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This authoritative, best-selling text presents the latest skills and techniques for handling crisis situations.
The authors' task model clearly illustrates and elucidates the process of dealing with people in crisis, from defining the problem to obtaining commitment. Using this model, the authors build specific strategies for handling a myriad of different crisis situations, accompanied in many cases with the dialogue that a practitioner might use when working with the individual in crisis.
This book puts you on the front lines with the crisis worker throughout the chapters, and then illuminates the techniques and strategies the worker used.
This is the first book to appear on British intelligence operations
based in both India and London, which defended the Indian Empire
against subversion during the first two decades of the twentieth
century. It is concerned with the threat to the British Raj posed
by the Indian revolutionary movement, the resulting development of
the imperial intelligence service and the role it played during the
First World War.
Financial Mathematics for Actuarial Science: The Theory of Interest
is concerned with the measurement of interest and the various ways
interest affects what is often called the time value of money
(TVM). Interest is most simply defined as the compensation that a
borrower pays to a lender for the use of capital. The goal of this
book is to provide the mathematical understandings of interest and
the time value of money needed to succeed on the actuarial
examination covering interest theory Key Features Helps prepare
students for the SOA Financial Mathematics Exam Provides
mathematical understanding of interest and the time value of money
needed to succeed in the actuarial examination covering interest
theory Contains many worked examples, exercises and solutions for
practice Provides training in the use of calculators for solving
problems A complete solutions manual is available to faculty
adopters online
Financial Mathematics for Actuarial Science: The Theory of Interest
is concerned with the measurement of interest and the various ways
interest affects what is often called the time value of money
(TVM). Interest is most simply defined as the compensation that a
borrower pays to a lender for the use of capital. The goal of this
book is to provide the mathematical understandings of interest and
the time value of money needed to succeed on the actuarial
examination covering interest theory Key Features Helps prepare
students for the SOA Financial Mathematics Exam Provides
mathematical understanding of interest and the time value of money
needed to succeed in the actuarial examination covering interest
theory Contains many worked examples, exercises and solutions for
practice Provides training in the use of calculators for solving
problems A complete solutions manual is available to faculty
adopters online
Prominent Hellenistic moralists from ca. the first century CE warn
that all emotions carry temptation(s) to sin or error. To be guilty
of emotional sin is to allow psychosomatic feelings (or rising
emotion) free reign to trump godly (rational) guidance of
behavioral pursuits. Thus, morally minded Hellenists widely view
unemotional behavior as a sign of moral progress. Emotive language
peppers the Markan narrative, inviting moral assessments, yet
scholarship has seldom delved into a historical-literary analysis
of Jesus's emotional characterization. This study proposes a
working definition of emotion apropos the narratival nature of
Hellenistic emotion theory. It finds that Jesus consistently
vanquishes emotional temptations with "battle" techniques similar
to those championed by the moralists. Mark characterizes Jesus in
the moral tradition of the anti-emotional exemplar, and several
minor characters are liberated from destructive emotions through
the mercy of Jesus's godly rationale. By recognizing the Markan
Jesus as a model, this study outlines a method for persevering in
emotional testing that modern readers might also emulate to resist
temptation with divine help.
This is the first book to appear on British intelligence operations
based in both India and London, which defended the Indian Empire
against subversion during the first two decades of the twentieth
century. It is concerned with the threat to the British Raj posed
by the Indian revolutionary movement, the resulting development of
the imperial intelligence service and the role it played during the
First World War.
This comprehensive treatise on the reticuloendothelial system is a
project jointly shared by individual members of the
Reticuloendothelial (RE) Society and bio medical scientists in
general who are interested in the intricate system of cells and
molecular moieties derived from those cells which constitute the
RES. It may now be more fashionable in some quarters to consider
these cells as part of what is called the mononuclear phagocytic
system or the lymphoreticular system. Nevertheless, because of
historical developments and current interest in the subject by
investigators from many diverse areas, it seems advantageous to
present in one comprehensive treatise current information and
knowledge con cerning basic aspects of the RES, such as morphology,
biochemistry, phylogeny and ontogeny, physiology, and pharmacology
as weIl as clinical areas including immunopathology, cancer,
infectious diseases, allergy, and hypersensitivity. It is
anticipated that by presenting information concerning these
apparently heterogeneous topics under the unifying umbrella of the
RES attention will be focused on the similarities as weIl as
interactions among the cell types constitut ing the RES from the
viewpoint of various disciplines. The treatise editors and their
editorial board, consisting predominantly of the editors of
individual vol umes, are extremely grateful for the enthusiastic
cooperation and enormous task undertaken by members of the
biomedical community in general and especially by members of the
American as weIl as European and Japanese Reticuloendothe lial
Societies."
