Ten Arquitectos: Enrique Norten and Bernardo Gomez-Pimienta (Work in Progress)

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In the years since its 1985 founding, the architectural firm TEN (Taller de Enrique Norten) Arquitectos has altered not only the face of Mexico City but also the international perception of Mexican architecture. Partners Enrique Norten and Bernardo Gómez-Pimienta are known for their modernist compositions, often characterized by light materials, complex forms, and technical innovation. Yet they have not abandoned the formal and mateial heritage of traditional Mexican architecture. This updated edition includes all the built works featured in the first edition, along with hotels, residences, and schools built since 1998, including the acclaimed Hotel Habita in Mexico City (2000), the Educare Sports Facilities in Guadalajara (2001), and two houses.

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TEN ARQUITECTOS.......2002-06-03

Excellent, Norten is really building a new trend in architecture: the creation of spaces full of pleasure: light, functionality, metal and glass combined to greatness.

Very Good Book!.......2000-04-02

It's surprising to see how actual the architecture in Mexico is nowadays.

Very Good Book!.......2000-04-02

It's surprising to see how actual the architecture in Mexico is nowadays.

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A Complete Beginner's Guide for Working with Clay

Make It in Clay: A Beginner's Guide to Ceramics
Charlotte F. Speight , and John Toki
Manufacturer: Mayfield Publishing Company
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This introductory guide to ceramics is geared to a simple, beginning studio situation. The text provides descriptions of basic tools, materials, and techniques paired with ample illustrations of processes to help beginners get started in clay.

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A Complete Beginner's Guide for Working with Clay.......1999-12-22

When your professor comes over the first day of class and leafs through your brand new book and says, "Where did you get this...it's a great introduction to this class!" then proceeds to tell you he knows some of the potters and works pictured...you know it's a GREAT book. From learning where clay comes from and the techniques from pinching and coiling to the wheel and sculpture, I found great tips and photos to help me along and inspire my "creations." Then came texturing, coloring and glazing and firing techniques. I've actually bought the book as a gift for Mr. Pace (from amazon.com, naturally) and his future students because I found it SO helpful.

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New York City's first subway system officiall opened on October 27, 1904, operating along a nine-mile strip. Today, in it's centennial year, the subway stretches for 685 miles and carries well over four million passengers a day. An eclectic mix of New Yorkers from every age and nationality—from commuters and street musicians to evangelists and curious tourists come together each day under New York's streets. Photographer and sociologist, Camilo Vergara captures these chance encuornters in colorful images.

In addition to documenting trains and the diverse riders, Vergara depicts New York cityscapes, as seen from the elevated trains that rumble over bridges and wind their way through neighborhoods in Queens, Harlem, Brooklyn, and the Bronx.

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One of New York's Great Chroniclers.......2005-10-08

Camilo Jose Vergara, a Chilean immigrant moved to New York City in 1970. In order to better understand his newly adopted home, he used the city's subway system as a means to explore the city. Trained as a sociologist, he took photos of what he saw. "Subway Memories" is a collection of his best photos taken from 1970-2004.

Individually, there is very little special about his photographs. They look like snap shots of ordinary people and scenes. What gives these photos value is that they are brought together as a collection. Over the years, Vergara went back to the same spots and took photos from the same vantages. Through this collection, the reader can see how sections of New York grew old, died, decayed and then were reborn.

On a personal note, I can remember travelling New York's subways in the late 1970's and early 1980's. These were the nadir years of New York's public transit system. I loved seeing photos from that time period. I still find it unbelievable to see how bad conditions were during these times. Some of Vergara's photos are a blast from a nightmarish past.

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Subways Journal (Potter Style)
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Release Date: 2004-09-28

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Settle into a seat and go underground with your handy subways journal. A nickel won’t buy a token anymore, but at least you can reminisce of yesteryear in vintage style.

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Within the book Social Responsibility in the Information Age: Issues and Controversies, the term “society” refers to the world at large, nations, cultures within nations, and interaction among peoples. It examines who is affected, why, how, and where, and what impact those changes have on society. This exciting new title will address the changes information resource management, information technology and information systems have made upon society as a whole.

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Social Capital.......2002-08-02

As Peter Drucker validates in his recent writings, social capital is to be taken seriously. This book provides an outstanding contribution to the field of information systems and e-business by making us aware of the social issues and implications.

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Parenting a child who has a physical disability can be complicated. This book will make your job easier. Compassionate, helpful, and based on real-life experience, it will help you handle every facet of raising and loving your special child, including:

Finding the right physical and mental health professionals
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You'll also find information about school placement options, the Individualized Education Program (IEP) and lists of medical specialists, organizations, and government programs that offer help for children with physical needs.

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Great Book.......2007-05-09

Bought this for school. Kids were researching disabilities and this was a great resource.

