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.

A true love story of how two people met as childhood sweethearts, and managed to get over so many stepping stones growing up but remained as one never letting go or forgetting what brought them together in the first place. A story of tragic loss and how Ric Hart moved through grief finding inner strength, resilience and hope for his future and all that shall come, sharing all the steps he took to find peace and acceptance whilst managing the loss of a soul mate, best friend, wife and lover.

Thirty-three-year-old Leslie Moreau, mother of twins, is recovering from a nasty divorce. During the last four years, she's established her own small business, Transitions Consulting, a firm that provides rehabilitation consulting services for the automobile industry. Leslie maintains a solid relationship with Tobian Government Insurance, one of her largest accounts. Life and work are on the right track. But Leslie begins to worry when she has to fire Martin Lavallee, the first employee she hired when her business began to take off. She discovers that he's been undermining her business and plans to leave her firm and take referrals with him. The situation gets worse when Martin files a wrongful dismissal lawsuit. While Leslie fights this, those in power at Tobian begin to harass her. She fears for her business and the welfare of her seven employees. "Egos and Arrogance" tells Leslie's story as she struggles to get out from underneath the exploitation of a huge and powerful corporation. To overcome this obstacle, Leslie confronts the memories of this same type of treatment she received as a child. Juggling the emotions of both experiences, Leslie must stay mentally strong to keep from losing everything she has worked to obtain.

A collection of all my internet blogs as of August 2009

Communication and Contradiction in the NCAA: An Unlevel Playing Field is a critical examination of the contradictory nature of the NCAA, and how the inherent contradictions impact the communication activities of its constituents, supporters, and challengers. At the heart of the NCAA is the student-athlete, born out of an idealistic collection of communal values that is often at odds with institutional practices. The rhetorical negotiation of the student-athlete's identity informs and confuses communication practices on a number of levels, from interpersonal interactions to organizational apologia. Because the student-athlete is critical to maintaining the collegiate athletics orientation, the NCAA works overtime in promoting, maintaining, and defending it in the face of public scrutiny. The NCAA and its member institutions, like any organization, are compelled to answer public accusations, often working to defend inconsistent policies to an increasingly hostile audience. In an effort to solidify its power, the NCAA uses public discourse to maintain its position by establishing and enforcing proper codes of conduct for participants, and rationalizing unfair labor practices, athletics budgets, and rising tuition costs designed to boost athletics. In response they often rely on familiar rhetorical and organizational practices, such as branding, mascots, and heroic stories of student-athletes, all of which come with issues of their own. All of these communication phenomena, from interpersonal support-seeking to organizational scapegoating, are informed by the central student-athlete mythos. This puts the NCAA at a contradictory crossroads as they work to reconcile inconsistent practices and messages.

Communication and Contradiction in the NCAA: An Unlevel Playing Field is a critical examination of the contradictory nature of the NCAA, and how the inherent contradictions impact the communication activities of its constituents, supporters, and challengers. At the heart of the NCAA is the student-athlete, born out of an idealistic collection of communal values that is often at odds with institutional practices. The rhetorical negotiation of the student-athlete's identity informs and confuses communication practices on a number of levels, from interpersonal interactions to organizational apologia. Because the student-athlete is critical to maintaining the collegiate athletics orientation, the NCAA works overtime in promoting, maintaining, and defending it in the face of public scrutiny. The NCAA and its member institutions, like any organization, are compelled to answer public accusations, often working to defend inconsistent policies to an increasingly hostile audience. In an effort to solidify its power, the NCAA uses public discourse to maintain its position by establishing and enforcing proper codes of conduct for participants, and rationalizing unfair labor practices, athletics budgets, and rising tuition costs designed to boost athletics. In response they often rely on familiar rhetorical and organizational practices, such as branding, mascots, and heroic stories of student-athletes, all of which come with issues of their own. All of these communication phenomena, from interpersonal support-seeking to organizational scapegoating, are informed by the central student-athlete mythos. This puts the NCAA at a contradictory crossroads as they work to reconcile inconsistent practices and messages.

Nonlinear optical studies of periodic dielectric structures have blossomed in the past two decades. New fabrication techniques are producing fiber grating and multidimensional photonic crystals in materials where the refractive index can be varied by light pulses and beams. Gap solitons that can propagate at any velocity from zero to the speed of light and spatial solitons that prevent the diffractive spread of light in waveguide arrays are two examples of the new phenomena described in this book. Microstructured optical fibers allow control of the guided mode dispersion for broadband light generation and new soliton phenomena. Many new materials and structures are being developed that will impact new optical devices with applications in optical communications and optical data processing. All the above topics are addressed in detail in this book.

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.

