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Mathematical modelling modules feature in most university undergraduate mathematics courses. As one of the fastest growing areas of the curriculum it represents the current trend in teaching the more complex areas of mathematics. This book introduces mathematical modelling to the new style of undergraduate - those with less prior knowledge, who require more emphasis on application of techniques in the following sections: What is mathematical modelling?; Seeing modelling at work through population growth; Seeing modelling at work through published papers; Modelling in mechanics.

Written in the lively interactive style of the Modular Mathematics Series, this text will encourage the reader to take part in the modelling process. ... Read more

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The Meat You Eat exposes the risks corporations are taking with the health of people, animals, the environment, and the quality of rural life through the mass-production of meat, milk, eggs, and fish. These companies are endangering the lives of consumers and the quality of our food supply in the name of productivity and profit. Rather than advocate a vegan or vegetarian diet, author Ken Midkiff argues that using and supporting local farmers will improve our quality of life, as well as the animals whose meat we eat. Complete with resource sections about finding local farmers and lists of agribusiness players, The Meat You Eat encourages us to take an active interest in what we put on our plates and in our mouths. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (6)

Good
This book is a good look into the way our meat is raised in america today. It will get you thinking about a lot of things. I work in the food industry and the meat i cook comes from them. I buy my meat as much as i can from local farms for 2 reasons. 1 i like supporting local farms and 2 it is much better for you.

Exceptional Topic, Decent Content, Just OK Writing
The Meat You Eat is a book that had to be written.It is a quick reading book on the dangers of "corporate farming" and how corporate farming affects the surrounding areas, the community, the environment, the workplace, the animals, and America's food supply.

The book addresses the commonplace corporate farm and how they provide food frombirth to the grocery store.The book discusses "Big Pig", "Big Chicken and Big Egg", "Big Milk", "Big Beef", and "Big Fish".I feel the author does an excellent job at the beginning of each chapter, explaining the background of each industry in an unbiased manner.The author then goes into some valid reasons as to each industries faults.

Most industries are guilty of torturing animals in one form or another, whether it be pigs fighting from being confined too closely or chickens whose feet become entangled in wire and can not move their entire lives.Some animals are not euthanized properly and proceed through the slaughterhouse before actually dying.

The author also talks about how companies monopolize an industry from fertilization of animals to processing and delivery to retailers.The result is a company that exploits the desperate and the unfortunate, whether they be farmers, townfolk, or immigrant workers.The monopolies, their power, and loopholes in the law allow these farms to pollute at will, literally driving people from their homes with little if any recourse.

I think the book does a good job of addressing the downfalls of current "big" farming methings; however, I felt this book has its shortcomings.A gifted author can describe a battlefield so vividly, the reader feels like the person next to them died in their arms.These authors can paint stunning pictures in a reader's mind without an actual photograph.This author does not posses such talent.As much as the author tries, I feel the author falls short of really making the reader feel the tortured animals pain.I think some photographs would have helped this book immensely.Also, the author seems to assume that the reader is familiar with the workings of a farms and butchering.For example, the author talks about the use of bolt guns to stun cows.I have never seen a bolt gun and have no idea what he is taking about.Again, pictures or diagrams would have helped.

I spent half my childhood in rural Wisconsin, around small farms.I've witnessed how small farms operate and work in harmony with nature, as much as a farm can.I have killed countless animals and fish for food in my life.Despite my limited knowledge of agriculture from my childhood, I really had no idea where food comes from in modern day society.I would recommend this book to someone who is interested in how a cow in the pasture turns into the package of ground beef at the store.The book will probably shock some people.Personally, I found the book very informative and I am glad I read it, but it was not powerful enough for me to make changes in my life.

Same, same, but different..
If you read "Fast Food Nation", you will like this book.There are similarities, but also many differences. The book refers to fish farm and gets into the economics of agricultural business. A great read.

Read Fast Food Nation and Portrait of a Burger first
If you've ever wondered how McDonald's can offer a 39 cent cheeseburger, this book will help you understand the bizarre economics that makes a cheeseburger cheaper than a bottle of water.

The author makes the case for buying meat and dairy products from small farms committed to sustainable farming practices.He succeeds with me, though I've subscribed to this view ever since reading Fast Food Nation and Portrait of a Burger as a Young Calf -- so I didn't need much convincing.

I'm not sure how effective he'll be with a less friendly audience. While he brings a few effective stories and statistics to bear, he also brings the rhetoric of the stereotypical wild-eyed environmentalist (Mr. Midkiff is the Sierra Club Water Campaign director).

An example from his introduction: "Corporations care about people only to the extent that people are consumers are the corporate product...Feeding a hungry world? That is only a justification for fouling the air and water. Running family farmers out of business; ruining the economies of small towns; destroying the rural quality of life; mangling, dismembering, and maming employees; producing foods that are unsafe and unhealthy? When confronted with some of the unintended consequences of the industrial mode of production of meat, milk, and eggs, the corporate spokesman hauls out things like the following...'It is unfortuante, but it must be kept in mind that this is the way things must be done if we're going to feed the world.'"

I would have preferred less shrill rhetoric and more hard data. In my opinion, the author doesn't further his cause with his inflammatory writing style: the facts surrounding the modern meat and dairy industries are appalling enough to speak for themselves.