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Blood of Our Alumni is dull reading.......2006-03-08

Blood of our Alumni, filled with facts on Norwich University Civil War history, is plodding reading. The author simply lacks the writing skills necessary to make history exciting. Also, the books is short on information about the university's men who served in Confederate ranks. This is a good book to take to bed late at night, if you can't sleep. Soon you will be snoring.

A Tour-de-Force in Detailed Research.......2003-04-03

Robert G. Poirier is a proud 1966 graduate of Norwich University, the Military College of Vermont, located on "The Hill" in Northfield, Vermont. A decorated Vietnam War veteran, Poirier?s previous work include Red Army Order of Battle (Presidio Press, 1985) and numerous articles, one a study of the contributions by Norwich graduates to the Union victory at the battle of Gettysburg.
In By the Blood of Our Alumni, Poirier repudiates the misguided historical record that rarely mentions the alumni of the nation's other military academy - Norwich University. Asserting correctly that the contributions rendered by Norwich men in the Civil War are undervalued and under reported, little understood? (p. iv.), he strives to revive the neglected historical record to reclaim for Norwich her rightful place, alongside the United States Military Academy, the Virginia Military Institute, and The Citadel, in the historical legacy of service to America.
By the Blood of Our Alumni is the first comprehensive narrative history on the Civil War roles of Norwich University graduates. Poirier drew upon previously written accounts of Norwich to build his database of graduates and their service records. The "Civil War Honor Roll of 1865" contained in the University Reveille, vol. 6, no. 1, April 1865, provided a treasure trove of information. Other valuable sources were William A. Ellis?s History of Norwich University: Her History, Her Graduates, Her Roll of Honor (Claremont, N.H., 1898) and Robert O. Gwinn?s The History of Norwich University, 1912-1965 (Northfield, VT., 1965). However, the mere "scant mention" (p.iv.) by Howard Coffin of the participation of Norwich graduates in his Full Duty: Vermonters in the Civil War (Woodstock, VT., 1993) provided the final impetus to Poirier to correct "an important and largely forgotten aspect of the War of the Rebellion." (p. iv.).
Founded in 1819, Vermont's Norwich turned out hundreds of officers and soldiers who served with the Federal armies in the Civil War, including four winners of the Congressional Medal of Honor. One graduate led a corps, seven more headed divisions, 21 commanded brigades, 38 led regiments, and various alumni served in 131 different regimental organizations. In addition, these men were eyewitnesses to some of the war's most dramatic events, including the bloodiest day of the conflict at Antietam, the attack up Marye's Heights at Fredericksburg, and the repulse of Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg. Seven hundred and fifty Norwich men served in the Civil War, of whom sixty fought for the Confederacy.
This reviewer's motivation in reading By the Blood of Our Alumni was to determine whether one particularly effective artillery battery commander, James A. Hall of Maine, was trained at Norwich. Unfortunately, in the Hall case, insufficient evidence prohibits a definitive answer. Poirier explains in great detail this particular research dilemma in a three-page appendix.
To the benefit of the reader and researcher, Poirier cites the unfortunate gaps in Norwich records as the greatest problem in his research. A fire in 1866 damaged and destroyed many of the cadet records. In many cases, the fact that an individual had attended Norwich was completely lost. For example, evidence indicates that both Maj. Gen. Alfred H. Terry of Fort Fisher fame and the James A. Hall of the 2nd Maine Battery were Norwich men. Despite extensive efforts, in the end, Poirier honestly admits that he could neither confirm nor deny their Norwich connection and had to downplay their role, perhaps unjustly. Poirier correctly errs on the side of caution and conservatism in including soldiers in his database of Norwich Civil War heroes.
The training offered by the Norwich program of special military courses qualified civilians for commissions, as well as upgraded to skills of officers who had already volunteered. In addition to infantry training, the University cadets drilled with two six-pounder smoothbore howitzers issued to Norwich in 1853 by the state of Vermont.
Behind every great battlefield commander lies the solid backing of effective training.
Poirier's work succeeds in promoting the once neglected role and influence of Norwich University as significant in the Union's Army of the Potomac in the eastern theater of the American Civil War, while sustaining the proud tradition of citizen-soldiery.
One is immediately impressed with the great deal of research and analysis this work exudes. By the Blood of Our Alumni is exhaustively researched and fully documented. This work contains thirty relevant photographs, two well-executed maps, full index, and eight data- and statistics-laden appendices substantiating Poirier's theses. One appendix offers a comparative analysis of casualties and cross-referenced listing of alumni. Indeed, reading and studying this book offers an educational insight into honest and up-front research techniques.
Poirier's detailed account of Norwich University?s role in the Civil War has successfully validated the prophetic pronouncement of an anonymous cadet in 1863 that "every field of battle during the present war has been moistened by the blood of our alumni." (p. 281.)

