Preference, Production and Capital: Selected Papers of Hirofumi Uzawa

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The papers collected here deal with various topics in economic theory, ranging from preference and consumption, duality and production, equilibrium, capital, and growth, to the theory of social overhead capital. They all have a common theme: to try to formulate the working of economic forces in a capitalist economy in terms of mathematical models and to explore their static, dynamic, and welfare implications. Most of the papers were originally published during the 1960s and early 1970s.

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You're preparing the bibliography of your research project, and some of your information came from documents you found on the Internet. How do you cite the Web sites? Scholarly citations of hard-copy texts such as books, magazines, and journals follow long-established rules, but electronic sources don't often fit neatly into standard patterns. Clearly, new guidelines need to be set to keep up with the evolution of the Internet. The Columbia Guide steps into the breach with admirable attention to detail as well as discussions of purpose and intent to clarify and support its online style solutions. After revisiting the principles of access, intellectual property, economy, standardization, and clarity that underlie the rules of citing sources, Walker and Taylor delve into the nitty-gritty of URLs and login names, signature files and publication information, providing both humanities-style and sciences-style examples for each.

With a similarly careful, logical, and scholarly progression, they cover bibliographic formats for the World Wide Web, e-mail, discussion lists, and newsgroups, plus document style (and its logic) when formatting for print publications, diskettes, and computer networks. When you work in this virual world, which changes so frequently and dynamically, where anything seems possible and conventions be damned, it's especially important to standardize and adhere to some rules, a goal greatly advanced by The Columbia Guide to Online Style. --Stephanie Gold

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The Columbia Guide to Online Style is the standard resource for citing electronic and electronically accessed sources. It is also a critical style guide for creating documents electronically for submission for print or electronic publication.

Updated and expanded, this guide now explains how to cite technologies such as Web logs and pod casts; provides more guidance on translating the elements of Columbia Online Style (COS) citations for use with existing print-based formats (such as MLA, APA, and Chicago); and features additional guidelines for producing online and print documents based on new standards of markup language and publication technologies.

This edition also includes new bibliographic styles for humanities and scientific projects; examples of footnotes and endnotes for Chicago-style papers; greater detail regarding in-text and parenthetic reference and footnote styles; an added chapter on how to locate and evaluate sources for research in the electronic age; and new examples for citing full-text or full-image articles from online library databases, along with information on how to credit the source of graphics and multimedia files.

Staying ahead of rapidly evolving technologies, The Columbia Guide to Online Style continues to be a vital tool for online researchers.

Customer Reviews:

Wishing it would have more citation styles.......2002-09-16

The book is pretty good. Its clear and concise--straight to the point. I wish it would contain more of the different styles, but it mainly focuses on two--humanitites style and scientific style (MLA & APA). It would really help students to sort of have all of the styles in one book so we do not have to get like four or five books just because our professor wanted a paper a certain way. This book also focuses on the online citation (most books fall short of the online stuff because it is so new).

Comprehensive, but somewhat redundant........1998-12-16

Citation of materials from the (extremely) volatile web was a major problem. Creating a summary, and providing a hyperlink to the original content, proved a major issue since electronic content moves so frequently.. The Columbia Guide gives some assurance that proper citation can be given. Some of the citation style suggestions seem very redundant, and there is no clear table or quick summary to highlight the proper method for common usage. Still, as the first work of this type, it gives an excellent baseline for referencing, building, managing on-line content.

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Janice Walker
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THE COLUMBIA GUIDE TO ONLINE STYLE.: An article from: Technical Communication

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THE COLUMBIA GUIDE TO ONLINE STYLE.: An article from: Technical Communication
Ginny Hudak-David
Manufacturer: Society for Technical Communication
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This digital document is an article from Technical Communication, published by Society for Technical Communication on May 1, 2000. The length of the article is 599 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: THE COLUMBIA GUIDE TO ONLINE STYLE.
Author: Ginny Hudak-David
Publication: Technical Communication (Refereed)
Date: May 1, 2000
Publisher: Society for Technical Communication
Volume: 47 Issue: 2 Page: 253

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The Longman Guide to Columbia Online Style
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Selling Destinations is the resource travel professionals from all sectors of the industry need to greatly enhance their knowledge of the major and secondary destinations around the world, and to increase sales. The sales-geography philosophy is supported by essential information that will help travelers make the most of their experiences. The author provides detailed information on travel to the destination, local modes of transportation, trip highlights, day trips, lodging options and allied destinations. You will find analysis as to why a person typically travels to the destination covered and the types of individuals who chose particular destinations, helping the travel professional make the right recommendations for the customer. Sales strategies focus on extra services that yield extra income for almost all travel professionals. The reader will find case studies and hypothetical situations that help them apply their newly gained knowledge.

