contributions range from
macro studies (the ways corporations sought to recruit women into
the work force) to micro studies (the impact of the war on working
conditions in Indiana) to biography (the Congressional career of
Margaret Chase Smith). Focusing as it does on the domestic scene,
this study offers a comprehensive selection of the impact of the
war on Americans, and the way it influenced concepts of gender,
race, class, and ethnicity.
The drive to realise operational efficiencies, improve customer
service, develop new markets and accelerate the introduction of new
products has substantially increased the complexity of field
service operations. To maximise the efficiency and effectiveness of
these operations, organisations have embarked on a wide range of
transformation programmes that have sought to introduce automation
through the use of workforce management technologies. Despite the
potential business value that can be provided by such
transformation programmes, too often, the automation technologies
have not been fully utilised and their expected benefits have as
such not been realised. Scholars of organisation change argue that
the success of any transformation programme is a function of how
well the technical, political, structural and social aspects of a
specific project have been managed. The objective of this edited
book is to provide insights into how organisations might
successfully transform their field service operations with the help
of workforce management technologies. Accordingly, the book is
organised into four sections: Section A "The Case for Transforming
Service and Field Operations" explains the rationale as to why
organisations should actively consider transforming their service
and field operations, while Section B presents various "Methods,
Models and Enabling Technologies for Transforming Service and Field
Operations". In Section C, a number of "Case Studies" illustrate
how new technologies can be applied to field and service operations
to deliver concrete business benefits. Lastly, Section D considers
"Challenges, Outcomes and Future Directions". Overall, this book
provides valuable insights into how to successfully transform field
service operations with automated technologies. It draws on years
of experience from different industries and from different
perspectives on realising change. It is aimed at managers,
technologists, change agents and scholars who are interested in
field service operations in general and the use of advanced
computing technologies in this area in particular.
Progress in Sustainable Development: Sustainable Engineering
Practices provides readers with the latest research and best
practices in sustainable engineering in the fields of urban,
environmental, energy and sustainability sciences, reflecting a
focus on state-of-the art insights and the latest developments.
Chapters focus on the key engineering principles of effective
resource use, reduction of excess waste, and taking advantage of
natural resources to equip readers with the background information
and practical considerations of successful implementations of
sustainable technical solutions. Each chapter features detailed
case studies and figures showing real-world applications of the
latest technologies, ensuring they are reproduceable by the reader.
The multidisciplinary chapters include environmentally-friendly
technologies and the application of novel initiatives in
engineering for infrastructure, renewable energy generation,
advanced materials and waste, among other areas, with a strong
emphasis on sustainability and conservation of resources.
New York Times bestselling author! Here is the story of how Jim
Ross, an Oklahoman farm kid with a vivid imagination and seemingly
unattainable dreams, became "The Voice of Wrestling" to record TV
audiences and millions of fans around the world. There are few
people who have been in the wrestling business longer than Jim
Ross. And those who have made it as long as he has (half a century
to be exact) probably made enemies or burned bridges. But that's
just not JR. He's recognized as the man who built and nurtured a
once-in-a-generation talent roster that took the WWE to new
heights, including "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Brock Lesnar, and The
Rock to name a few. Readers will finally get the opportunity to
hear never-before-told stories about the politics, wackiness, and
personalities of all the biggest stars. Jim opens up about his life
as an only child on a working farm, who became obsessed with
professional wrestling having first saw it on his grandparent's TV.
