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How to Get Best Value from Hr: The Shared Services Option
Peter A. Reilly , and Tony Williams
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The need for effective communication is more important now than it ever has been, especially in the industry of agriculture. Issues like food safety, environmental concerns, and animal rights matters make it essential for members of the agriculture industry to take public and environmental concerns seriously when preparing farm to family production operations. This book encompasses many facets of the transforming agriculture communications industry and prepares professionals for advancement in the field. Providing instruction and hands-on activities, it covers a range of media topics, employment opportunities, and discusses information on the industry as a whole. It includes writing, electronic media, Web page design, photography, public speaking, page layout, as well as many other topics that develop valuable skills for the work place. Examples, photos, and helpful sidebars enrich the book and reinforce principles that readers learn from applying techniques for Communicating in the Agriculture Industry.

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A complete and up to date well written book on astronomy.......1998-11-20

Everything I wanted to know about telescopes, radio astronomy, white dwarfs, the milky way, black holes, search for other life in the universe, and the history of astronomy is all in this book. It is easily read by a layman (like me). Math background not required. Great stories of discovery! Well illustrated.

THE ASTRONOMER'S UNIVERSE: STARS, GALAXIES, AND COSMOS

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THE ASTRONOMER'S UNIVERSE: STARS, GALAXIES, AND COSMOS
Herbert Friedman
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Stars and Galaxies: Astronomers Guide to Exploring the Cosmos (Astronomy Library, No 4)

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Stars and Galaxies: Astronomers Guide to Exploring the Cosmos (Astronomy Library, No 4)

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The Astronomer's Universe Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmos
Herbert Friedman
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A world of dazzling beauty, heart-stopping adventure, and remarkable diversity, the American wilderness has attracted explorers, artists, writers, philosophers, and millions of hikers, anglers, mountaineers, and outdoor enthusiasts.

You'll find their hard-won knowledge and secrets in Rachel Carley's marvelously absorbing Wilderness A to Z. More than 200 photographs and line drawings give life to a richly detailed text. Here you'll find information on:

Wilderness recreation, safety, and trail etiquette -- from finding the right boots and sleeping bags to emergency signals and advice on surviving encounters with bears
Geological, botanical, and wildlife wonders of every state, from Alaska to the Everglades to the Adirondacks, including the Rockies, Yellowstone, and Yosemite
Pioneering and contemporary naturalists, literary figures, and advocates whose vision has helped protect natural wonders, from seashores to scenic trails

Blending striking visual images with practical, geographical, and historical information, Wilderness A to Z is a nature lover's literary feast.

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Wilderness A-Z: An Essential Guide to the Great Outdoors

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From the Publisher A world of dazzling beauty, heart-stopping adventure, and remarkable diversity, the American wilderness has attracted explorers, artists, writers, philosophers, and millions of hikers, anglers, mountaineers, and outdoor enthusiasts. You'll find their hard-won knowledge and secrets in Rachel Carley's marvelously absorbing Wilderness A to Z. More than 200 photographs and line drawings give life to a richly detailed text. Here you'll find information on: Wilderness recreation, safety, and trail etiquette -- from finding the right boots and sleeping bags to emergency signals and advice on surviving encounters with bears: Geological, botanical, and wildlife wonders of every state, from Alaska to the Everglades to the Adirondacks, including the Rockies, Yellowstone, and Yosemite: Pioneering and contemporary naturalists, literary figures, and advocates whose vision has helped protect natural wonders, from seashores to scenic trails. Blending striking visual images with practical, geographical, and historical information. Wilderness A to Z is a nature lover's literary feast.

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Thinking Outside the Box

Nice but few innovative ideas

Active Nymphing

Innovative nymphing explained

Best and most complete book on nymphing

Active Nymphing: Aggressive Strategies for Casting, Rigging, And Moving the Nymphs
Rich Osthoff
Manufacturer: Stackpole Books
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No other form of fly fishing has broader application on so many types of water for both active and inactive trout. So argues Osthoff, who challenges the long-held notion that nymphing involves little more than dead drifting with the current. Osthoff advocates an active strategy of moving the nymph, applying effective casting and creative presentation techniques that will attract the most elusive trout. With comprehensive advice on rigging and prospecting, practice tips for a wide variety of casts, and strategies for precise control to bring your nymph to life, this is your guide to becoming a truly versatile angler.