Presented here are recent findings on bacteriocins: plasmid-encoded
toxins produced by bacteria, which differ from traditional
antibiotics in killing only bacteria that are closely related to
the producing strain. Included are introductory chapters on
bacteriocins, microcins (low molecular weight bacteriocins), and
lantibiotics (peptide antibiotics containing lanthionine), further,
contributions on pore forming bacteriocins, the mechanisms of
immunity to bacteriocins, uptake and secretion, as well as
evolution of bacteriocins. It is of particular interest that the
lantibiotic nisin is approved for use as food preservative and
another lantibiotic, epidermin, has potential as a therapeutic drug
against acne.
This IMA Volume in Mathematics and its Applications MICROSTRUCTURE
AND PHASE TRANSITION is based on the proceedings of a workshop
which was an integral part of the 1990-91 IMA program on "Phase
Transitions and Free Boundaries." We thank R. Fosdick, M.E. Gurtin,
W.-M. Ni and L.A. Peletier for organizing the year-long program
and, especially, D. Kinderlehrer, R. James, M. Luskin and J.
Ericksen for organizing the meeting and editing these proceedings.
We also take this opportunity to thank those agencies whose
financial support made the workshop possible: the Army Research
Office, and the National Science Foun dation. A vner Friedman
Willard Miller. Jr. PREFACE Much of our traditional knowledge of
materials and processes is achievf'd by observa tion and analysis
of small departures from equilibrium. Many materials, especially
modern alloys, ceramics, and their composites, experience not only
larger but more dramatic changes, such as the occurrence of phase
transitions and t.he creation of defect structures, when viewed at
the microscopic scale. How is this observed, how can it be
interpreted, and how does it influence macroscopic behavior? These
are the principle concerns of this volume, which constitutes the
proceedings of an IMA workshop dedicated to these issues.
British comedy starring Burt Reynolds as Jefferson Steel, a
washed-up Hollywood action star desperate to revive his flagging
career. When his sleazy agent (Charles Durning) signs him up for
what he believes is a high-profile Royal Shakespeare Company
production of King Lear at Stratford upon Avon, Steel thinks he has
finally landed the plum role he has been waiting for. However, he
soon discovers that he has been tricked into joining an amateur
dramatics group for a charity production. Imelda Staunton, Derek
Jacobi and Samantha Bond co-star.
Status Quo? All their songs sound the same and they only know three
chords' Really? This retrospective of one of Britain's most
successful bands takes this lazy criticism and puts it to the
sword. Spanning the period 1970 to 1984, the creative peaks and
troughs of all the songs recorded by 'The Frantic Four' are
examined in detail by a fan who can play guitar a bit, and also
knows his Bach from his byte. Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Alan
Lancaster, and John Coghlan withstood the slings and arrows of
unending criticism to become a national institution, even playing
to Royalty along the way. After their early, psychedelic-influenced
and fleeting pop success, Quo underwent a dramatic and natural
re-invention, unleashing a series of innovative albums and hit
singles, such as 'Down Down' and 'Rockin' All Over The World' that
established their unique sound and style. Relentless touring,
changes in musical direction, unwise choices of producer,
substantial substance abuse, and personality clashes, all played
their part in the collapse of the classic line-up before a brand
re-launch in 1986 that enjoys continued success to the present day.
Status Quo - The Frantic Four Years on track examines the band's
groundbreaking first era with critical detail and honest opinions.
Horslips: arguably the greatest band in Irish rock music history.
This five-piece band produced truly special, unique music in the
1970s. By joining literary craft and their cultural heritage with a
fusion of traditionally inspired music with rock instrumentation,
they created a genre of music which became known as 'Celtic Rock'.
Horslips also pioneered an 'in-house' approach to the rock music
business, controlling their stage presentation, graphic design,
record pressing and concert promotion. Their finest albums - The
Tain, and The Book Of Invasions - adapted legendary and historic
texts with compelling music. Elsewhere the life and times of
Turlough O'Carolan, the famine and emigration provided a conceptual
backdrop to Dancehall Sweethearts, Aliens, and The Man Who Built
America. But the band broke up in 1980. Reconvening in the next
century, after the 'longest tea break in history', they produced a
new 'acoustic covers' album, played stadium-filling gigs and
television performances, and recorded two live albums. This book
celebrates (and sometimes criticises) the creative waves that Eamon
Carr, Barry Devlin, Johnny Fean, Jim Lockhart, and Charles O'Connor
gave us.