Even though the wrestling business was notoriously secretive and
wary of "outsiders," he somehow got a foot in the door to start a
historic career, one where he held almost every job in the
business-from putting up the ring to calling matches, from driving
his blind, drunk boss towards revenge, to consoling two naked 600
pound brothers in the shower room after a rough match. This isn't
just a wrestling story. It's a story about overcoming adversity and
achieving your dreams, as success did not come without significant
costs and unforeseen challenges to JR, including multiple bouts of
severe facial paralysis called Bell's Palsy. Currently the host of
the podcast The Ross Report, any fan of wrestling-from the
territory days to today-will be enthralled with stories from the
road and behind the scenes. Slobberknocker is the first time Ross
tells his story-and you don't want to miss it!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
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Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
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Major technology shifts do not happen overnight and rarely are they
the result of a single breakthrough discovery. Nowhere is this more
true than for the broad set of enabling technologies that we have
come to simply call "nanotechnology." Rather than standing on the
shoulders of a few intellectual giants, nanotechnologies are
created by tens of thousands of researchers and scientists working
on minute and sometimes arcane aspects of their fields of expertise
in areas as diverse as medicine, telecommunications, solar cells,
filtration, coatings, or ever smaller transistors for electronic
devices. They come from different sciences, live in different parts
of the world and work for different organizations (government
laboratories, industry laboratories, universities, private research
facilities) and follow their own set of rules - get papers reviewed
and published; achieve scientific recognition from their peers;
struggle to get funding for new ideas; look to make that
breakthrough discovery that leads to the ultimate resumU item - a
nobel prize; get pushed by their funders to secure patent rights
and commercialize new discoveries. This book puts a spotlight on
some of the scientists who are pushing the boundaries of technology
and it gives examples of their work and how they are advancing
knowledge one little step at a time. The book shatters the
monolithic term "nanotechnology" into the myriad of facets that it
really is. It is a journey through the world of nanotechnology
research and development, taking a personal look at how
nanotechnologies get created today and by whom. The book covers 122
specific research projects that are happening in laboratories
around the world and provides commentaries from the scientists in
their own words. However, the collection of stories in this book
barely scratches the surface of the vast and growing body of
research that leads us into the nanotechnology age. The selection
presented in the book is not meant to rank some laboratories and
scientists higher than others, nor to imply that the work
introduced in the book is more important or valuable than all the
work that is not covered. The intention is to give the interested
reader an idea of the incredibly diverse aspects that make up
nanotechnology research and development - the results of which will
bring about a new era of industrial and medical technologies.
Nanoscience and nanotechnology research is a truly
multidisciplinary and international effort. Each of the chapters is
based on a particular scientific paper that has been published in a
peer-reviewed journal and, while each story revolves around one or
two scientists who were interviewed for this book, many, if not
most, of the scientific accomplishments covered in the book are the
result of collaborative efforts by several scientists and research
groups, often from different organizations and from different
countries. The book is different to other books in this field
because it provides a novel human touch to nanotechnology research
by not only covering a wide range of research topics but also the
(often nameless) scientists behind this research. The book is a
collection of Spotlight articles from the popular Nanowerk website
and each article has been crafted with the author(s) of a
scientific paper and signed off by them prior to being posted on
Nanowerk. The book is intended for two broad groups of audiences -
scientists and nanoscience students who want a bite-size, quick
read to get a good first impression of what nanotechnologies are
about and how they affect not only their own field but also
neighbouring fields and other scientific disciplines further away.
And a non-scientific readership that needs to (because it affects
their organization and they have to acquaint themselves with
nanotechnology) or wants to get a 'non-threatening' (i.e. no
formulas, complex diagrams, or unexplained scientific terms)
introduction, written by a non-scientist for non-scientists."
How did Benito Mussolini come to fascism? Standard accounts of the
dictator have failed to explain satisfactorily the transition from
his pre-World War I 'socialism' to his post-war fascism. This
controversial new book is the first to examine closely Mussolini's
political trajectory during the Great War as evidenced in his
journalistic writings, speeches and war diary, as well as some
previously unexamined archive material. The author argues that the
1914-18 conflict provided the catalyst for Mussolini to clarify his
deep-rooted nationalist tendencies. He demonstrates that
Mussolini's interventionism was already anti-socialist and
anti-democratic in the early autumn of 1914 and shows how in and
through the experience of the conflict the future duce fine-tuned
his authoritarian and totalitarian vision of Italy in a state of
permanent mobilization for war. Providing a radical new
interpretation of one of the most important dictators of the
twentieth century, Mussolini in the First World War will appeal to
anyone who wants to learn more about the roots of fascism in modern
Europe.
In the spring of 1980, the Irish Department of Defence sanctioned
the establishment of a new unit within the Irish Defence Forces and
the Irish Army Ranger Wing (ARW) came into being. In the decades
that followed, its soldiers have been deployed on active service at
home and abroad, generally without the knowledge of the wider
public. The ARW is made up of seasoned men from across the island,
who are selected through tough competition. Only the best of the
best make it through and are trained in an extraordinary range of
specialist skills. Being one of these elite operators takes more
than simply being a skilled soldier - it means believing you are
the best. Shadow Warriors tells the story behind the creation of
the ARW, from its origins in specialist counter-terrorism training
in the late 1960s and the preparation of small unconventional units
in the 1970s to the formation of the ARW itself in 1980 and its
subsequent history. The first and only authoritative account in the
public domain of this specialist unit, authors Paul O'Brien and
Sergeant Wayne Fitzgerald have been granted access to the closed
and clandestine world of Ireland's Special Forces, who train hard,
fight harder and face unconventional types of warfare, yet prefer
to stay out of the limelight.
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