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Rules of Thumb: A Life Manual
by Tom ParkerA mix of folk wisdom, common sense, shared experience, the advice of experts, and the kind of group think that's made websites like Wikipedia so vital, Rules of Thumb is the impulsive compendium of 1,000 general principles that apply to every facet of life. Collected by Tom Parker for over 25 years, these are rules that are practical, quirky, and as entertaining to read as they are relevant to the reader. There's a rule of thumb for just about every subject imaginable— money, marriage, cooking, health, weather, cars, gardening, restaurants, travel. This is the priceless knowledge that's accumulated not from reading, but from living. Tempted by a string of pearls at a yard sale? Rub them against your teeth: The rule of thumb, as your grandmother might have told you, is that a genuine pearl will grate. Not sure how to choose a puppy? Pick one whose tail wags in sync with its walk—a sign of calmness. To win at blackjack, assume that any unseen card is an eight. And remember, a rule of thumb works four out of five times (including this one).
Transitions in American Education: A Social History of Teaching (Studies in the History of Education)
by Donald Parkerson Jo Ann PakersonThis book is a concise social history of teaching from the colonial period to the present. By revealing the words of teachers themselves, it brings their stories to life. Synthesizing decades of research on teaching, it places important topics such as discipline in the classroom, technology, and cultural diversity within historical perspective.
Transitions in American Education: A Social History of Teaching (Studies in the History of Education)
by Donald Parkerson Jo Ann PakersonThis book is a concise social history of teaching from the colonial period to the present. By revealing the words of teachers themselves, it brings their stories to life. Synthesizing decades of research on teaching, it places important topics such as discipline in the classroom, technology, and cultural diversity within historical perspective.
Ships and the Development of Maritime Technology on the Indian Ocean (Routledge Indian Ocean Series)
by David Parkin Ruth BarnesRecognising the fundamental role both of shipping communities and the technologies crafted and shared by them, this book explores the types of ships, methods of navigation and modes of water-borne trade in the Indian Ocean region and the way they affected the development of distinctive settlements against a changing but strong sense of regional consciousness and identity.
Cooking with Oats: Oat Bran, Oatmeal, and More / Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-125 (Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin)
by Cornelia M. ParkinsonSince 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.
Cooking with Rice: More Than 30 Favorite Recipes / Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-124 (Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin)
by Cornelia M. ParkinsonLearn how to cook rice perfectly and how to use it in a wide variety of recipes, from basic Baked Rice and Fried Rice to delicious dishes like Indonesian Rice Salad, Risotto with Peas, Cranberry Rice Croquettes, Paella, Rice Parisienne, Orange Cashew Rice, Indian Pilaf, Ginger Rice Casserole, Brown Rice Bread, Rice Pudding, and more.
Holiday Gifts from Nature: Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-162 (Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin)
by Cornelia M. ParkinsonSince 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.
Grow Your Own Tea: The Complete Guide to Cultivating, Harvesting, and Preparing
by Christine Parks Susan M. WalcottThis comprehensive guide details how to grow and process real tea (including white, green, oolong, and black).
Fluid Frames: Experimental Animation with Sand, Clay, Paint, and Pixels
by Corrie Francis ParksOnce the realm of a few stalwart artists, animating with sand, clay, and wet paint is now accessible for all filmmakers with an experimental frame of mind. Created directly under the camera with frame-by-frame stopmotion, this "fluid frame animation" provides a completely unique visual world for animators. While pioneering animators such as Caroline Leaf, Alexander Petrov, and Ishu Patel paved the way, the availability of frame capture programs, compositing software and digital workflow is opening up new avenues of exploration for artists of all experience levels. This book will walk you through setting up your studio, choosing and working with your materials, and combining the physical under-the-camera production with digital compositing and effects to enhance your animation.· Firsthand advice from experimental animation veterans and rising stars in the field· Covers the digital aspects of experimental animation, including the latest techniques in After Effects CC· Tutorials and source files for under-the-camera approaches and After Effects enhancements on the book’s companion website In addition to the practical advice, you’ll find historical and contemporary examples of successful films, step-by-step tutorials for working under the camera and working with the footage digitally, and interviews and tips from artists who are currently pushing the boundaries in these experimental mediums. Stacked with information and images from over 30 artists, this book is an indispensable resource for both the student and professional wishing to get their hands dirty in an increasingly digital world.