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Thinking Outside the Box.......2007-09-11

Excellent book. Rich thinks outside the box and describes alternative nymphing techniques besides dead-drifting. The book also contains a wealth of practical information like how to put on split shots and how to simply build leaders

Randy Kadish

Nice but few innovative ideas.......2007-03-23

Nice reading when not possible going fishing but I expected more from the title. It is all about nymph fishing with split shots and floater not considering other nymphing techniques.
Few innovative ideas and often wandering....
From the same author much better buy "No hatch to match"

Active Nymphing.......2007-02-23

Outstanding book for those interested in advanced nymphing techniques; for the kind of fisherman who mostly nymphs and is interested in all phases of emergence and freshwater environments.

Innovative nymphing explained.......2006-08-06

I enjoyed Osthoffs comprehensive treatment of agressive nymphing in this book. Osthoff deals with every aspect of his technique from tying to rigging to casting and presentation to fighting and landing fish. The overall organization of the book was fine, but at times it progressed counterintuitively. In any case I got really excited about trying out some the techniques. I think the most valuable idea here is the concept of prospecting - strategizing and moving (yourself as well as the nymph) to maximize opportunities to trigger aggression in fish. Osthoff does an excellent job in explaining his ideas and the illustrations are very effective. If you are like me and spend most of your time dead drifting nymphs and want to expand your repertoire into active nymphing this is a great book at a great price.

Best and most complete book on nymphing.......2006-05-23

Rich Osthoff grew up fishing the driftless area of southwest Wisconsin. He spent many years backbacking the alpine lakes and streams of the Rocky Mountain backcountry. He is as consumate a fly fisherman as there is writing today. In this book Osthoff gives the most relavant and complete account of nymphing as a true sport that I've read. He relates how to rig a fly line for the various strategies an angler can employ. He advises on how much weight to use in a given situation,how to apply weight,how to position weight,remove weight, which leaders,tippet, indicators,line tapers,rods and reels to use. All this in the first chapter. In subsequent chapters Rich edifies on casting,moving the nymph,downstream strategies,upstream strategies and other practical applications. Osthoff also argues the long standing confict over whether nymphing should be considered true fly fishing. I regard "Active Nymphing" as the best and most complete book on nymphing to date.

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Outstanding young adult literature

A Star Is Born

The Last Mall Rat by E.E. Esckilsen

Engaging and Intelligent

A Must Read

The Last Mall Rat
Erik E. Esckilsen
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books
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Mitch Grant just wanted a job, and maybe a little respect, but at fifteen, he found both just beyond his reach. Too young to be legally employed, he knew that the only cash likely to come his way would have to pass "under the table'through some discreet, off-the-books business arrangement. And that meant talking to the Chair, a shoe salesman at the mall famous for his skill in getting customers from "just looking" to the cash register. The Chair had hired Mitch once before for a temporary assignmenttoo temporary for the cash-strapped Mitch. When he goes to see the Chair this time, however, it's the super-slick salesman who desperately needs help. The Chair is finally cracking under the strain of all that service with a smile. So Mitch proposes a deala way for the Chair, and other beleaguered mall workers, to combat the endless humiliation they suffer at the feet of their customers, while helping Mitch with his cash shortage. The Chair agrees to the terms, and soon Mitch has recruited his friends Page, Marcus, and Jimmy to "staff" a boldand brashnew venture. Demand for their services skyrockets and along with it, the authorities" alarm. Words like gang, Mall Mafia, and even terrorist start to fly. Mitch soon realizes that his small business has spiraled out of controlbig time!

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Outstanding young adult literature.......2004-04-14

I bought this book as a birthday present for a friend's teenage son, but I ended up letting my 11-year-old daughter read it too, because I found it so moving and thoughtful. Esckilsen has a wonderful feeling for the inner life of kids who are making the slow transition from youth to adulthood, with all the challenges and the responsibilities that entails. Above all this is a very moral book, and in that sense it really works as literature, because its lessons are never shouted but come to the reader naturally as the plot unfolds.

A Star Is Born.......2003-05-29

Anyone who has ever spent their teenage years working in a mall can relate to this book. I loved it.

The Last Mall Rat by E.E. Esckilsen.......2003-05-23

An easy joy ride of a read in one afternoon you will be transport to a place and a time when fifteen is an age you wish you were again. Esckilsen is insightful and introspectively brilliant! Read-it!

Engaging and Intelligent.......2003-05-15

...one of the reasons I admire this book so much is precisely for its ending, which I think speaks to the power of people of disparate race, class, gender, and age working together to tend to both the individual's and the community's needs--but without suggesting that there's anything easy about that task. The book in no way promises that all will be well in the end, but it does suggest the possibility of such an ending. And on a similar note, I also appreciate Esckilsen's ability to draw distinct characters with certain symbolic functions, but without ever resorting to stereotype or condescension. The characters and their predicaments feel extremely authentic to me, thanks in part to exceptionally precise detail and the author's very clever wit. I truly enjoyed reading this book.

