Tabla de Contenidos: “…., HERmione; Carson McCullers, The Ballad of the Sad Cafe) 131; CHAPTER FOUR: PERFORMING SEXUALITY 151; The new kid on the block of binary thinking: conceptualizing the homosexual 153; The resisting narrative: homosexual subtext beneath the heterosexual text (Henry James, 'The Beast in the Jungle,' 'In the Cage') 156; CHAPTER FIVE: PERFORMING PASSING 167; Gender passing (Mark Twain, Is He Dead?; Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita; David Hwang, M. …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…1.8.3 More Flexible Macroeconomic Policies at EU Level -- 1.9 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- 2 European Union Dual Labour Markets: Consequences and Potential Reforms -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Emergence of Dual Labour Markets in Europe -- 2.3 Temporary Contracts: Stepping Stones or Dead Ends? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…""Setting default values in multiple arguments""""Nesting in Sass""; ""Partial files (partials) in Sass""; ""The Sass extend/inherit feature""; ""Sass comments""; ""Vendor prefixing""; ""The order of vendor prefixing""; ""Automating vendor prefixing""; ""Using a third-party program to compile""; ""The Prepros app""; ""One compiler only""; ""Sass mixins to house our media queries""; ""Media queries mixin methods""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 2: Marking Our Content with HTML5 ""; ""The element""; ""The element""; ""The element""; ""The element""…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Golden years -- Tax avoidance -- Japanese curse -- The god of our time -- Business of business -- Limited consciences -- A brilliant daring speculation -- Dirty tricks -- Marriages and separations -- The house that Jack built -- Capital ideas -- WWJD - watch what Jack did! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Holy Ground: Where Art and Text Meet: Studies in the Cultural History of India -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Part I Early Studies 1986-2000 -- 1 An Indian Image of Man: An Inquiry into a change of perspective in the Hindu world-view -- Introduction -- The Indian understanding of perfect man -- The 'Raw Material' -- The Sufis -- The Yogis -- The Sants -- The Bhaktas -- Epilogue -- 2 Die Indische Herausforderung: Hegels Beitrag zu einer europäischen kulturhistorischen Diskussion -- Einleitung -- Die Jahre 1820-1825 -- Neue Einsichten -- Die Jahre 1826-1831 -- Die Rezeption der Bhagavadgītā -- Von Humboldts Bhagavadgītā Vorträge und Hegels Kritik -- Schlussbetrachtung -- Schlussmoral -- 3 Ayodhyā: le nom et le lieu -- Ayodhyā conçue : le nom -- Ayodhyā retrouvée : le lieu -- Illiers-Combray -- 4 Ayodhyā: A Hindu Jerusalem: An investigation of 'Holy War' as a religious idea in the light of communal unrest in India -- Introduction -- Holy war as a religious idea -- Five conditions of 'holy war' -- The Hindu religion and the social reality of war -- The advent of Islam -- The segregation of the Hindu and Muslim communities -- The idea of the Rāma rājya -- The Kingdom of Avadh -- The emerging conflict around the Babri Masjid in Ayodhyā -- Ayodhyā: a Hindu Jerusalem -- The fight for the Rāmajanmabhūmi/Babri Masjid -- Epilogue -- 5 The Ramtek Inscriptions I -- Introduction -- The graffiti -- The two short Kevala-Narasiṃha Temple inscriptions -- Kevala-Narasiṃha Temple Ramtek Inscription No. 1 -- Kevala-Narasiṃha Temple Ramtek Inscription No. 2 -- The Ramtek Stone Inscription of the time of Rāmacandra -- Synopsis of the contents -- Editorial principles -- Edition -- Translation -- 6 The Ramtek Inscriptions II: The Vākāṭaka inscription in the Kevala-Narasiṃha Temple (Together with Harunaga Isaacson) -- Introduction -- Palaeography…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Configuration management repositories and configuration management databases (CMDBs) -- Best practices for secure configuration management -- SBP 14 - be prepared to prune dead code over time -- The accumulation of dead code in software and PaaS systems -- The unique challenge of PaaS service configurations -- Pruning dead code -- SBP 15 - if it doesn't fit, don't force it -- use a microservice -- PaaS and its boundaries -- Microservices as a contingency strategy…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction How to get the most out of this book Section 1 How to manage people Introduction T1 Fayol's 14 principles of management part 1: structure and control T2 Fayol's 14 principles of management part 2: working relationships T3 Taylor and scientific management T4 Mayo and the Hawthorn experiments T5 Urwick's ten principles of management T6 Drucker on the functions of management T7 McGregor's X and Y theory T8 Peters and Waterman's theory of management T9 Covey's 7 habits of highly effective people T10 Management by walking about (MBWA) A final word on management Section 2 How to lead people Introduction T11 Trait theory T12 The Michigan and Ohio basic style theory T13 Blake and Mouton's leadership grid T14 Adair's action centred leadership T15 Fiedler's contingency theory T16 Hersey and Blanchard's situational leadership T17 Burn's transactional leadership theory T18 Dansereau, Graen and Haga leader member exchange (LMX) theory T19 House and charismatic leadership theory T20 Burns and transformational leadership T21 Bass and transformational leadership T22 Bennis and Nanus and transformational leadership A final word on leadership Section 3 How to motivate staff Introduction T23 Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory T24 Alderfer's existence, relatedness and growth (ERG) theory T25 McClellands achievement and acquired needs theory T26 Herzberg's motivation and hygiene theory T27 Adam's equity theory T28 Vroom's expectancy theory T29 The Hackman and Oldham job characteristic model T30 Ernst's OK Corral model T31 Berne's theory of transactional analysis A final word on motivation Section 4 How to build and manage teams Introduction T32 Belbin's team roles T33 Maccoby's Gamesman theory T34 Likert's theory of team management styles T35 Drexler/ Sibbet Team