UFO, the legendary band which have been gracing the world's stages
for the last 50 years, have given us more than their fair share of
superb quality hard rock songs including 'Doctor, Doctor', 'Rock
Bottom', 'Shoot Shoot', 'Too Hot To Handle', and 'Only You Can Rock
Me'. And that was just during the Seventies! Albums such as 'Force
It', 'Obsession', 'The Wild, The Willing, And The Innocent', 'Walk
On Water' and 'You Are Here' are acknowledged as classics of the
melodic hard rock genre, and their live masterpiece 'Strangers In
The Night' regularly features at or near the top of rock music
polls. UFO's history can be delineated by the guitarists who have
passed through their ranks. From the early 'Space Rock' stumblings,
their astonishing development with the brilliant, mercurial Michael
Schenker, the consolidation and first downfall during Paul
Chapman's tenure, subsequent re-launches and crash-landings, a
troubled reformation of the Schenker line-up, and the final mostly
settled version with Vinnie Moore, this book explores each of the
band's 23 studio albums, and, of course, 'Strangers'. Every song is
analysed in detail and opinions are numerous in this passionate
critique of one of Britain's best loved and most influential rock
institutions
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Life (Paperback)
Keith Richards, James Fox
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The long-awaited autobiography of the guitarist, songwriter,
singer, and founding member of the Rolling Stones. Ladies and
gentlemen: Keith Richards.
With The Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the songs that
roused the world, and he lived the original rock and roll life.
Now, at last, the man himself tells his story of life in the
crossfire hurricane. Listening obsessively to Chuck Berry and Muddy
Waters records, learning guitar and forming a band with Mick Jagger
and Brian Jones. The Rolling Stones's first fame and the notorious
drug busts that led to his enduring image as an outlaw folk hero.
Creating immortal riffs like the ones in "Jumping Jack Flash" and
"Honky Tonk Women." His relationship with Anita Pallenberg and the
death of Brian Jones. Tax exile in France, wildfire tours of the
U.S., isolation and addiction. Falling in love with Patti Hansen.
Estrangement from Jagger and subsequent reconciliation. Marriage,
family, solo albums and Xpensive Winos, and the road that goes on
forever.
With his trademark disarming honesty, Keith Richard brings us the
story of a life we have all longed to know more of, unfettered,
fearless, and true.
Atlas of Comparative Vertebrate Histology looks at the histology of
a wide range of vertebrates, representative of all the major
classes and families, with examples ranging from amphioxus to
primates. The authors focus their microscope on commonly seen
vertebrates as well as 'non-standard' species, such as lamprey,
hagfish, dogfish, skate, rock bass, cod, river catfish, toad,
amphiuma, leopard and bull frog, garter and brown snake, Coturnix
quail and cowbird. The study of comparative histology in the
vertebrates helps students and researchers alike understand how
various groups have addressed similar problems, opening doors to
interesting research possibilities. Not all vertebrates follow the
mammalian model of tissue and organ structure. When dealing with
unique species, we see some structures taken beyond their 'normal'
function. Comparative histology allows us to understand the
structural responses underlying the physiology unique to each
vertebrate group.
This accessible how-to guide for parents and teachers on the best
way to teach chess to children, from international chess expert
Richard James, is linked to both his bestselling book, Chess for
Kids, and his website chessKIDS academy. James, who taught
grandmasters Luke McShane and Jonathan Rowson, shows how learning
chess is interesting and fun. It can also help children develop
life skills, such as decision-making and social skills, and be a
springboard to other subjects in the school curriculum, such as
maths, science, history and even languages. In an easy-to-follow,
fun way, James explains how to structure short lessons with
worksheets and other activities to introduce the chess pieces,
chess notation and chess-board dynamics - so that children can
understand the thinking behind the moves and start playing and
enjoying this fascinating game.
Joe Jackson is a singer, songwriter, composer, and performer who
has twisted and turned his career through numerous genres, and
continues to release excellent albums forty years after his initial
breakthrough success. For some he's the 'Angsty Young Man', forever
hitched to two hit singles; 'Is She Really Going Out With Him?',
and 'It's Different For Girls'. Other memories may extend further
to include the smooth pop gems of 'Steppin' Out' and 'Breaking Us
In Two' from the early 1980's. By the 1990's he had apparently
faded from the spotlight. Stardom has never seemed to be the
Jackson's central ambition; he's been happier to follow his muse.
There is more, so much more to this gifted musician, and this book
covers every facet of a brilliant, unpredictable, and fearsomely
independent recording career. From early 'new wave' successes, via
unexpected 'covers' albums, film soundtracks, impressive conceptual
works, to classical compositions. These are all interspersed with
more great songs always written with intelligence and verve.
