Tabla de Contenidos: “…1.9 And how to measure national wellbeing 1.10 Structure of the book References Chapter 2: A short history of national wellbeing and its measurement 2.1 The good society and philosophies of the role of government, from ancient times 2.2 Utilitarianism 2.3 The American constitution 2.4 Official statistics - statistics about the state and about the state of society 2.5 National accounts and GDP 2.6 More to life than GDP 2.7 Social indicator movement and measuring quality of life 2.8 Health and wellbeing 2.9 Rise of measurement of psychological wellbeing (life satisfaction, happiness, worthwhile lives) 2.10 The Easterlin paradox 2.11 Taking note of the change in the quality of the goods and services we use 2.12 Capabilities approach to quality of life (Sen) and the Human Development Index 2.13 Social capital and public value 2.14 Limits to growth and sustainable development indicators 2.15 Commentary References Chapter 3: Recent developments: towards economic, social and environmental accounts 3.1 Mis-measuring our lives: the report by the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress 3.2 Replacing the Millennium Development Goals 3.3 A new global movement? …”

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“…There is a broad scientific and technical consensus that disposal of high-level, long-lived radioactive waste in deep geologic formations is an appropriate and safe means of isolating it from the biosphere for very long time scales. There have, however, been setbacks in the disposal programmes in many countries, primarily due to the failure of the waste management community to win sufficient public and political support. …”

“…To that end, Visual Basic 2008 Recipes is a compendium of practical solutions for busy VB .NET programmers. Create time for the more interesting aspects of your VB .NET project by solving common problems with the practical solutions and dozens of code examples in this book. …”

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“…Community and participation have become central concepts in the nomination processes surrounding heritage, intersecting time and again with questions of territory. In this volume, anthropologists and legal scholars from France, Germany, Italy and the USA take up questions arising from these intertwined concerns from diverse perspectives: How and by whom were these concepts interpreted and re-interpreted, and what effects did they bring forth in their implementation? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Figures; Preface; Introduction; 1) "A Vast Unsettled Wilderness"; 2) "He Preached What I Had Long Been Seeking For"; 3) "My Wife Violently Attacted with Colery"; 4) "When I Herd the Schreems of the Chirldin"; 5) "We Ware Mormans Thare White Brothers"; 6) "The Chief Shed TeersWhen He Saw Our Women and Children"; 7) "I was Apointed to Take Charge of the Mision"; 8) "The Gentiles are Fiting Up Steamers to Explore the Colerado"; 9 "In & through the Roughefist Country It Has Ever Been My Lot to Travel"; 10 "Mr. …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Contents -- Introduction to the Fourth Edition -- Introduction -- Delving into Details -- Assistants and the System -- The System at Work -- Organizing People -- Cast of Characters in the Book -- Chapter 1 Editing Within the Filmmaking Process -- Preproduction -- Production -- Postproduction -- Chapter 2 Your Home-the Editing Room -- Machines, Machines, Machines -- A Bookcase, Supplies, and Books -- Emergency Supplies -- Plenty of Room -- Film in the Editing Room -- Obtaining Supplies -- Chapter 3 Before the Film Begins -- Examine the Script -- Get to Know All the Players -- Put Your Information to Work -- And Now...Let's Get Going -- Chapter 4 Shooting -- A Brief History of Video Editing -- Three Primary Workflows -- Dealing with Metadata -- Preparing Dailies -- Synching Dailies -- Screening Dailies -- Chapter 5 Moving on to Editing -- Organizing the Footage -- Backing Up -- How the Editor Works -- After the Editor Edits -- As If This Wasn't Enough -- All At the Same Time? -- Chapter 6 Special Cases -- Synching Musical Sequences -- Synching Multicam -- Synching Unslated Takes -- Redigitizing Material -- Stock Footage -- Location Shooting -- Film-Within-Film -- Foreign Systems -- Plug-Ins -- Preparing Documentary Footage -- Chapter 7 The Editor Cuts Away -- Perfecting the Sound -- Color Correction -- Creating Outputs -- Preparing the Paperwork -- After the Screening -- Chapter 8 The Editor Recuts Away -- Keeping Your Editor Organized -- There Are All Kinds of Recuts -- Questions and More Questions! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Sustainable work through crafting -- 27. Resetting time and priorities: communicative sensemaking and implications of homeworking -- Index…”

“…This integrated learning package Enables you to focus on individual topic areas or take complete, timed exams Includes direct links from each question to detailed tutorials to help you understand the concepts behind the questions Provides unique sets of exam-realistic practice questions Tracks your performance and provides feedback on a module-by-module basis, laying out a complete assessment of your knowledge to help you focus your study where it is needed most…”

“…quizzes open each chapter and enable you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section. Exam topic lists make referencing easy. …”

“…Exploring two related medieval justifications of literary pleasure-one finding hygienic or therapeutic value in entertainment, and another stressing the psychological and ethical rewards of taking time out from work in order to refresh oneself-Glending Olson reveals that, contrary to much recent opinion, many medieval writers and thinkers accepted delight and enjoyment as valid goals of literature without always demanding moral profit as well.Drawing on a vast amount of primary material, including contemporary medical manuscripts and printed texts, Olson discusses theatrics, humanist literary criticism, prologues to romances and fabliaux, and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. …”

“…And although many of these managers are not wrestling with the issues of relocating and adjusting to living in a different culture, they all find themselves dealing with cultural issues - defined in the broadest context - every time they pick up the phone, log onto their e-mail, or disembark from an airplane. …”

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“…quizzes, which allow you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section Chapter-ending exercises, which help you drill on key concepts you must know thoroughly An online interactive Flash Cards application to help you drill on Key Terms by chapter A final preparation chapter, which guides you through tools and resources to help you craft your review and test-taking strategies Study plan suggestions and templates to help you organize and optimize your study time Well regarded for its level of detail, assessment features, and challenging review questions and exercises, this official study guide helps you master the concepts and techniques that ensure your exam success. …”

“…Because descriptors are inherently flexible, you’ll work with multiple examples illustrating how to best take advantage of them. This second edition includes additions throughout, including new material covering the set_name_() descriptors, new and improved flowcharts to explain the inner workings of descriptors, and a completely new chapter to address instance-level attributes, the easiest way to create descriptors correctly the first time. …”