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Dr. Mancini is fantastic!.......2006-06-02

Marc Mancini, Phd, is the travel industry's most well-known industry educator and speaker.

As a travel school student (and later as an Instructor at the same school) I watched his many travel education videos and read many of his textbooks. He clearly presents topics vital to the travel industry and explains in depth subjects which should be required reading for all professionals in the industry.

Now, even with over 13 years working in various segments of the highly diverse travel and tourism field, I find reading Dr. Mancini's books and viewing his entertaining and informative videos enhances my everyday performance.

I highly recommend Dr. Mancini's materials to all currently employed in the travel industry and those considering a career change!!!

Excellent book for anyone interested in travel!.......2006-04-24

I used this book at a travel school and kept it for reference for my own travels. It's a great source for travel ideas for anyone. A must buy!

Excellent resource for the travel professional.......2005-07-29

As a newcomer to the travel industry, this book has been a wonderful eyeopener. Even the most experienced travel professional can benefit from Mr. Mancini's knowledge of different places around the world.

The language is easy to understand, the information pertinent for the travel professional's needs, and layout is clear and manageable (not overbearing or textbook-like).

Mr. Mancini's reputation as an experienced professional in the travel industry is well acknowledged by his collegues and he is looked up to by newcomers, like myself.

"Selling Destinations" is a must have in every travel professionals resource library!

The best geography book geared to the travel industry.......2004-04-30

Most of the geography books available today have limited usefullness to a travel agent. Knowing the amount of bauxite a country produces doesn't help sell that region as a travel destination. In this book, Mancini details the important facts about the places that people travel to throughout the world.
In addition to the useful locater maps and detailed descriptions of the various cities and countries, Mancini includes little known facts and suggestions that travel agents can pass along to their customers. A first rate book.

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Discover your life's work and gain inner satisfaction and personal meaning with this inspiring, practical guide. In this sequel to her phenomenal bestseller Do What You Love, the Money Will Follow, Marsha Sinetar shows you how to put her philosophy to work. Sinetar explores the qualities of effective, fulfilled entrepreneurs who manage to find both love and money by investing time, brainpower, and spiritual energy in their work. 2 cassettes.

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To Build the Life You Want, Create the Work You Love.......2005-10-09

Well written, powerfully concise and to the point.

For anyone who has been or is in a career transition, in the midsts of finding and/or creating a business of their own, for anyone who has been looking for the "answer" in what to do next and how, for anyone who has been exploring and trying all kinds of stuff but hasn't found "that thing" that you can call fulfilling work - READ THIS BOOK!

Marsha Sinetar puts what you are going through in a very affirming perspective.
Any crap you may be going through may actually be your gold!

2nd best book I"ve ever read!.......2005-03-26

What? The last reviewer of this book says the author wasnt focused? If she was anymore focused on the emotional, mental and spiritual processes that go about in keeping us from reaching our "soul" purpose, our brain would fry! Filled with lots of quick inspiring stories of ordinary people who made their dreams come true. She says "Responsible choice involves consequences not the least of which are relinquishments along the way. (page81) If you could just get that it would be worth 100 times the price of the book. She talks about how the creative process can even trigger chronic fatigue and other stressors. She clearly guides us thru the "What do I do next?" panic attack we have when we get stuck or defeated. Even better than her 1st book and that was great! As a personal consultant and coach I am always greatly interested in hearing how books effect people. Email me at:mince38@yahoo.com and let me know how you are enjoying this wonderful book. Personally, I would buy it for any person who is not living the perfect life they want! Its the 2nd best birthday gift you could give someone. In fact, we could even start a message board on this book.

Marc

Not focused, but encouraging and uplifting all the same.......2001-06-29

In "To Build the Life You Want, Create the Work You Love," Marsha Sinetar devotes a chapter each to exploring the attributes that she believes an entrepreneur possesses: inventive inclination, authentic focus, meaningful purpose, "figuring-out" skills, risk-taking effectiveness, strategic outlook, and high spiritual intelligence.

An "inventive inclination" is simply creativity combined with resourcefulness. Unleashing your inventive powers, she claims, involves asking "what," not "how." It's being open to possibilities.

Once we open our mind to creative possibilities, it's necessary then to focus authentically on who we are at heart. "Authentic people are activated by their inner truths," she writes. "When we're authentic," she claims, "others usually perceive us as such and will often go to great lengths to help us succeed ... When we're real, we're believable, credible." Authentic focus also requires focusing on our energy. "What good is it to identify your fascinations and goals if you're too tired or stressed out to pursue them? ... Vitality also translates into widened opportunities. People like to be around us when we're centered and enthused." By focusing on their own needs, Sinetar writes, entrepreneurs find ways to address others' needs and thereby profit.

