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Learn to plan and execute projects in any organization with this
practical and insightful resource The comprehensively updated and
revised edition of Strategic Project Management Made Simple cements
this series' status as the leading resource for anyone looking for
step-by-step guidance on project design and action initiatives.
Written by celebrated management consultant Terry Schmidt, this
book fully covers the necessity of systems thinking and the logical
framework approach to solve today's challenging problems. Strategic
Project Management Made Simple also includes: An expanded section
on turning ideas, problems, and opportunities into projects A newly
created chapter on managing your "inner game" to achieve project
excellence Fresh case studies that cover how to pivot your business
to meet changing needs A new approach, Iterating to Excellence, to
create your Minimum Viable Project and produce solutions smoother
and faster Strategic Project Management Made Simple, Revised and
Updated is an indispensable volume for leaders and workers seeking
to transform their approach to planning, driving, and executing
projects in their organizations.
Challenges of Astronomy in a unique collection of thirty astronomy
experiments ranging from ancient astronomy to cosmology. Each of
the experiments contains one or more challenges for the reader. The
progression is from the Earth outward through the solar system to
the stellar and galactic realm. Topics include the shape of the
sky, Stonehenge as a stoneage abacus, determination of the size of
the Earth, the distance of the Moon and planets, Kepler's laws,
planetary mass and density, the temperatures and atmospheres of
planets, the speed of light, the distances of stars, the nature of
the quiet and active Sun, photometry and spectroscopy, stars
clusters and variable stars, fundamental properties of stars, and
Olber's paradox.
Challenges of Astronomy is a translation and extensive revision of
a German-language resource book for secondary school teachers of
science. Physical science teachers will find this edition too a
rich resource of experiments to their own milieus, but it is
suitable for many other English-language readers too, from northern
and southern hemisphere locations. The beginning experiments are
suitable for bright high school and non-science major university
students while the later experiments which offer increasingly
difficult challenges are more suitable for sciences majors.
Amateurs with a variety of skills will find this hands-on book
entertaining, informative, and useful.
Challenges of Astronomy in a unique collection of thirty astronomy experiments ranging from ancient astronomy to cosmology. Each of the experiments contains one or more challenges for the reader. The progression is from the Earth outward through the solar system to the stellar and galactic realm. Topics include the shape of the sky, Stonehenge as a stoneage abacus, determination of the size of the Earth, the distance of the Moon and planets, Kepler's laws, planetary mass and density, the temperatures and atmospheres of planets, the speed of light, the distances of stars, the nature of the quiet and active Sun, photometry and spectroscopy, stars clusters and variable stars, fundamental properties of stars, and Olber's paradox. Challenges of Astronomy is a translation and extensive revision of a German-language resource book for secondary school teachers of science. Physical science teachers will find this edition too a rich resource of experiments to their own milieus, but it is suitable for many other English-language readers too, from northern and southern hemisphere locations. The beginning experiments are suitable for bright high school and non-science major university students while the later experiments which offer increasingly difficult challenges are more suitable for sciences majors. Amateurs with a variety of skills will find this hands-on book entertaining, informative, and useful.
Self-organizing Neural Maps: From Retina to Tectum describes the
underlying processes that determine how retinal fibers
self-organize into an orderly visual map. The formation of neural
maps is a fundamental organizing concept in neurodevelopment that
can shed light on developmental mechanisms and the functions of
genes elsewhere. The book presents a summary of research in the
retinotectal field with an ultimate goal of synthesizing how
underlying mechanisms in neural development harmoniously come
together to create life. A broad spectrum of neuroscientists and
biomedical scientists with differing backgrounds and varied
expertise will find this book useful.
1. Der Dosisvergleich zwischen Angiographiefilm auf
hochverstarkender Seltener-Erde-Folie (Quanta 3) und digitalem
BV-TV-Bild im "pulsed mode" fallt eindeutig zu ungunsten des
digitalen BV-TV-Bildes aus. Zumindestens beim DVI-II-System (Fa.
PHI LIPS) und DIGITRON-II-System (Fa. SIEMENS) liegen die Dosen an
den 3 MeBorten Oberfiache, Kor permitte und Austrittsseite bei
Verwendung der auto matischen Belichtungsregelung und eines 25 cm
Bild verstarkerformates urn den Faktor 2 hoher als bei der
hochverstarkenden Angiographie-Film -F olien-Kom bination (Quanta
3). Diese Aussage gilt unabhangig yom entgegengesetzten Strahl en
gang bei Filmangio graphie und DSA. 2. Durch Wahl einer niedrigeren
Dosisleistungsstufe oder Manipulation der kV-Zahl und Videokamera
apertur laBt sich die Dosis bei digitalen BV-TV-Bild in die
GroBenordnung der Filmdosis bringen. Die zuge horigen
Qualitatsvergleiche stehen noch aus. 3. Es besteht eine Diskrepanz
mind est ens urn den Faktor 10 zwischen yom Hersteller angegebener
"Eingangs dosis" am Bildverstarker und der yom Anwender tat
sachlich zu messenden Dosis vor der Bildverstarker abdeckung. Diese
Diskrepanz erkHirt sich zum Teil durch unterschiedliche
MeBbedingungen und den zwi schengeschalteten Streustrahlenraster
und Abstand. Fiir die Praxis ist jedoch mit realen Dosiswerten zwi
schen 3 und 5 mR pro Bild im "pulsed mode" vor der
Bildverstarkerabdeckung zu rechnen. Diese Werte werden von mehreren
Arbeitsgruppen bestatigt 1, 5-8]."