This book presents ethnographic data and analysis in eight case studies from several very diverse industries. It covers a wide range of topics, from the role of women and community in strikes to the importance of place in organization, and addresses global concerns with studies from Mexico and Malawu. Union-organized workplaces consistently afford workers higher wages and better pensions, benefits, and health coverage than their non-union counterparts. In addition, women and minorities who belong to unions are more likely to receive higher wages and benefits than their non-union peers. Given the economic advantages of union membership, one might expect to see higher rates of organization across industries, but labour affiliation is at an all-time low. What accounts for this discrepancy? The contributors in this volume provide a variety of perspectives on this paradox, including discussions of approaches to and findings on the histories, cultures, and practices of organized labour. They also address substantive issues such as race, class, gender, age, generation, ethnicity, health and safety concerns, corporate co-optation of unions, and the cultural context of union-management relationships. The first to bring together anthropological case studies of labour unions, this volume will appeal to cultural anthropologists, social scientists, sociologists, and those interested in labour studies and labour movements.

Richart's bio-bibliography is a most welcome addition to the literature. For the first time, Richart has made available a comprehensive bibliography, discography, and up-to-date worklist. Ligeti's writings, writings about Ligeti, and reviews and analyses of his works, mainly after his 1956 flight from Hungary to the West, are listed and annotated. . . . Richart's short, concise biography is informative and well written. . . . Highly recommended for public, college, and university libraries with music collections. Choice Gyorgy Ligeti is one of the most significant of contemporary composers. Most often described as innovative, he has been able to combine beauty and emotional meaning with that innovation. This bio-bibliography describes rather than evaluates the considerable body of writings by and about Ligeti. The book is divided into four sections: biography, worklist, discography, and bibliography. The biography is a brief survey designed to acquaint the reader, if necessary, with the basic and widely available facts of Ligeti's life. The bibliography is divided into two parts: writings by Ligeti and writings about him. The largest section in the latter part consists of concert and record reviews. Cross references link all items dealing with each individual music work. An appendix lists, in chronological order, all of the concerts devoted entirely to works by Ligeti. Writings listed in the bibliography are dated from the 1940s onward. The bulk of the material was written after Ligeti's flight to the west in 1956. This first book-length work on Gyorgy Ligeti will be welcomed by music scholars.

Oral Pathology as part of the Head and Neck Pathology is an interdisciplinary field of science. The oral mucosa and the saliva are reflectors of many systemic diseases of the organism and therefore valuable parameters of the diagnosis and prognosis of pathological processes. In the last years many new methods have been integrated in the diagnostic repertoire. Proliferation markers are of predicitive value and characterize the biological behavior of a tumor. Markers are such as oncogenes, growth factor receptors or genetic aberrations. The importance of these new markers shall be discussed concerning the different types of oral cancers and salivary gland tumours.

Die Alzheimer-Demenz gehArt zu den hAufigsten Erkrankungen des hAheren Lebensalters. Sie stellt angesichts unserer steigenden Lebenserwartung eine zunehmende Herausforderung fA1/4r Gesellschaft, Klinik und Forschung dar.

Zwar sind die Ursachen der Erkrankung noch nicht endgA1/4ltig aufgeklArt, doch ist die zentrale Bedeutung pathologischer AmyloidanhAufungen sowohl fA1/4r die familiAren als auch fA1/4r die sporadischen Formen der Erkrankung allgemein anerkannt. Zudem sind immunologische Faktoren insbesondere an der multifaktoriellen Genese der sporadischen Alzheimer-Demenzen beteiligt.

Das vorliegende Buch reflektiert den aktuellen Forschungsstand der psychoimmunologischen Demenzforschung. Untersuchungen humoraler und zellulArer Immunparameter werden vorgestellt, die bei Alzheimer-Patienten verAndert erscheinen. Die Befunde weisen auf eine AbschwAchung verschiedener Aspekte der Immunantwort hin. Eine abgeschwAchte Immunantwort kAnnte Folge einer vorzeitigen Immunalterung sein.

This book differs from others in the Histological Typing series by including more clinical aspects and by concentrating on cancer and precancer of the oral mucosa rather than attempting to cover all benign and malignant tumors of the oral and oropharyngeal tissue. One main aim is to inform general pathologists of the significance of the clinical features of the various lesions discussed as, on the whole, they may be unfamiliar with this territory. Attention is also drawn to those conditions particular to the oral mucosa that may give rise to appearances which are important in differential diagnoses but can be misleading to the pathologist who does not have detailed knowledge of the tissue involved. The TNM-classification for malignant tumors of the lip and oral cavity is also included.