"Meaningful purpose" delves deeper into the spiritual dimension of entrepreneuring. It involves both posing and answering the question, "What exactly do you want out of life?" "No one can tell you what your purposes are," Sinetar writes. It involves moving slowly, gaining balance, poise, and self-understanding. "This is a spiritual stance," she writes. She encourages her readers to grow in their "down" times and to develop discernment, which involves strict self-discipline. She also warns that "conscious choices are often costly ones." It is in delving into meaningful purpose that a rich personal transformation can take place. It involves making honest self-assessments.

By "figuring-out" skills, Sinetar implies that "entrepreneurs trust the mystery of the unknown. Rather than accepting imprisonment by what they don't understand, entrepreneurs strive to transcend their questions and limits." This is where a genuine love of learning is required. "Figuring out involves eliminating illusions." It involves expanding on what we want by answering the questions of where, when, for whom, and why, and listing the steps you're willing to take to explore the territory you want to inhabit.

"Part of creating work involves establishing a solid foundation of chance-taking skills," Sinetar writes. Wisely, she advises practicing in low risks before undertaking high risks. She writes about creating spaces in which to fail safely, to monitor our performance, to correct and improve ourselves. She then illustrates a stepladder of risk-taking skills, and differentiates risk-taking from impulsivity. "Begin small. Go slow. Build skill," she says. "Prudent risk-taking involves making contingency plans, asking `what if?' and assessing the probability of failure." By taking small, calculated risks, she says, discernment grows.

In exploring what a strategic outlook is, Sinetar writes that it involves first elevating oneself to the point of feeling entitled to have the life and work one enjoys. Strategy transcends a mere business plan, she writes. Eventually, our strategies ask us to think about where we'll find supportive, affordable resources for our objectives. Your decision to study whatever you don't understand becomes part of your strategy. She encourages her readers to research specific ways to add value to customers and clients and to consider how to position your product or service in the niche you hope to enter.

Finally, "discovering and creating vocation requires discernment," Sinetar writes. Once the above six skills have been considered, "our job is to unfold." A high spiritual intelligence recognizes that "we ourselves are the work." It involves accepting that we must change. A high spiritual intelligence realizes that "vocation comes as you discover and express your own identify." It views work as art, recognizing that we learn best when we're learning about ourselves. "Almost all gifted artists strive to mesh inner feelings or vision with marketplace realities," she writes. "Only actualizing adults find enough personal reward in such risks to accept the turmoil involved," including family and inner conflict, struggle, and doubts. Vocation is neither about career nor money, Sinetar writes; "it's doing God's will."

True vocation is a spiritual journey.......2001-06-06

This book has been one of the most valuable books I have read on the topic of creating meaningful work. Sinetar artfully illustrates how entrepeneurs find their true vocation in their own wholeness--work as a natural expression of their authentic selves. The catch is...this takes time. Time in reflection. Time in retreat. Time in honest evaluation of one's values and skills. Meaningful, fulfilling work is a spiritual journey and I fear that, in our fast and faster world, a book about slow and stop will be overlooked. I actually purchased this book in 1998, but put it down because it didn't seem to "apply" to me. Picking it up again in 2001, I was ready to hear the truth about creating the work that I had always wanted.

I'm happy to say that I'm well on my way. I highly recommend this book as a light for your spiritual path.

Positive, realistic and practical side of entrepreneuring........1998-10-18

Seems the "skills" and reality side of Do What You Love.... these are stories that show everyday people --not superstar Trump types -- in various stages of starting their own small ventures or shaping the life and values they love. Especially relevant to me is the story of Esther, the eighty-something woman who returned to ministerial college at seventy-something and now runs a little spiritual direction business out of her home. More power to Esther and anyone like her. Good stories for adult ed. course, too.

TO BUILD THE LIFE YOU WANT, CREATE THE WORK YOU LOVE THE SPIRITUAL DIMENSION OF ENTREPRENEURING

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TO BUILD THE LIFE YOU WANT, CREATE THE WORK YOU LOVE THE SPIRITUAL DIMENSION OF ENTREPRENEURING

Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000HF6JUS

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To Build the Life You Want, Create the Work You Love: The Spiritual Dimension of Entrepreneuring
Marsha Sinetar
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OTGG1O

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Teach Yourself Russian Language, Life and Culture delves into the customs and ways of Russia and its inhabitants, taking a respectful yet lively point of view. Topics include government, arts, language, work, leisure, education, festivals and celebrations, and food. By asking questions such as "What kind of music is native to Russia?" this book invites you to examine fascinating aspects of another culture.