Seit Februar 1977 arbeiten wir an einem von der Deutschen For
schungsgemeinschaft geforderten Projekt zur Geschichte sprach
wissenschaftlicher Theorien und befassen uns insbesondere mit den
Stoikern, die in ihrer Dialektik erstmals eine solche Theo rie
systematisch entwickelt haben. Ein vordringliches Ziel der
Projektarbeit besteht darin, dieQuellentexte zur stoischen Dia
lektik vollstandig zu sammeln und sie auch dem modernen Sprach
theoretiker zuganglich zu machen. Nun war R. T. Schmidt nicht nur
der erste, der in neuerer Zeit die Grammatik der Stoiker in ge
schlossener Form bearbeitet hat. Vielmehr hat er auch die zuge
horigen Fragmente mit einer bislang nicht ubertroffenen Umsicht
gesammelt und sie uberdies ausfuhrlich zitiert. Im Hinblick auf das
genannte Ziel unserer Forschungen war es daher angezeigt, zunachst
das Werk von R. T. Schmidt zu ubersetzen und so zu pra sentieren,
dass es im Rahmen verschiedenartiger moderner Frage stellungen als
Hilfsmittel benutzt werden kann. Deshalb enthalt unser Buch
manches, was - vermutlich im Sinne Schmidts - uber ihn hinausgeht.
Im Marz 1978 erschien es in einer ersten Fassung und in sehr
begrenzter Auflage als Band 23 der Veroffentlichun gen des
Sonderforschungsbereichs 99 "Linguistik" in Konstanz. Fur die
Publikation in den "Schriften zur Linguistik" wurde es noch einmal
grundlich uberarbeitet und etwas erweitert, so dass auch die
Bibliographie zur stoischen Dialektik wieder auf dem neuesten Stand
ist. Wir hoffen, dass der nunmehr vorgelegte Band sich tatsachlich
als so nutzlich erweist, wie wir es erwarten."
The author begins: "In the midst of contradictory beliefs of every
description, the world is at a loss to know what should be accepted
as true. Theories are conceived, as it were, over night;
long-established customs are abandoned; doctrines of unquestionable
authenticity are ruthlessly overthrown, - in a word, chaos reigns
in the world of thought and deed. But one institution retains the
stability of centuries; and men and women of judgment hopefully
turn their eyes to her, the one whom ages and changes have not
altered-the Roman Catholic Church. It is with the hope that this
book may aid Catholics to remain faithful to the Church and stand
by her in these difficult times, and that it may be the means of
attracting the many, who are sincere in their efforts to find a
trustworthy guide through the maze of beliefs and unbeliefs, to a
more thorough investigation of the 'Catholic Church, that it is
given to press." In the chapter on the Church as a Sign of
Contradiction, the author writes: "Simeon, the seer, some nineteen
hundred years ago took a little infant in his arms and made the
remarkable statement, "Behold this child is set for the fall and
resurrection of many in Israel, and for a sign which shall be
contradicted," a bystander might have ridiculed the thought that
the child of apparently unknown parents could ever rise to such
heights as to be the occasion of the success and failure, the rise
and fall of individuals as well as of nations. And yet this Child,
the Son of God, has been a sign of contradiction, and has exerted a
tremendous influence upon the nations of the world and their
destinies."
My association with converts has taught me that they are so much
happier in the True Faith if they are familiar with the devotions
and practices that are essentially Catholic. Experience has also
demonstrated that not a few who were born and reared in the Faith
betray a lack of thorough instruction, or have simply forgotten the
meanings and purposes of many Catholic practices. For such readers
I have endeavored to gather in the following pages the most salient
features of Catholic life. My aim has been to give interesting and
profitable reading in plain words. And thus I hope that this book
will find favor with all classes of Catholics. In our busy American
life we lose so easily our hold on the things that are eternal.
There is, therefore, all the more need that from time to time we
refresh our souls with the contemplation of the service, the wealth
of consolation, and the brilliant hopes for the future which are
afforded us by the beautiful devotions and practices of our
religion. Let us consider this on devotion to the Blessed Virgin
Mary: "To me it has been one of the most baffling mysteries of the
world that the propriety of honoring and venerating the Mother of
God should ever have been brought into question. On that memorable
day when the Saviour hung on the cross, a bruised and crushed
victim for the world's crimes, some of the last words spoken by Him
were addressed to His Mother and St. John: "Woman, behold thy son.