Fluid Frames: Experimental Animation with Sand, Clay, Paint, and Pixels
by Corrie Francis ParksOnce the realm of a few stalwart artists, animating with sand, clay, and wet paint is now accessible for all filmmakers with an experimental frame of mind. Created directly under the camera with frame-by-frame stopmotion, this "fluid frame animation" provides a completely unique visual world for animators. While pioneering animators such as Caroline Leaf, Alexander Petrov, and Ishu Patel paved the way, the availability of frame capture programs, compositing software and digital workflow is opening up new avenues of exploration for artists of all experience levels. This book will walk you through setting up your studio, choosing and working with your materials, and combining the physical under-the-camera production with digital compositing and effects to enhance your animation.· Firsthand advice from experimental animation veterans and rising stars in the field· Covers the digital aspects of experimental animation, including the latest techniques in After Effects CC· Tutorials and source files for under-the-camera approaches and After Effects enhancements on the book’s companion website In addition to the practical advice, you’ll find historical and contemporary examples of successful films, step-by-step tutorials for working under the camera and working with the footage digitally, and interviews and tips from artists who are currently pushing the boundaries in these experimental mediums. Stacked with information and images from over 30 artists, this book is an indispensable resource for both the student and professional wishing to get their hands dirty in an increasingly digital world.
Hell And Back: Selected Essays
by Tim ParksIn Hell and Back, Tim Parks reminds us just how exciting the essay form can be - turning his attention to classic authors like Dante, Borges and Leopardi, as well as various contemporary writers including Vikram Seth, W.G. Sebald and Salman Rushdie.
Installation und Konsolidierung des Bundesgrenzschutzes 1949 bis 1972: Eine Untersuchung der Gesetzgebungsprozesse unter besonderer Betrachtung der inneradministrativen und politischen Vorgänge
by David ParmaDavid Parma untersucht den Gründungs- und Entwicklungsprozess des Bundesgrenzschutzes bis in das Jahr 1972 auf Grundlage einer interdisziplinären Studie im Grenzbereich zwischen Geschichte, Politikwissenschaft und Verfassungsrecht mit Exkursen in das Verwaltungs- und Völkerrecht. Der Autor bietet zunächst einen umfassenden Überblick zur Tätigkeit der Bundesregierung in Sachen Bundespolizei zwischen 1949 und 1951. Als rechtshistorische Darstellung behandelt er chronologisch weiter die nachfolgenden Gesetzgebungsprozesse bis 1972 in Zusammenhang mit der Fortentwicklung des Bundesgrenzschutzes. Eine umfassende Archivrecherche gewährleistet eine lückenlose, quellennahe und quellenorientierte Darstellung der Materie. Es wurden bislang unveröffentlichte Dokumente u.a. aus dem Bundesarchiv, dem Bayerischen Hauptstaatsarchiv, dem Institut für Zeitgeschichte und dem Parlamentsarchiv erstmalig eingesehen.
Installation und Konsolidierung des Bundesgrenzschutzes 1949 bis 1972: Eine Untersuchung der Gesetzgebungsprozesse unter besonderer Betrachtung der inneradministrativen und politischen Vorgänge
by David ParmaDavid Parma untersucht den Gründungs- und Entwicklungsprozess des Bundesgrenzschutzes (BGS) bis in das Jahr 1972 auf Grundlage einer interdisziplinären Studie im Grenzbereich zwischen Rechtsgeschichte, Politikwissenschaft sowie Verfassungsrecht mit Exkursen in das Verwaltungs- und Völkerrecht. Der Autor bietet eine ausführliche Bewertung und Zusammenfassung der chronologischen Gesetzgebungsverfahren betreffend den BGS. Die zweite Auflage ergänzt und erweitert einzelne Themenbereiche (Konflikt um den Passkontrolldienst, Gesetzgebungskompetenz für den Objektschutz) um den aktuellen Forschungsstand. Eine umfassende Archivrecherche gewährleistet eine lückenlose, quellennahe und quellenorientierte Darstellung der Materie. Es wurden bislang unveröffentlichte Dokumente u.a. aus dem Bundesarchiv, dem Bayerischen Hauptstaatsarchiv, dem Institut für Zeitgeschichte und dem Parlamentsarchiv erstmalig eingesehen.Der Autor:Dr. David Parma ist Angehöriger der Bundespolizei (ehemals Bundesgrenzschutz) und dort in einer Führungsfunktion tätig. Studium an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München und Promotion am Institut für Öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht der Universität der Bundeswehr München.
Football and Health Improvement: an Emergent Field (Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives)
by Daniel Parnell Andy PringleThere is developing interest in the use of sporting settings as a channel to connect people to health improvement services and an emerging body of research highlights football as being associated with positive motivational and social elements that support the maintenance of a physically active lifestyle. This text provides insights into a range of issues surrounding the role of football as a vehicle for health improvement for different groups.The contributors to this volume share some of the challenges and the benefits of using professional football settings as a channel for connecting people to health improvement opportunities. These chapters will be of interest to a range of stakeholders involved in research, policy and practice who stand to benefit from building partnerships with colleagues with expertise in (I) conducting evaluation and (II) reporting evaluation and research outcomes in peer-reviewed mediums, reflecting the value of partnerships between football-led health improvement and evaluators. This book was previously published as a special issue of Soccer & Society.