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excellent overview of history and present.......2005-02-18

this book does what it advertises, a consise discussion of cultural scene from historical context to present, very pleased;
ñïàñèáî for giving me everything in one volume, clear and full overview of most aspects of Russian lifestlye, great starting point

An insight into Russia.......2004-02-24

I wish I had had this book when I was teaching Russian culture, in its broadest sense, in UK universities. Most students took up the subject on entering the university and therefore had no grounding in it at all. This book, rightly, assumes zero knowledge on the part of the reader, yet manages not to assume a condescending tone. On the contrary it is readable, up-to-date, informative and interesting. Even an old Russia hand like myself learned a great deal from it. The fact that one of the authors is Russian, the other English, gives them a particularly broad insight into their subject.

Reader from Kazan, Russia.......2004-02-21

As a Russian studying in the UK, I am often asked a lot of questions about Russia by my British and iternational friends. Very often I did not have the answers! So, I was actually looking for a suitable source on Russia. This excellent book is the best of this kind - it manages to compress a great deal of information and insights about all aspects of Russian life into just some 250 pages. It is refreshingly free of the usual stereotypes about Russia, but is still realistic. So, for a taste of what Russia is, I can certainly recommend this book.

Previous reviewer misses point completely.......2004-02-21

The previous reviewer of this books gets it completely wrong - their lack of credentials to write a review is shown by their failure to appreciate the fact that Russian and Ukrainian are separate languages. This book is about Russian life and culture, and is NOT a language textbook. And excuse me, the whole point is you CAN'T find a summary of such a wide range of topics as covered in this book on any internet site or indeed any other book I can think of, hence the value of this book (as recognised by schools, universities and individual customers of the book in the UK). Take a look at the reviews on the amazon UK site, in the journal of the Russian teachers of the UK (Rusistika).

Does Not Gibe With the Title.......2003-07-21

I am a writer and I could have written this book in fifteen minutes using a Collier's Encyclopedia. It is terrible. Pay attention to the title that says teach yourself Russian CULTURE and HISTORY because it has nothing to do with teaching yourself Russian or Ukrainian. The book basically begins with an encyclopedia article on Ivan the Terrible and ends with an encyclopedia article on Boris Yeltsin. That's not Russian, that's not Ukrainian- it's nothing you didn't already know by spending a half an hour on the internet. Do Not Buy This Book!

Teach Yourself Business Russian/Book and 2 Cassettes

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Teach Yourself Business Russian/Book and 2 Cassettes
Teach Yourself Publishing , Irina Tverdokhlebova , and Pauline Rayner
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Companies
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ASIN: 0844238767

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Business Russian (Teach Yourself)
Olga Bridges , Pauline Rayner , and Irina Tverdokhlebova
Manufacturer: Teach Yourself Books
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0340594306

Business Russian: A Complete Course for Beginners (Teach Yourself)

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Business Russian: A Complete Course for Beginners (Teach Yourself)
Olga Bridges , Pauline Rayner , and Irina Tverdokhlebova
Manufacturer: NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0844237841

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¿Está cansado de trabajar largas jornadas y de no tener lo suficiente para pagar los gastos o ahorrar para el futuro de sus hijos?

¿Se pregunta qué más podría hacer para mejorar la condición de su familia?

¡Deje que Rudy Ruiz, empresario exitoso e hijo de inmigrantes mexicanos, le abra las puertas a las asombrosas posibilidades a su alcance!

En ¡Adelante! Rudy Ruiz comparte con usted su visión del éxito que lo ha ayudado a salir adelante en su propia vida, y que le aportará los conocimientos necesarios para:

● Obtener las destrezas necesarias para incrementar sus ingresos
● Averiguar cuál ocupación es la ideal para usted
● Descifrar los códigos del sistema de educación estadounidense
● Presentar una solicitud para un nuevo trabajo o carrera
● Lanzar su propio negocio
● Aprender los fundamentos de la banca y los ahorros
● Descubrir cómo utilizar el crédito y los préstamos a provecho propio
● Ahorrar con sensatez y eficacia para la educación de sus hijos
● Aprender qué clase de asistencia financiera está a su alcance
● Invertir para una jubilación cómoda

Estos son sólo algunos de los temas a los que Rudy Ruiz dedica sus pericias en este libro ameno sobre los pasos a tomar para mejorar su vida y la de su familia. . . y ¡SALIR ADELANTE!

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Special People, Special Planning: Creating a Safe Legal Haven for Families With Special Needs
Peggy R. Hoyt , and Candace Pollock
Manufacturer: Legacy Planning Partners, LLC
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0971917728

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helpful and hopeful.......2007-02-13

This book was a big help as we looked for an attorney and then created our trust. It cut through a lot of the jargon, and gave us an education!

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