After that He saith to the disciple: Behold thy mother." (John xix.
26-27.) It has always been the belief of Christians that hereby the
Blessed Redeemer constituted His Mother as the Mother of all
Christians, and placed the faithful of His Church under her special
guidance and protection. But one might object that this
interpretation is forced and not implied in the words. If not, how
can we explain that Our Lord chose such an important moment, if He
merely desired to provide for His Mother. An ordinary human being
makes many requests upon his deathbed because he realizes that he
will be unable to counsel and provide after the hand of death has
touched him. But surely, no one will suggest that Our Saviour just
happened to think of the needs of His Mother as He saw death
approaching. No indeed. The solemnity of the occasion, as well as
the publicity of the act indicated that here was something
important and of interest not only to those who stood beneath the
cross, but to the whole world."
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable,
high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
In his Commentary on Daniel, the earliest extant Christian
commentary, Hippolytus interprets the deeds and visions of Daniel
against the backdrop of contemporary Roman persecution and
eschatological expectation, thus providing much information about
Christian affairs in the early third century. Throughout the
commentary Hippolytus further discusses his distinctive Logos
theology and also makes mention of various liturgical practices
evolving baptism, anointing, the celebration of Easter and perhaps
the date of Christmas.
This volume contains an English translation and introduction to
Hippolytus of Rome's Commentary on Daniel and his Chronicon. Both
works are the first writings of their kind. The commentary is the
earliest extant Christian commentary on a book of the Bible and the
Chronicon is the first extant Christian historical work.
A study of race and sexuality and their interdependencies in
American literature from 1945 to 1955, Desegregating Desire
examines the varied strategies used by eight American poets and
novelists to integrate sexuality into their respective depictions
of desegregated places and emergent identities in the aftermath of
World War II. Focusing on both progressive and conventional forms
of cross-race writing and interracial intimacy, the book is
organized around four pairs of writers. Chapter one examines
reimagined domestic places, and the ambivalent desires that define
them, in the southern writing of Elizabeth Bishop and Zora Neale
Hurston. The second chapter; focused on poets Gwendolyn Brooks and
Edwin Denby, analyzes their representations of the postwar American
city, representations which often transpose private desires into a
public imaginary. Chapter three explores how insular racial
communities in the novels of Ann Petry and William Demby were
related to non-normative sexualities emerging in the early Cold
War. The final chapter, focused on damaged desires, considers the
ways that novelists Jo Sinclair and Carl Offord, relocate the
public traumas of desegregation with the private spheres of homes
and psyches. Aligning close textual readings with the segregated
histories and interracial artistic circles that informed these Cold
War writers, this project defines desegregation as both a racial
and sexual phenomenon, one both public and private. In analyzing
more intimate spaces of desegregation shaped by regional, familial,
and psychological upheavals after World War II, Tyler T. Schmidt
argues that ""queer"" desire--understood as same-sex and
interracial desire--redirected American writing and helped shape
the Cold War era's integrationist politics.
An exploration of writers who examine integration through the
charged lens of sexuality A study of race and sexuality and their
interdependencies in American literature from 1945 to 1955,
Desegregating Desire examines the varied strategies used by eight
American poets and novelists to integrate sexuality into their
respective depictions of desegregated places and emergent
identities in the aftermath of World War II. Focusing on both
progressive and conventional forms of cross-race writing and
interracial intimacy, the book is organized around four pairs of
writers. Chapter one examines reimagined domestic places, and the
ambivalent desires that define them, in the southern writing of
Elizabeth Bishop and Zora Neale Hurston. The second chapter,
focused on poets Gwendolyn Brooks and Edwin Denby, analyzes their
representations of the postwar American city, representations that
often transpose private desires into a public imaginary. Chapter
three explores how insular racial communities in the novels of Ann
Petry and William Demby were related to non-normative sexualities
emerging in the early Cold War. The final chapter, focused on
damaged desires, considers the ways that novelists Jo Sinclair and
Carl Offord relocate the public traumas of desegregation with the
private spheres of homes and psyches. Aligning close textual
readings with the segregated histories and interracial artistic
circles that informed these Cold War writers, this project defines
desegregation as both a racial and sexual phenomenon, one both
public and private. In analyzing more intimate spaces of
desegregation shaped by regional, familial, and psychological
upheavals after World War II, Tyler T. Schmidt argues that "queer"
desire--understood as same-sex and interracial desire--redirected
American writing and helped shape the Cold War era's integrationist
politics. Tyler T. Schmidt, New York, New York, is an assistant
professor of English at Lehman College. His work has been published
in African American Review, Women's Studies Quarterly, and Radical
Teacher.
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