|
|
Showing 1 - 25 of
1032 matches in All Departments
|
Logan (DVD)
Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, Boyd Holbrook, Richard E. Grant, …
|
R248
Discovery Miles 2 480
|
Ships in 15 - 30 working days
|
In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border.
But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are thrown into disarray when a young mutant arrives, being pursued by dark forces.
(Academy Award nomination for: Best Adapted Screenplay)
Providing a thorough review of the concept of the Institutional
Repository (IR) the book examines how they can be set up,
maintained and embedded into general institutional working
practice. Specific reference is made to capturing certain types of
research material such as E-Theses and E-Prints and what the issues
are with regard to obtaining the material, ensuring that all legal
grounds are covered and then storing the material in perpetuity.
General workflow and administrative processes that may come up
during the implementation and maintenance of an IR are discussed.
The authors notes that there are a number of different models that
have been adopted worldwide for IR management, and these are
discussed. Finally, a case study of the inception of the Edinburgh
Research Archive is provided which takes the user through the long
path from conception to completion of an IR, examining the highs
and lows of the process and offering advice for other implementers.
This allows the book the opportunity to introduce extensive
practical experience in unexpected areas such as mediated deposit.
A comprehensive synthesis of the whole of the IR system - never
before provided in other booksThe research results that it
contains, are at the leading edge of this subject areaIncludes a
comprehensive case study and examination of practical experience -
never before provided in other books
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) has long been recognized to be one of
the most significant decisions ever handed down by the United
States Supreme Court. Indeed, many scholars have argued it is the
greatest opinion handed down by our greatest Chief Justice. Much of
this praise is merited for it is brilliantly argued, far reaching
in its implications, and unusually eloquent. While Marshall,
dedicated to the vision of a powerful and growing nation,
ultimately laid the foundation for the living constitution, the
impact of the opinion in his own time was short-lived. Almost all
treatments of the case consider it from the vantage point of Chief
Marshall's decision in which he famously declared the act creating
the Second Bank of the United States constitutional and Maryland's
attempt to tax it unconstitutional. Yet a careful examination of
the context in which the case emerged reveals other, even more
important issues involved that Marshall chose to ignore: the
private profit making nature of the Second Bank of the United
States; the power of the Bank to create branches in the states
without their consent, which many people viewed as a direct assault
upon the sovereignty of the states; and the differences between a
tax levied by a state for the purposes of raising revenue and one
which was meant to destroy the operations of the branches of the
Bank. Addressing these issues most likely would have undercut
Marshall's extreme nationalist view of the constitution, and his
unwillingness to adequately deal with them produced immediate,
widespread, yet varied dissatisfaction among the States. These
issues are particularly important as the Supreme Court was forced
to rehear them in Osborn et. al. v. Bank of the United States
(1824) and they also formed the basis for Andrew Jackson's famous
veto for the re-chartering of the Bank in 1832. Not only the first
in-depth examination of McCulloch v. Maryland, but also a new
interpretation of this familiar and landmark decision, this sharply
argued book provides much new information and fresh insight into a
source of constant division in American politics, past and present.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Data Analysis Methods in Physical Oceanography, Fourth Edition
provides a practical reference to established and modern data
analysis techniques in earth and ocean sciences. In five sections,
the book addresses data acquisition and recording, data
processing and presentation, statistical methods and error
handling, analysis of spatial data fields, and time series analysis
methods. The updated edition includes new information on autonomous
platforms and new analysis tools such as “deep learning” and
convolutional neural networks. A section on extreme value
statistics has been added, and the section on wavelet analysis has
been expanded. This book brings together relevant techniques and
references recent papers where these techniques have been trialed.
In addition, it presents valuable examples using physical
oceanography data. For students, the sections on data acquisition
are useful for a compilation of all the measurement methods.
DIRECTING, DIALOGUE AND ACTING From Richard Williams' The
Animator's Survival Kit comes key chapters in mini form. The
Animator's Survival Kit is the essential tool for animators.
However, sometimes you don't want to carry the hefty expanded
edition around with you to your college or studio if you're working
on just one aspect of it that day. The Animation Minis take some of
the most essential chapters and make them available in smaller,
lightweight, hand-bag/backpack size versions. Easy to carry. Easy
to study. This Mini focuses on Directing, Dialogue and Acting. As a
director, whatever your idea is, you want to put it over, so the
main thing with directing is to be clear - very clear. The
Director's job is to hold everything together so that the animator
can give the performance. Richard Williams shows how that
performance can be achieved with flexibility and contrast. With
Acting and Dialogue, the temptation is to try to do everything at
once - Williams' advice: do one thing at a time.
The right to "pursue happiness" is one of the dominant themes of
western culture, and understanding the causes of happiness is one
of the primary goals of the positive psychology movement. However,
before the causality question can even be considered, a more basic
question must be addressed: CAN happiness change? Reasons for
skepticism include the notion of a "genetic set point" for
happiness, i.e. a stable personal baseline of happiness to which
individuals will always return, no matter how much their lives
change for the better; the life-span stability of happiness-related
traits such as neuroticism and extraversion; and the powerful
processes of hedonic adaptation, which erode the positive effects
of any fortuitous life change. This book investigates prominent
theories on happiness with the research evidence to discuss when
and how happiness changes and for how long.