A Must Read.......2003-04-26

Where has this author been! I read this book, much to the chagrin of my wife, in three long nights. I couldn't put it down. I will never again turn my back on those packs of teens who "patrol" the mall. Hats off to E.E. Esckilsen

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In consumer and social psychology, salience has been generally treated as an attribute of a stimulus, which allows it to stand out and be noticed. Researchers, however, have only vaguely articulated the theoretical underpinnings of this term, thus impeding a thorough understanding of the perceptual processes behind its use in complex marketing communications.
This book presents a theoretical approach for enhancing consumer processing and memory of marketing communication. Using schema theory and an information processing approach, the model introduced here - briefly referred to as the In-salience hypothesis emphasizes the nature of prominence which is intrinsic to any salience construct reviewed in literature. This model is part of wider Dichotic theory of salience, according to which a stimulus is salient either when it is incongruent in a certain context to a perceiver's schema, or when it is congruent in a certain context to a perceiver's goal.
According to the four propositions of the model, in-salient stimuli are better recalled, affect both attention and interpretation, and are moderated by the degree of perceivers' comprehension (i.e., activation, accessibility, and availability of schemata), and involvement (i.e., personal relevance of the stimuli). Results of two empirical studies on print advertisements show that in-salient ad messages have the strongest impact in triggering ad processing which, in turn, leads to consumer awareness. The reading of this book is therefore recommended not only to academic scholars, but also to marketers especially planning ad campaigns and launches of new products.

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The importance of the international monetary system is clearly evident in daily news stories about fluctuating currencies and in dramatic events such as the recent reversals in the Mexican economy. It has become increasingly apparent that one cannot understand the international economy without knowing how its monetary system operates. Now Barry Eichengreen presents a brief, lucid book that tells the story of the international financial system over the past 150 years. Globalizing Capital is intended not only for economists but also for a general audience of historians, political scientists, professionals in government and business, and anyone with a broad interest in international economic and political relations. Eichengreen's work demonstrates that insights into the international monetary system and effective principles for governing it can result only if it is seen a historical phenomenon extending from the gold standard period to interwar instability, then to Bretton Woods, and finally to the post-1973 period of fluctuating currencies.

Eichengreen analyzes the shift from pegged to floating exchange rates in the 1970s and ascribes that change to the growing capital mobility that has made pegged rates difficult to maintain. However, he shows that capital mobility was also high prior to World War I, yet this did not prevent the maintenance of fixed exchange rates. What was critical for the successful maintenance of fixed exchange rates during that period was the fact that governments were relatively insulated from democratic politics and thus from pressure to trade off exchange rate stability for other goals, such as the reduction of unemployment. Today pegging exchange rates would require very radical reforms of a sort that governments are understandably reluctant to embrace. The implication seems undeniable: floating rates are here to stay.

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Great macro text but very G7 centric.......2001-06-02

Barry Eichengreen's book Gold Fetters is a classic on the Gold Standard and the Great Depression. The cover of this one claims that it will become a classic on the international monetary system. While it's good, it certainly isn't a classic. It's a great book, but spoilt by its lack of breadth.

Globalizing Capital is full of details and gives readers a terrific account of how mainstream exchange rates were managed (or weren't) in the period from 1870 to 1997. Each of the four main chapters is self contained (1870-1914, 1918-1944, 1944-1973, 1973-1997).

Globalizing Capital has two broad threads. Firstly, the only periods in recent history when exchange rates have been stable have occurred when there have been a) high levels of international co-operation or b) periods when governments have been able to choose between high capital mobility and extending democracy. Trying to court both the masses and international traders has often been the trigger for banking and currency crises.

The second theme is the choice between fixed and floating regimes. The world nowadays is characterised by instantaneous communications and highly mobile capital. Small countries can chose to float and large groups with deep interlinks can form monetary unions, but the rest are faced with increasingly unpleasant choices. As capital becomes more mobile, the choices faced by those left in the middle will become even more perilous.

While the theoretical line is flawless, the content isn't. Globalizing Capital is extremely G7-centred and gives little if any indication that there was a world outside the North Atlantic until Japan emerged in the 1960s. There is little mention of the history of colonial currency boards prior to Hong Kong in the early 1980s, no attempt to tackle the issues thrown up by recent debt crises in Latin America and nothing on transition countries in Eastern Europe and Asia who dispensed with central planning and multiple exchange rates in the 1990s.