An excellent addition to a Civil War library..........2000-05-12

As both a Norwich graduate and a Civil War history enthusiast (and female, by the way), this book was a pleasure to read. It stirred up a great deal of pride in my alma mater, although there was certainly none lacking before! Norwich University could easily be considered a best-kept secret these days. It is a very fine institution, the country's oldest private military college, but not familiar to many people. But at the time of the Civil War, Norwich was indeed well-known, and in fact, second only to West Point in the number of soldiers it provided. The bravery and devotion of Norwich men was second to none. It was amazing to realize how many examples of Norwich valour exist...like Major Edmund Rice, who earned the Medal of Honor for his role in turning back Pickett's Charge at the "High Water Mark". Norwich contribution in the Civil War proved to be so extensive that Poirier found it necessary to limit the focus of this book to those who served in the Army of the Potomac. His book can only begin to give Norwich her long overdue recognition as instrumental in helping to win the Civil War and actually raises many more interesting areas of research I would love to see explored in the future. I can only hope that interest in this book will not come only from Norwich alumni! It is quite well-written and anyone with an interest in Civil War history would find it very entertaining and informative.

Gripping Civil war Account.......2000-04-08

Norwich University is the Military College of Vermont and as this book shows they produced some excellent soldiers who served with distinction in all ranks of the Federal Army. One graduate led a corps, seven led divisions, twenty-one commanded brigades and thirty-eight led regiments which is an outstanding number considering the size of the college student roll.

As the title suggests the book concentrates on the Army of the Potomac and follows the careers of Norwich alumni through the campaigns and battles fought by the Army of the Potomac, from First Bull Run and Ball's Bluff through to the final battles of 1865. The author offers a decent overview of the war but his emphasis is on the men of Norwich, where they served and how they served. This story is woven into the fabric of the narrative quite well and shows the depth of research conducted by the author, Robert G. Poirier.

Mr Poirer is a 1966 graduate of Norwich University and a veteran of the Vietnam War. His pride in his old Alumni shows in his presentation of this book. Throughout the narrative the stories and recollections of these men offer an interesting insight into the war as fought by the Army of the Potomac. On a number of occasions we are presented with outstanding accounts of bravery by these men, some that were later awarded the highest award for bravery. The story of Thomas Seaver's Medal of Honor is one such account. Another is the story of Sergeant Thomas Plunkett at Fredericksburg, who's arms were blown off by a cannon shot but continued to hold his colours with his bleeding stumps until they were taken by another member of the 21st Massachusetts Infantry.

The book also offers some information on the careers of Norwich alumni who served in the other theatres of the Civil War and in the Federal Navy. Also covered are those who served under a different flag, the `Stars & Bars' of the Confederacy.

The book has some very detailed appendixes with a complete alphabetical listing of alumni, on alumni by Regiments, information on battles and other engagements and much more.

This book would be an absolute must for anyone who had every attended at Norwich University and still offers something to those who look for a slightly different account of the American Civil War. This is a finely told, well-presented and very well researched account of a little known subject of the Civil War. The book offers a number of black and white photos of the men who served along with a number of maps of the campaigns.

Clearly the best work yet concerning Norwich.......1999-10-25

Finally, there is an engrossing, well-documented work concerning Norwich University. This is "By the Blood of our Alumni," by Robert Poirier. Previously, all that was available on the subject were the official history of Norwich by William Arba Ellis (volumes 1-3) and Robert Darius Guinn (volume 4), all of which read like an expanded admissions pamphlet; or the pretentious garbage that W.E.B. Griffin spews forth. One can only hope that Poirier will delve further into the military history of Norwich; which has for too long been kept out of the limelight.

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This is the most accurate and comprehensive checklist of birds ever published in a single volume. First published over twenty years ago, The Howard and Moore Checklist was the first such compact list to include not only all the known species in the world but subspecies too. This new edition of the highly respected reference volume has been fully revised and updated throughout. Enlarged significantly, it has benefited from the input of five regional consultants--one for each of the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australasia, and the Palaearctic--who have assisted with a thorough and rigorous reassessment of all taxonomic data. This review has led to the inclusion of many valuable new footnotes and references; there are some 4,000 footnotes explaining taxonomic choices, and 3,000 references. All authorities for newly described taxa (whether recognized now or not) are given with full references, for the first time in any checklist.

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The most accurate and comprehensive taxonomic checklist of birds of the world ever published in a single volume
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Around 4,000 footnotes explaining taxonomic choices, and 3,000 references including all authorities for recently described taxa
Introductory sections discuss the rationale behind the list sequence, as well as key concepts and new developments in the study of avian taxonomy.
All taxa fully indexed by English and scientific names--the latter to subspecies level for the first time

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The Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World - A Review.......2006-02-24

This is the only work I have come across so far dealing with all known species as well as subspecies of birds of the world. Each species is listed with all known geographic subspecies (if any) with full scientific name (i.e. including author and year). Also, the editors add a review of the incorrect scientific nomenclature in current use, for example, Psittacula calthorpae is widely spelt as Psittacula calthropae, which is incorrect according to the editors. The last section of the book contains an extensive bibliography (of some 2000 references), so this is useful to anyone who will be reading further about the subject. I highly recommend this work for anyone serious about birds.

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