Football and Health Improvement: an Emergent Field (Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives)
by Daniel Parnell Andy PringleThere is developing interest in the use of sporting settings as a channel to connect people to health improvement services and an emerging body of research highlights football as being associated with positive motivational and social elements that support the maintenance of a physically active lifestyle. This text provides insights into a range of issues surrounding the role of football as a vehicle for health improvement for different groups.The contributors to this volume share some of the challenges and the benefits of using professional football settings as a channel for connecting people to health improvement opportunities. These chapters will be of interest to a range of stakeholders involved in research, policy and practice who stand to benefit from building partnerships with colleagues with expertise in (I) conducting evaluation and (II) reporting evaluation and research outcomes in peer-reviewed mediums, reflecting the value of partnerships between football-led health improvement and evaluators. This book was previously published as a special issue of Soccer & Society.
Attracting Birds in the Carolinas: Creating Bird-Friendly Habitats from the Mountains to the Coast
by James F. Parnell William C. Alexander Frances B. ParnellCovering the Carolinas from up-country to the Piedmont to the Coastal Plain, this book is an in-depth yet accessible primer on the many ways that Carolinians can attract birds--from large wildlife refuges to private sanctuaries, and from farms to suburban homes and even apartments. The first book to focus specifically on attracting birds in both states, Attracting Birds in the Carolinas includes information on birds' basic needs and their annual reproduction and migration cycles, and provides helpful tips on how to modify your outdoor space to invite avian visitors. In addition to helpful information on attracting particular species, this guide offers practical advice for managing problem species—both avian, such as the European Starling and Mute Swan, and nonavian, such as squirrels and snakes.
The Deleuze Dictionary Revised Edition (Philosophical Dictionaries)
by Adrian ParrThis dictionary is dedicated to the work of Gilles Deleuze, providing an in-depth and lucid introduction to a leading figure in continental philosophy.
Knowledge and Reality: An Essay in Positive Philosophy (The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science #59)
by P. ParriniXIV The stability of a philosophical construction will depend not only upon the solidity of the blocks, of the pillars and architraves that make it up, but also upon the way in which all these parts are connected. Of course, it will not be possible to argue for every single part of a philosophical building: to do so would mean to embark in a virtually endless enterprise. Accordingly, some of the parts of a philosophical building will have to be taken from the literature on the subject as 'ready made' or 'semi-finished' elements, while others will be argued for in the course of building. This is what happened in my work too. In some cases (for in stance, in the case of epistemic relativism), my concern was to illustrate theses which I believed to be sufficiently consolidated, rather than to ar gue for them. In other cases - where I was directly engaged in building the theory that I want to fonnulate - I did exactly the opposite. This is what I have tried to achieve, for example, for those proper architraves of my construction, viz. the connection between scepticism and metaphysi cal realism. and the thesis of the nonnative value of the fundamental epistemological notions (truth, objectivity, and rationality).
Soccer around the World: A Cultural Guide to the World's Favorite Sport
by Charles Parrish John NaurightTwo leading sports authorities explore the culture of soccer around the world, considering the sport as a means to better understand a society's past, present, and future.How popular is soccer worldwide? Here's one indicator: 3.2 billion people—nearly half of the planet's population—tuned in to watch the 2010 World Cup on television. Soccer matches attract a gargantuan number of fans from around the globe due to the popularity of the sport itself but also because of the nationalism it inspires and the entertainment spectacle of the big games. Distinguished authors and sports authorities, Charles Parrish and John Nauright, examine how soccer impacts societies worldwide by shaping national identities, providing common ground for diplomatic issues, and forging economic and social development.This one-volume geographic guide studies the places in which soccer has a major impact, examining each region's teams, major tournaments, key players, and international performance. The authors organize the book geographically by region and country, with entries reviewing the history of the sport and cultural impact on the area. Each profile concludes with fascinating game-based statistics, such as winners of major tournaments and top goal scorers. The book covers 20 countries including England, Brazil, Egypt, the United States, Cameroon, and Korea.