Clearly-written classic on the world monetery system........1998-10-11

This book is not for the casual reader. However, we do recommend it strongly to anyone interested in understanding the relationship between global politics and international economics. Our consulting staff uses it often when discussing pricing policies and long-range financial planning with experienced and sophisticated exporters. John R. Jagoe, Director, Export Institute.

Crucial for understanding today's global financial crisis........1998-10-06

Globalizing Capital: A History of the International Monetary System is better described by its subtitle than its title, but even that fails to suggest just how up-to-the-minute it is. This book really provides a crucial key for unlocking the puzzles of today's global financial crisis. It tells the whole story of how the gold standard worked, how the Bretton Woods system worked -- and why and how they stopped working. If you wonder what the differences between floating and fixed exchange rates really are, this book will tell you, in all dimensions. It shows very clearly that the international financial crisis we see today is a great deal like what has happened at some times in the past, and it explains what worked, what didn't, and why in the past in dealing with similar crises. The author's entirely non-ideological -- where there are two intellectually-respectable sides to an issue, he presents both, explains why he comes down as he does, and tells you where to look for more information. The book is brief (about 200 pages), well and clearly written, and doesn't assume that you know much about economics or banking. There's a nice glossary in the back which explains all those mysterious terms you hear about these days. I understand that the new paperback edition has been updated to carry the story right up through the Asia crisis.

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This book examines the allocational and distributional impacts of international climate policy on different regions of the world by taking into account the ongoing process of globalization. It concentrates on the impacts of trade in goods and international capital mobility on climate policy outcomes. The costs of an international climate policy are assessed by incorporating the Kyoto Protocol into a multi-regional, multi-sectoral, recursive dynamic trade model based on empirical data. Climate policy leads to a change in relative competitiveness between sectors and regions, thus inducing output shifts, international capital flows, welfare changes and carbon leakage. Welfare costs can be reduced by a higher integration into the world market and a diversification of the export structure.

Globalizing Talent and Human Capital: Implications for Developing Countries: Macro-Economy of Development, No. 15

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Globalizing Talent and Human Capital: Implications for Developing Countries: Macro-Economy of Development, No. 15

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Globalizing Capital: A History of the International Monetary System.: An article from: Independent Review

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Globalizing Capital: A History of the International Monetary System.: An article from: Independent Review
Anna J. Schwartz
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This digital document is an article from Independent Review, published by Independent Institute on January 1, 1998. The length of the article is 1647 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Globalizing Capital: A History of the International Monetary System.
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Publication: Independent Review (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 1998
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The ROK economy has experienced rapid growth in the last 30 years. Analyzing the important issues which have been raised by this growth is of interest to other developing areas of the world. The contributors to this work are well placed specialists in Korean studies in Korea and the United States. The ROK economy is located in the midst of the Pacific Basin, the most promising part of the developing world. Recently, the economy has moved into more highly sophisticated markets, as well as into the global financial markets. However, an increasing number of concerns have been raised, charging that the progress has been too rapid, too materialistic, and too inequitable. These criticisms have been compounded by the problems of political dissent and instability in the region.

The Korean Economy at the Crossroads: Triumphs, Difficulties and Triumphs Again (Routledgecurzon Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia, 48)

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The Korean Economy at the Crossroads: Triumphs, Difficulties and Triumphs Again (Routledgecurzon Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia, 48)
Chung-Sok Suh
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For many years up until 1997, Korea was widely seen in economic and financial circles as something of a miracle. The financial crisis that Korea experienced then did much to set its economy back, but by 2001 it was still the 13th largest economy in terms of GDP in the world.
This enticing collection, with contributions from experts with an impressive knowledge of Korea and its economy, charts not only the well documented causes of the crisis, but more importantly, its response and recovery from it. With an admirable scholarly rigour, the book covers such topics as:
*the origin and evolution of the Korean economic system and its special factors including chaebols
*Korean industries since the crisis
*What happened to the money after the capital flight of the crisis and did the USA benefit?
The Korean Economy at the Crossroads is intended and recommended not only for students and academics involved in international finance, economics and Asian studies, but also for the business leaders and policy makers who can draw lessons from the books important analyses.

The Korean Economy at a Crossroad: Development Prospects, Liberalization, and South-North Economic Integration

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The Korean Economy at a Crossroad: Development Prospects, Liberalization, and South-North Economic Integration
Sung Y. Kwack
Manufacturer: Praeger Publishers
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Ske: Korean Economy at the Crossroad
Hee - Sung Jwa
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