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The Economics and Financing of Media Companies is the first book to broadly apply business concepts and analyses to the understanding of the operations and activities of media firms and of the forces and issues affecting them.The book is a wide-ranging and general survey of the financial structures of various media companies, including their marketing and distribution systems. The author focuses on American companies but draws in European companies that own brands with which U.S. readers have familiarity. The author discusses product life cycles, as well as outside forces-such as the global and local economies, interest rates, trade barriers-that impact a company's financial health. This book draws upon current events and treats the most up-to-date information available, including a discussion of the AOL-Time Warner merger.
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Title: Deconstructing the truth about Hawaii's construction industry industry Myths. (HB Special Report: Construction).(housing and government construction overly-hyped)
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Title: Intermix, unit attract funding from investment firm redpoint.(Wall Street West)(INTERMIX Media Inc)
Author: Matt Myerhoff
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Date: December 13, 2004
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Volume: 26
Issue: 50
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Title: The power of publicity: the bottom-line value of using media relations to complement your advertising and direct-marketing efforts.(Marketing)
Author: Jeff Schultz
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Title: Survey: radio posts solid 2002 advertising numbers; auto dealers and manufacturers lead the pack; wireless carriers 2nd. (Media).(San Diego radio stations posted an 8 percent hike in advertising revenue)
Author: Connie Lewis
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Title: They didn't follow the money.(Media/Politics)
Author: Terry Jones
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Volume: 34
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Smart Companies, Smart Tools Transforming Business Processes into Business Assets Thomas M. Koulopoulos Smart companies—innovative firms in which the nurturing of the unique contributions of each individual employee is leading to unprecedented success. Smart tools—technologies, models, and systems these companies use to create a liberating work environment, to facilitate round-the-clock communication, to continually measure success and efficiency, and to get the most out of their technological investment. Smart Companies, Smart Tools—the book that shows you how to make these innovations a part of your company. Expert consultant Thomas Koulopoulos takes you behind the scenes at smart firms of all sizes. You'll see how their focus on "workflow"—tools for planning and implementing information-based tasks and services—fosters an efficient, empowering cohesion between traditional and nontraditional staff, yielding profit-raising, cost-cutting, employee-inspiring results. In an era of virtual organizations, globalization, free-agent employees, and downsizing, you either get smart or you get left behind. Here's how to make sure your firm keeps pace.
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Good high-level picture.......2000-05-23
This book describes the benefits of "re-engineering" through time-based analyses and work flow improvement. At this level, the book is a total success. The author's pithy style makes for good reading. Where the book is weak is in the details. I would have been happier to see the case studies presented in greater detail. Adding some diagrams to the case studies would have reinforced the concepts presented.
There is no question that Koulopoulos is headed in the right direction. Even with the high-level assessment, the book discusses some of the most important concepts of our time.
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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University LibraryÕs preservation reformatting program.
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Dr. Timothy Schowalter has succeeded in creating a unique, updated treatment of insect ecology. This revised and expanded text looks at how insects adapt to environmental conditions while maintaining the ability to substantially alter their environment. It covers a range of topics- from individual insects that respond to local changes in the environment and affect resource distribution, to entire insect communities that have the capacity to modify ecosystem conditions.
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Classified into more the 45 families, this guide describes the fascinating spiders and other arachnids of Texas.
Customer Reviews:
HOPE IT'S BETTER THAN THE LAST ONE.......2004-12-13
I keep buying all the Texas Monthly field guide books to snakes, fossils, insects, trees, etc., but the spider guide has been the most disappointing. I am accidentally encountering spiders on a weekly basis that aren't in the guide. Maybe it's because I live on the coast and Home Land Security isn't checking the banana boats closely enough.
good, but incomplete.......2004-03-04
The only problem i have with this book is that, as a Texan living in Texas, i keep encountering spiders not identified or even remotely mentioned in this book. To top it off, neither can the county agent.
Somewhat good pictures and descriptions but not very helpful.......2003-11-15
This book is less suited as a field guide and more of a biology lesson on overall spider taxonomy. In my opinion a FIELD GUIDE should provide pictures of spiders that you would commonly run into in the FIELD, but this book does not fulfill that expectation. There have been only about one or two spiders i've came across that I have been able to identify by using this field guide out of literally thousands (I spend a lot of time in wooded areas). With the extremely low amount of photos in this guide, any other spiders I am absolutely not able to identify by using this guide. Out of all the Texas Field Guides this is clearly the poorest written one since it probably only has pictures of about 1% of the spiders in the state of Texas. I had originally bought this in order to see which spiders carry the most potent venom other than the obvious black widow & brown recluse, but that is not in here either...just biology. If you are looking for something to help identify spiders in the state of Texas this is about the only choice at the moment, although an average one at best.