Soccer around the World: A Cultural Guide to the World's Favorite Sport
by Charles Parrish John NaurightTwo leading sports authorities explore the culture of soccer around the world, considering the sport as a means to better understand a society's past, present, and future.How popular is soccer worldwide? Here's one indicator: 3.2 billion people—nearly half of the planet's population—tuned in to watch the 2010 World Cup on television. Soccer matches attract a gargantuan number of fans from around the globe due to the popularity of the sport itself but also because of the nationalism it inspires and the entertainment spectacle of the big games. Distinguished authors and sports authorities, Charles Parrish and John Nauright, examine how soccer impacts societies worldwide by shaping national identities, providing common ground for diplomatic issues, and forging economic and social development.This one-volume geographic guide studies the places in which soccer has a major impact, examining each region's teams, major tournaments, key players, and international performance. The authors organize the book geographically by region and country, with entries reviewing the history of the sport and cultural impact on the area. Each profile concludes with fascinating game-based statistics, such as winners of major tournaments and top goal scorers. The book covers 20 countries including England, Brazil, Egypt, the United States, Cameroon, and Korea.
Theories of Intensionality: A Critical Survey
by David ParsonsThis book offers a comprehensive primer for the study of intensionality. It explores and assesses those key theories of intensionality which have been developed in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Each of the examined theories is tested as to whether it can account for the problems associated with (A) the intersubstitution salva veritate of co-extensional expressions, and (B) existential generalisation. All of these theories are subsequently compared so as to determine which of them comes closest to successfully solving these problems. The book examines four kinds of intensionalist approaches: the Fregean approach (including Church's formalisation of Frege's theory); the possible-worlds approaches of Carnap, Montague and Cresswell; the theory of properties relations and propositions devised by Bealer; and the Meinongian approaches put forward by Zalta and Priest. The book also proposes an alternative to intensionalism: sententialism. Sententialists argue that the problems of intensionality could be solved by appealing to linguistic items (usually sentences) rather than intensional entities. Drawing on the works of Quine, Davidson, Scheffler and R. M. Martin, it explores the viability and value of sententialism as an alternative to intensionalism.
How to Find Out About Economics: The Commonwealth and International Library: Libraries and Technical Information Division
by S. A. ParsonsHow to Find Out About Economics focuses on information sources related to economics, including books, periodicals, government publications, and national and international organizations. The sources of arranged according to the Dewey Decimal Classification used by many libraries. This book is comprised of 17 chapters and begins with an overview of modern economics and guides to careers in economics. The following chapters focus on sources of employment registers and careers advice in economics; career and vocational guidance in the United States; and career patterns for economists. The discussion then turns to two categories of information relating to economics: bibliographical sources such as books, periodicals, abstracts, and similar printed documents; and non-bibliographical sources such as organizations and societies formed, for example, by economists or persons having an interest in economics. The book also considers libraries and their functions; guides to library resources; sources of education for careers in economics; and sources of economic history, business history, and biography. This monograph will be a useful resource for students and others interested in embarking on a career in economics.
Handbook of International Psychology Ethics: Codes and Commentary from Around the World
by Karen L. ParsonsonThe Handbook of International Psychology Ethics discusses the most central, guiding principles of practice for mental health professionals around the world. For researchers, practicing mental health professionals, and students alike, the book provides a window into the values and belief systems of cultures worldwide. Chapters cover ethics codes from psychological associations and societies on five continents, translating each code into English and discussing vital questions around how the code is put into practice, what it means to association members and society at large, as well as how the code was developed within its unique historical, political, and cultural context.
Handbook of International Psychology Ethics: Codes and Commentary from Around the World
by Karen L. ParsonsonThe Handbook of International Psychology Ethics discusses the most central, guiding principles of practice for mental health professionals around the world. For researchers, practicing mental health professionals, and students alike, the book provides a window into the values and belief systems of cultures worldwide. Chapters cover ethics codes from psychological associations and societies on five continents, translating each code into English and discussing vital questions around how the code is put into practice, what it means to association members and society at large, as well as how the code was developed within its unique historical, political, and cultural context.
Mathematical Methods in Linguistics (Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy #30)
by Barbara B.H. Partee A.G. ter Meulen R. WallElementary set theory accustoms the students to mathematical abstraction, includes the standard constructions of relations, functions, and orderings, and leads to a discussion of the various orders of infinity. The material on logic covers not only the standard statement logic and first-order predicate logic but includes an introduction to formal systems, axiomatization, and model theory. The section on algebra is presented with an emphasis on lattices as well as Boolean and Heyting algebras. Background for recent research in natural language semantics includes sections on lambda-abstraction and generalized quantifiers. Chapters on automata theory and formal languages contain a discussion of languages between context-free and context-sensitive and form the background for much current work in syntactic theory and computational linguistics. The many exercises not only reinforce basic skills but offer an entry to linguistic applications of mathematical concepts. For upper-level undergraduate students and graduate students in theoretical linguistics, computer-science students with interests in computational linguistics, logic programming and artificial intelligence, mathematicians and logicians with interests in linguistics and the semantics of natural language.