The "decisive moment" is what counts, said the legendary photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson. For more than half-a-century, the theater photographer Ruth Walz schooled her eye to capture fleeting moments on stage so that they still grip us today. In doing so, she gives us exciting after-images of irretrievably lost theatrical productions. She provided audiences of the time with matchless memories and new insights; anyone looking at her pictures today undergoes a journey into the fascinating world of the theater. After working for around fifteen years as a photographer for the Schaubuhne in Berlin, she spent the ensuing years accompanying directors, set designers, and actors on their paths through European theater and opera. Her precise gaze and her curiosity about the art of the stage remain undiminished to this day. This illustrated volume with texts by Gerhard Stadelmaier, Niklas Maak, and other authors, as well as interviews with Robert Wilson and Peter Sellars, is a companion to the extensive exhibition of her photographs at the Museum fur Fotografie in Berlin.

Data-driven experimental analysis has become the main evaluation tool of Natural Language Processing (NLP) algorithms. In fact, in the last decade, it has become rare to see an NLP paper, particularly one that proposes a new algorithm, that does not include extensive experimental analysis, and the number of involved tasks, datasets, domains, and languages is constantly growing. This emphasis on empirical results highlights the role of statistical significance testing in NLP research: If we, as a community, rely on empirical evaluation to validate our hypotheses and reveal the correct language processing mechanisms, we better be sure that our results are not coincidental. The goal of this book is to discuss the main aspects of statistical significance testing in NLP. Our guiding assumption throughout the book is that the basic question NLP researchers and engineers deal with is whether or not one algorithm can be considered better than another one. This question drives the field forward as it allows the constant progress of developing better technology for language processing challenges. In practice, researchers and engineers would like to draw the right conclusion from a limited set of experiments, and this conclusion should hold for other experiments with datasets they do not have at their disposal or that they cannot perform due to limited time and resources. The book hence discusses the opportunities and challenges in using statistical significance testing in NLP, from the point of view of experimental comparison between two algorithms. We cover topics such as choosing an appropriate significance test for the major NLP tasks, dealing with the unique aspects of significance testing for non-convex deep neural networks, accounting for a large number of comparisons between two NLP algorithms in a statistically valid manner (multiple hypothesis testing), and, finally, the unique challenges yielded by the nature of the data and practices of the field.

Mediale Lernumgebungen waren immer schon selbstverstandliches Moment des Fremdsprachenunterrichts. Im Zeitalter neuer Kommunikations- und Informationsmedien stellt sich die Frage nach ihrem didaktischen Ort aber neu und qualitativ anders. Im Mittelpunkt des V. Mediendidaktischen Kolloquiums im Oktober 2000 an der Universitat Hamburg, dessen Beitrage den Schwerpunkt dieses Bandes ausmachen, stand die Frage nach dem moglichen Beitrag neuer Medien zur Selbst-und zur Fremdbestimmung der Lernenden. Aus dem Inhalt: Helene Decke-Cornill/Maike Reichart-Wallrabenstein: Einleitung - Inge Christine Schwerdtfeger: Neue Medien im Fremdsprachenunterricht - ja aber - Hans Hunfeld: Literatur und Medien - Lutz Kuster: Mediales Lernen im Zeichen von Lernerautonomie und Bildungsanspruch - Klaus Schule: Medienstruktur, Medienrezipient und demokratisches Bewusstsein - Dieter Wolff/Bernd Ruschoff: Fremdsprachenlernen als Konstruktion: Template Based Learning als Beitrag der Mediendidaktik zur Forderung von Konstruktions-prozessen - Michael K. Legutke/Andreas Muller-Hartmann/Marita Schocker-v. Ditfurth: Mediale Lernumgebungen im Schnittfeld von Lehrerausbildung und Lehrerfortbildung - Brigitte Kruck: Chancen, Grenzen, Legitimationsprobleme: Computermedien und literarische Texte. Erfahrungen aus der Lehrerbildung - Angela Grundemann/Alfons Welling: Kinder mit sprachlicher Beeintrachtigung lernen Fremdsprachen - Reinhard Donath: Internet, Lernerautonomie und der Fremdsprachenunterricht - Karin Feldner: Englischunterricht trans@lantisch - Reinhold Wandel: Video, Marsmannchen und interkulturelles Lernen - Heide Schrader: Sehen und Verstehen im bilingualen Fremdsprachenunterricht - Una Dirks: Internet-Arbeit alsKommunikationskompensator - Jurgen Donnerstag: Der globale Erfolg amerikanischer Popularkultur als Herausforderung fur sprachliches und kulturelles Lernen - Gabriele Blell: Musikvideoclips im Englisch-unterricht: « medialer Himmel oder « mediale Holle? - Helene Decke-Cornill: « Truth, justice and other special effects: Die Beweiskraft der Bilder - Wilfried Gienow/Karlheinz Hellwig: Selbst-versus Fremdbestimmung. Er-und Verarbeiten von Texten in medialen Lernumgebungen des Fremdsprachenunterrichts als Bildungs-prozess.