Having said that, this book does a fair job of describing how surprisingly cruel, environmentally destructive, and socially damaging modern techniques for raising and killing farm animals are. Even if you don't care about air and water pollution because you don't live near a slaughterhouse (I don't, either), you might be surprised at how brutal the modern system is to the workers, many of them undocumented immigrants.And even if you don't care about the cruelty associated with raising so many animals (pigs, chickens, salmon, and cows) in such close proximity, you should understand the risks associated with eating the result -- the surprising thing about people getting food poisioning from industrially raised meat is not that it happens, but that it happens so rarely.

Bottom line: we owe it to ourselves, to our families, to the workers, to the planet to spend a few more dollars and buy meat, milk, and eggs that are responsibly and sustainably raised.

The Meat You Eat by Ken Midkiff
In The Meat You Eat, Ken Midriff provides an in-depth analysis of the process of creating many animal products. Midkiff uses proven facts and precise statistics to back up his overall argument against corporate farming. Midkiff also uses many of his own detailed experiences and interviews from ordinary people. Their testimonies add validity to The Meat You Eat.
Midkiff shows how corporate farming is a danger to the environment, the economy, and the environment in a step by step structure that is easy to follow. He shows the reader that corporate farming has turned farming into a dirty big business concerned only with profit. Midkiff says that the owners of factory farms don't care about how the negative affects to the environment, workers, animals, workers, and the American consumer.
Rather than promoting vegetarianism, he advocates buying organic animal products or buying them from a small local farm. Midkiff says buying from local farmers will hurt factory farms and benefit the environment, animals, and the local farmers themselves.
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Kulshan.com's Guide to Whatcom County is the mostcomplete reference to galleries, museums, parts, restaurants, andhiking/biking trails in Whatcom County. The Guide to Whatcom Countywas developed from the award-winning web site, Kulshan.com.If youare visiting Whatcom County or a lifelong resident you will beintroduced to new places, little-known favorites and long-timestandbys.Locations were chosen by life-long residents and thewriting itself was done by a diverse group of authors from all thecommunities in Whatcom County. The result is a wealth of knowledge and"insider" information divided up into five sections: outdoors, Film &Art, Restaurants, Community, and Nightlife in the cities ofBellingham, Lynden, Ferndale, and Blaine. ... Read more

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out of date
This book was ok, but very out of date. It was interesting to see how many businesses and locations have changed in the previous 4 years. Did not work as a guide for me.

Actually Useful
I actually found the quide quite useful, with a lot of specific information that you can't find in the local visitor center (which I am quite familiar with).It can be a little bit dated (not to mention esoteric) but it is the quintessential guide to Whatcom County.

Whatcom Guide falls short
I was unimpressed with the guide. It was given to me as a present so I can't complain too much. I didn't find anything in it I couldn't have found at the local visitor center. In my opinion, save your money.

Excellent Resource for Whatcom County
I think this is a great guide to have. Even seasoned whatcom county residents can find something new in this guide. There is something for everyone in this book.

I really like the format with each review givingand address, features, directions and hours if appropriate. It would benice for the outdoor trail reviews to include a small map with thedirections. The directions are good enough to get you there though.

Eachreview also has a full page description with great insite into what youwill find on the trail, in the gallery, what the food is like, theatmosphere.... ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from AI Magazine, published by Thomson Gale on June 22, 2007. The length of the article is 9911 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.

From the author: We describe an intelligent personal assistant that has been developed to aid a busy knowledge worker in managing time commitments and performing tasks. The design of the system was motivated by the complementary objectives of (1) relieving the user of routine tasks, thus allowing her to focus on tasks that critically require human problem-solving skills, and (2) intervening in situations where cognitive overload leads to oversights or mistakes by the user. The system draws on a diverse set of AI technologies that are linked within a Belief-Desire-Intention (BDI) agent system. Although the system provides a number of automated functions, the overall framework is highly user centric in its support for human needs, responsiveness to human inputs, and adaptivity to user working style and preferences.

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Title: An intelligent personal assistant for task and time management.(Author abstract)
Author: Karen Myers
Publication: AI Magazine (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 22, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 28Issue: 2Page: 47(15)

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To have the berry best picnic ever, Strawberry Shortcake and her friends need a little help-from one another! Each friend is going to make a special treat, but the kids soon learn that they can't do it without sharing ingredients. Sharing turns the picnic into a sweet success for all!

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Sweet book for little girls.
We checked this book out from the library and my three year old daughter fell in love. :) We have had to check it out so frequently and my daughter asked so sweetly not to check it back in that we decided to buy it. It recently kept her occupied for over an hour on a long trip. She likes to help me cook so she really enjoys the cooking theme of the book. It has a nice message about sharing and is fairly pleasant to read over and over. My daughter now has it memorized and will "read" it to her younger brother.

Berry Cute Book
My 5 year old daughter Loves this book, because she can read it by herself. Its a very good book for children just learning how to read. It is also very cute.

Cute little book for Strawberry Shortcake fans!
My 3 year old daughter loves this little book!

Strawberry Shortcake and her friends are planning a little picnic when each of them discovers that they are missing an ingredient to make their favorite treat. It teaches the value of sharing and has lovely, colorful graphics to make it a must have for little Strawberry Shortcake fans.

Very sweet little book!
This little book is very cute with bright, colorful graphics; it teaches the value of sharing!My three-year-old daughter loves it! ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Fairfield County Business Journal, published by Westfair Communications, Inc. on March 12, 2001. The length of the article is 685 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: Spencer's restaurant chain regains some momentum.(Spencer's Restaurants Inc. )
Author: Bob Chuvala
Publication: Fairfield County Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 12, 2001
Publisher: Westfair Communications, Inc.
Volume: 40Issue: 11Page: 2

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