Finally! A real regional Field Guide for Arachnids!.......2000-11-14
Dr. Jackman is a well-known entomologist/naturalist at Texas A&M University. This handbook is a well-researched guide to its subject and he enlisted the help of leading authorities (including W. David Sissom for the scorpion section) for information in areas in which he is not familiar. The book lacks in several areas, such as in the Orders Mygalomorphae, Pseudoscorpiones and Solifugae, but this is due in part to a general lack of literature and knowledge in that field for Texas. The full-color photographs, mostly by the author, are excellent, yet small. A great addition to the Texas Monthly Field Guide Series!
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Definitely Maybe.......2004-06-21
Mr. Branden spends a large section of the book going over identifying the mental issues in playing tennis. This is done well however, actually finding solutions is not done clearly at all.
The best part of the book were the simple tips such as putting more height on the ball over the net, getting one more ball back and improving just one shot in your repertoire.
This isn't a bad book but there are better books out there that have worked out much better for me. I would recommend Total Tennis by Peter Burwash and Bill Tilden's How to play better Tennis. The subject matter is different and I feel they have more value.
Great Bathroom Reading.......2003-12-22
Yes, exactly that. Braden produces an easy-to-read book that dips into a bit of almost everything tennis except strokes. So he covers physics, genetics, statistics, psychology, great tennis personalities, finding a coach, tennis parents....ummm, yes, you got it. It's not so much about the mental side of tennis as a collection of tennis television commercials that every now and then touch upon the mental side of the game. So it goes alongside my people magazine (Vic is a marvelous rambler!) into the bathroom. And even when it covers the mental side, it is not very practical. There are other books that cover the mental game much better (e.g., Inner Game of Tennis, Zennis, Smart Tennis, etc). Still it is well-written and enjoyable and more decorative than potpourri by the bath.
Perhaps a little eccentric.......2003-09-16
When it comes to refining your mental approach to the game, you've got to hand it to Vic Braden! I've always had the physical talent, but never the mental capacity to outthink my opponent, even if it was only a girl. Vic taught me to write down useful acronyms of my strategies and reactions to my opponent's strategies and shots as well on an extended wrist band that I make reference to between points - and sometimes during points(not recommended for beginners or women). For example, GAN is oftentimes effective when my net-happy opponent arrogantly holds his racquet above chest level(go after nuts). For a female opponent, Vic calls it GAP. This helps to teach a lesson of humility, says Vic.
Perhaps the only point of contention I have with Vic Braden is his affinity for the Aussie formation in doubles while putting down your racquet and using both hands via sign language to communicate cryptic codes while serving. It's just too bizzarre. One other bone of contention with Vic is his advocating to 'release your juices' before the match, and hence any bent-up sexual frustration, in order to 'fully become one with the tennis ball.' To each his own.
Always losing? It might be in your head.......2003-06-22
After being praised by pros and even attending adult tennis camp, I still found myself choking in matches. Although I'm a female who grew up pre-Title IX, I thought I could learn how to compete, but it just wasn't happening. No matter how much I learned about form and strategy, when it came to game time, I'd lose.
This book has helped explain what's going on in my head and what I can do to either win or just plain enjoy tennis for fun. It's going to take some time to put Braden's tips to use, but his common-sense approach simple to understand and the data he uses to back it up convinces even the skeptics.
Here's one tidbit that makes sense: get back one more ball, and you'll up your game-wining percentage by 33 percent. That's an amazing number and I find myself diving for balls now that I ordinarily consider hopeless. I'm going for that 33 percent!
Recommended for all all levels of play.
Only caveat: they could update this edition. Some of the players used as examples retired years ago.
Lynn
Great book, clear, concise, meaningful........1998-06-09
As an adult new tennis player who is highly analytical, this book opened doors for me into the world of tennis. It explained real reasons coaches and pro's say to do certain things which are in actuality not really what they want at all. Vic explains the fundimentals in a way that you can immediately benefit and learn from. His book has made the game even more enjoyable to play.
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If you have ever lost your concentration after a bad shot, gotten tight and choked due to the pressure, got mad over a bad line call, or lost motivation to practice or hang in a match, then Tennis:Winning The Mental Game is just for you. In competitive tennis, it is usually the player who can win the mental game, that usually wins the match. This hands-on research-to practice book is an excellent tool for understanding and building mental toughness and teaching mental skills
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DR. ROBERT BLAIR Acclaimed linguist Dr. Robert Blair offers a one-of-a-kind, proven effective systematic learning process that takes advantage of recent innovations to teach Mandarin Chinese and Japanese faster than ever before. Most language-learning methods have not changed much in the past 50 years, offering the same old 'listen-and-repeat' methods dressed up to look new. Dr. Blair's breakthrough method uses the best language teaching strategies from around the world, mixing up a variety of approaches and activities to accelerate learning exponentially-for all types of learners. In these entertaining presentation, listeners are guided to imagine themselves as undercover spies in a secret location who must learn enough Mandarin Chinese and Japanese to pass themselves off as native speakers. Listeners learn to: Immediately use Mandarin Chinese and Japanese in real situations Learn the practical applications they need Avoid rote memorization of words Develop vocabulary through entertaining stories and games Practice on their laptops while traveling learn with the entire family
Customer Reviews:
Terrible.......2006-11-15
It's very simple: if you're going to make a language CD, you should damn well know how to pronounce it correctly. The Chinese speaker on the CD is fine, but the American (Dr. Blair?) makes gross mispronunciations every sentence or two.