Performance Model T36 Homan's theory of group formation T37 Tuckman's group development sequence model T38 Wheelan's integrated model of group development T39 Locke's goal setting theory A final word on teams Section 5 How to analyse organisational culture Introduction T40 Handy's model of organisational culture T41 Deal and Kennedy's risk and feedback model T42 Morgan's organisational metaphors T43 Graves's cultural leadership theory T44 Schein's three levels of organisational culture T45 Johnson and Scholes' cultural web T46 Hofstede's six cross-organisational dimensions T47 Hargreaves and Balkanised cultures A final word on organisational culture Section 6 How to lead change Introduction T48 The Kubler-Ross coping with change cycle model T49 Shewhart's plan-do-check-act (PDCA) model T50 Lewin's freeze/unfreeze model T51 Lewin's force field analysis T52 Kotter's eight step approach to change T53 Moss-Kanter and change masters T54 Burke-Letwin's drivers for change T55 Egan's shadow side theory A final word on leading change Section 7 Strategic management Introduction T56 Johnson and Scholes the seven stages of strategic planning T57Ansoff Top down approaches to strategic management (the modernist approach) T58 Peters and Waterman strategic planning as chaos (the post-modernist approach tostrategic management) T59 Quinn, Hamdi and Prahaland middle of the road strategic management (the new modernist approach) T60 The Boston Consulting Group matrix theory T61 The McKinsey 7S framework model T62 Johnson, Scholes and Wittingham's stakeholder mapping theory T63 Porter's value chain theory T64 Porter's five forces theory T65 SWOT analysis T66 PEST/PESTLE analysis T67 Scenario planning A final word on strategic management Section 8 How to manage quality Introduction T68 Deming's seven deadly diseases of quality T69Juran's quality trilogy T70 Crosby's maturity grid model T71 Peters and Waterman's excellence model T72 Ishikawa cause and effect (fishbone) model T73 Imai's Kaizan 5S housekeeping theory T74 The Benchmarking matrix T75 The Excellence Model A final word on quality management Section 9 How to exercise authority, power and influence Introduction T76 Weber's tripartite theory of authority T77 French and Ravens the five sources of power T78 Sources of influence T79 Machiavelli's guide to survival T80 Ronson's Psychopath's test A final word on authority, influence power and ethics Section 10 - The best of the rest. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Naming the factors affecting your use of retirement assets -- How Spending Really Changes in Retirement -- Managing Your Expenses -- Bigger-picture issues -- Taxes -- Housing -- Utilities and communication -- Food -- Transportation -- Personal care and fashion -- Travel and fun -- Healthcare -- Insurance -- Children and grandchildren -- Chapter 7 Guiding Investments and Distributions in Retirement -- Guiding Your Investments through Retirement -- Estimating your investment income -- Rebalancing your investments -- Looking Closer at Annuities -- Annuities: A retirement account and insurance combination -- Contributing in your working years -- Annuitizing in your retirement years -- Examining the newest annuity -- Choosing Your Pension Options -- Selecting between a lump sum or monthly payments -- Deciding among monthly payment options -- Eyeing Withdrawal Strategies for Your Investment Accounts -- Chapter 8 Making Important Housing Decisions -- Analyzing Moving -- Considering the pros and cons of moving -- Eyeing the options for where you can move -- Tapping Your Home's Equity: Reverse Mortgages -- Defining terms and costs -- Determining whether a reverse mortgage is right for you -- Searching for more information on reverse mortgages -- Looking at Tax Issues Regarding Your Housing Decisions -- Being aware of capital gains exclusion rules -- Converting your home to a rental: Yes or no? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Trading ETFs like a pro -- Introducing the Shops -- What to look for -- Price is no longer key -- The Vanguard Group -- Fidelity Investments -- Charles Schwab -- E*Trade -- Other brokerage houses -- Presenting the Suppliers -- It's okay to mix and match - with caution -- Check your passport -- BlackRock Financial Management iShares -- Vanguard ETFs -- State Street Global Adviser's SPDRs -- Invesco -- Charles Schwab -- First Trust -- Other suppliers -- Familiarizing Yourself with the Indexers -- S&amp -- P Dow Jones Indices -- MSCI -- FTSE/Russell -- CRSP -- Bloomberg -- Meeting the Middlemen -- NYSE Arca -- NASDAQ -- BATS -- Meeting the Wannabe Middlemen -- Commissioned brokers -- Separately managed accounts -- Annuities and life insurance products -- Funds of funds -- Part 2 Building the Stock (Equity) Side of Your Portfolio -- Chapter 4 Risk Control, Diversification, and Some Other Things You Need to Know -- Risk Is Not Just a Board Game -- The trade-off of all trade-offs (safety versus return) -- So just how risky are ETFs? …”

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“…In this handsomely illustrated book, Doob reconstructs from a variety of literary and visual sources the idea of the labyrinth from the classical period through the Middle Ages.Doob first examines several complementary traditions of the maze topos, showing how ancient historical and geographical writings generate metaphors in which the labyrinth signifies admirable complexity, while poetic texts tend to suggest that the labyrinth is a sign of moral duplicity. She then describes two common models of the labyrinth and explores their formal implications: the unicursal model, with no false turnings, found almost universally in the visual arts; and the multicursal model, with blind alleys and dead ends, characteristic of literary texts. …”

“…The main result was the unexpected finding of several T. infestans colonies located up to 1900 m of the nearest house, and more than 2 km from the nearest house with infestation detected during the previous 18 months after a community-wide residual spraying with insecticides. …”
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