Jackson is the constant musical explorer. For those who have stayed
the course this book charts his every port of call so far; if you
are unfamiliar but want to know more, jump onboard. You won't
regret it.
This is the perfect introduction to chess for children from the age
of seven upwards. The book contains 30 short lessons, starting with
learning about the board and the pieces, then the moves of each
piece in turn, then the vital concepts of check, checkmate and
stalemate, and finally basic strategy and thinking skills. Quizzes
and puzzles reinforce what the children learn. The book uses the
characters of the 7-year-old twins Sam and Alice who are always
arguing and fighting. They decide to join the army where they are
told about an impending invasion of aliens from the planet Caissa.
The outcome of the invasion will be decided by a game of living
chess. During their lessons they learn about the battlefield and
the different types of soldier and get to play the part of each in
turn.
"Principles of Modern Radar: Basic Principles" is a comprehensive
and modern textbook for courses in radar systems and technology at
the college senior and graduate student level; a professional
training textbook for formal in-house courses for new hires; a
reference for ongoing study following a radar short course; and a
self-study and professional reference book. "Principles of Modern
Radar" focuses on four key areas: Basic concepts, such as the the
radar range equation and threshold detection; radar signal
phenomenology, such as radar cross section models, clutter,
atmospheric effects, and Doppler effects; descriptions of all major
subsystems of modern radars, such as the antenna, transmitter,
receiver, including modern architectural elements such as exciters,
and advanced signal processors; and signal and data processing
basics, from digital signal processing (DSP) fundamentals, through
detection, Doppler processing, waveforms and pulse compression,
basic imaging concepts, and tracking fundamentals. While several
established books address introductory radar systems, "Principles
of Modern Radar" differs from these in its breadth of coverage, its
emphasis on current methods (without losing sight of bedrock
principles), and its adoption of an appropriate level of
quantitative rigor for the intended audience of students and new
professional hires. The manuscript for this book was reviewed by
over 50 professionals in academia, military, and commercial
enterprises. These reviewers were among thousands of potential
users approached by the publisher and asked to share their
expertise and experience in radar training and instruction. Their
extensive comments, corrections, and insights ensure that
"Principles of Modern Radar" will meet the needs of modern radar
educators and students around the world. Written and edited by
world-renowned radar instructors and critically reviewed by users
before publication, this is truly a radar community-driven book.
Western philosophies of history commonly regard nature as a mere
arena in which human beings suffer, labour and create. In this
lucid and clearly written contribution to the subject, Blackburn
argues that such a narrow perspective must be transcended. Nature
is not simply a backdrop for human actors, but is itself an active
force which created and perpetually consumes the human species. It
is the very reason why human beings perpetually recreate and
destroy one another.
Drawing on a wide range of disciplines--from the natural science of
Darwin and Prigogine to the social theories of the
fourteenth-century Arab historian Ibn Khaldun and the cosmic
speculations of the Vedas--Blackburn explores the dialectic of
creation, preservation and destruction underlying human history. He
recounts how this conflict is manifested through religion and war,
pollution and plagues. European feudalism is analysed as a means of
preventing Europe's destruction by Moors, Magyars and Vikings; the
Chinese empire of contending with ecological catastrophe and
barbarian invasion.
To conquer or be conquered; to develop or be destroyed by nature:
these are predicaments set by the Vampire of Reason. Hegel's idea
of a Cunning of Reason guiding history is belied, yet partly
vindicated by nature; a hidden hand unfolds, not only in the
capitalist marketplace but in a Darwinian struggle for social
existence accelerating human history.
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Zionism (Paperback)
Richard James Horatio Gottheil
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Richard James Horatio Gottheil
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Wood reads Philip Sidney's New Arcadia in the light of the ethos
known as Philippism after the followers of Philip Melanchthon the
Protestant theologian. He employs a critical paradigm previously
used to discuss Sidney's Defence of Poesy and narrows the gap that
critics have found between Sidney's theory and literary practice.
This book is a valuable resource for scholars and researchers in
the fields of literary and religious studies. Various strands of
philosophical, political and theological thought are accommodated
within the New Arcadia, which conforms to the kind of literature
praised by Melanchthon for its examples of virtue. Employing the
same philosophy, Sidney, in his letter to Queen Elizabeth and in
his fiction, arrogates to himself the role of court counsellor.
Robert Devereux also draws, Wood argues, on the optimistic and
conciliatory philosophy signified by Sidney's New Arcadia. -- .
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