I'd rate it lower than one star if I could... if you pattern your speaking after him, the only people that will be able to understand your Mandarin (as my Chinese teacher used to say) is you and your dog. It's not just bad, but it's actively harmful to your efforts to learn the language correctly.
Only audio CD I've ever returned.
Sample on Audible.com Good, Actual Product Rip-Off!.......2006-08-01
1. I had problems installing the CDs.
2. Their help line was very responsible even in the evening by e-mail.
3. The beginning was very good and then just fell apart.
4. It reminds me of one of those hacked together chop-socky movies that Jackie Chan was forced to make - All advertising, some, but very little delivery.
The sample has the narrative about an interesting story where I expected to solve a problem and use your language skills. Out of three hours, I bet less than 10 minutes TOTAL are spent on the story and I haven't seen anything related to the adventure in the learning. The mnemonic devices were good, that is haidou = sea pirates, Shanghai = near the Sea, but I bet less than 20% of the words used mnemonic devices. Two hours into the three hours of the course and they are stringly irrelevant phrases together, e.g. Do you want to pet my tiger? (I'm not kidding) with that... I don't know, [...].
Great follow-up for Pimsleur.......2006-04-14
For an absolute beginner who is serious about learning Chinese, I would recommend starting with Pimsleur (the mini-series) to get the pronunciation and sentence rhythms pounded into your head. I've heard so many great reviews about Pimsleur from people who have used it and then traveled to China. Then when you're ready to expand your vocabulary and speaking skills as a quicker (and more fun) pace, "Dr. Blair" fits the bill for beginner stage 2. They don't hesitate to give you goofy mnemonic tips to help you remember the Chinese. i.e. "tou fa" for hair-- "With that crazy hairstyle, you've really gone tou fa!" or "peng you" friend. "Sort of sounds like "stung yo" but it's "peng you." "Dan shi" (of course) "Sounds a bit like "darn sure." A bit crude but very helpful to get the gist of the unusual Chinese sounds.
So much better than I even expected!.......2006-03-10
I am so impressed by this diminutive (in both size and price) package. I bought it for the price and internet reviews of Dr. Blair's courses (they are all filled with praise). I am now a believer because the method works in the most creative of ways. I'm not yet through lesson 2 but am able to innovatively think through the construction and translation of sentences.
This is an introductory package to the Power-glide method of language learning. It includes 3 audio CDs with 6 total lessons and 1 computer CD with the written (in Simplified Chinese characters and pinyin) and spoken vocabulary that you have learned organized by lesson, additional travel vocabulary, and a diglot written story which merges both English language and Chinese pinyin to practice with.
The audio CD portion uses a story-line to start immediate learning as you listen and practice along with 'the other students'. You have to listen many times to each section in order to really absorb what you are learning. For me, each lesson (6 total) takes at least a week to truly 'get it'. So, at $12 we're talking about $2/week for fairly intensive instruction. In combination with the computer CD resources, this package can lay quite a constructive foundation in the Chinese language. What a fantastic and inexpensive way to see if you enjoy learning a new language!
Because of my positive experience with this package, I have looked into buying the comprehensive Power-glide Mandarin Chinese course which Power-glide has yet to complete. It is due by the end of 2006 and it, too, will be a bargain (25%-30% cost of competitor products). I know that this is the language learning method for me.
I never believed I could really learn Chinese!.......2005-07-14
I've tried lots of other language programs, but Dr. Blair's is the first that held my interest long enough that I didn't mind doing the necessary work.
Chinese pronunciations are quite a challenge to westerners, but this program takes such care to demonstrate them that you'll be surprised how quickly you can make them sound authentic.
On top of the entertaining program--you sort of have to hear it to belive it--a huge plus is the CD-ROM that helps you review pronunciations and characters as well as everything else on the program.
And you can't beat the price!
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Entire contents of rare, Victorian-era sourcebook include 768 black-and-white monograms and related images, with designs for two-letter combinations — some simple, some intricate, others fanciful and formal. An abundant source of inspiration and unusual styles for artists, designers, craftworkers, typographers, printers, and publishers.
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