This book presents a simple framework and guidelines for
implementing visible and uniform auditable standards of quality in
government that can fundamentally and permanently reshape its
efficiency, effectiveness, and value. It opens the possibility of a
day in the not-too-distant future when a quality audit can provide
a uniform and valid report card on every government agency that is
a companion to an annual audit of the financial books. Its
easy-to-use quality standards are objective, measurable, and
transformational. The standards provide the missing link for the
implementation of quality in government both because they align
with fundamental good management technique and support any other
quality disciplines already in place in any given jurisdiction. The
standards are designed to mirror the three fundamental levels of
leadership in government: (1) Work unit supervisors and managers at
the "front line" of government service, (2) chief executives,
department directors and their deputies as "executive management"
of government agencies, and (3) elected leadership at the top, who
provide "public management" and must define the priorities,
outcomes, programs, and budgets. No book has had a bigger potential
to positively transform government since Reinventing Government. It
is a "must read" for elected leaders, public sector managers, and
citizens who wonder why government is so often unable to achieve
excellence.
Nasson College was a small, liberal arts college located in
Springvale, Maine. Unfortunately, declining enrollment and
questionable management decisions led to its bankruptcy and
closing. But the path to closure had been set in motion many years
before, long before the college filed for bankruptcy in November
1982. As it turned out, the end of Nasson College was not the end
of Nasson's story. Author Richard E. Schneider tells the tale of
how the community and alumni tried to save Nasson, which was in its
time a beloved and respected school. "College for Sale" discusses
how, as soon as the school closed, its corporate charter, the
campus, the student records, and the outstanding
multimillion-dollar trust fund that would eventually come due were
in turmoil. It shares the details of the lawsuits, three bankruptcy
auctions, loan defaults, federal investigations, congressional
interventions, the school's reopening, and its subsequent
closing.
"College for Sale" shows how the Nasson alumni held together
and, bit by bit, restored the Nasson Alumni Association to an
active, vibrant organization, just as the old campus was
revitalized with millions of dollars in new capital
investments.
Dr. Richard E Jaggers (1891-1973) was a life-long Kentucky educator
whose career progressed from a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse to
an Associate Dean of Instruction of Graduate Studies at Eastern
Kentucky University. This collection of poems was written over a
span of 45 years. The earliest was written in 1910. This is an
unabridged republication of a collection of Dr. Jaggers' doggerel
published in 1978 by his oldest son, Gerald Jaggers. Now, 40 years
later, Dr. Jaggers' Doggerel is available in print again. This book
has the same title and the same poems in the same order. You are
invited to enjoy Dr. Jaggers' love, memories, visions, humility,
gratitude and insights in his own words!
Kei is a white cat whose favorite food is salmon When Naomi's
clothing store in Imado goes out of business, Kei appears with a
surprise. Inspired by the Japanese legend of the lucky beckoning
cat.
All organizations operate in an environment that is rapidly
changing. To be successful, the organization must also change. The
question is what to change and how. This book will describe in some
detail a number of management programs, many of which are known by
their three-letter acronyms, such as Justin-Time (JIT) or
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). A management program is
designed to improve an organization's effectiveness and efficiency.
However, there are so many management programs it is often
difficult for managers to decide which one would be most
appropriate for their operation. This book will describe an array
of management programs and group them to indicate their primary
purpose. The book will also outline a process that will enable
managers to select the most appropriate management program to meet
their immediate and long-term needs. Implementing a management
program is no small task. It can be expensive, time-consuming, and
disruptive of normal operations; therefore, the choice of the
management program requires careful selection and implementation.
Care must be taken to increase the likelihood of successfully
implementing new ventures in all types of organizations - business,
nonprofit and governmental agencies. Many ventures fail, or achieve
limited success, not because the idea isn't good but because the
organization has not adequately prepared its internal capabilities
to meet the environmental conditions in which it operates. An
important feature of this book is that it can be updated
periodically to add new programs and phase out programs no longer
relevant. The book will provide readers with a comprehensive
description of the most popular management improvement programs and
their primary applications to their organizations. We will discuss
the philosophy and principles of these programs and include a
discussion on how to use each program to achieve optimum success. A
central theme of this book is to not just adopt an improvement
program for the sake of adopting it, but to match the improvement
program with the specific needs in an organization. In the chapters
that follow, we will illustrate how this matching process can be
conducted. Above all, we plan the book to be a concise and useful
resource to both practitioners and academics. Here is what you can
expect in the chapters.
The most popular girl in second grade made fun of Ingrid for having
two dads. Because Ingrid pushed Veronica on the playground, her
principal, Mr. Smith, is making her write a journal for one week
about why having gay parents means she is just like everyone else.
What will Ingrid learn about her family?
Oh, no Garbage in the ocean has created a monster. Literally The
animals have enlisted the help of a dentist to save the
environment.
Tooth fairies need your teeth, but why do they visit you in your
sleep? What do they do with all the teeth they collect? Do they
really look just like you and me? The truth may surprise you. As
you ask your mother, she clears her throat, grabs her notebook
paper, and begins, "This is a story my mother told me..."
|
You may like...
Loot
Nadine Gordimer
Paperback
(2)
R367
R340
Discovery Miles 3 400
|