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This volume aims to refine ideas contained in the Carnegie Corporation's 1989 report, "Turning Points: Preparing American Youth for the 21st Century". The topics covered include middle grades education improvement and differences between educational researchers and practitioners. ... Read more

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A new perspective for educators
This book is filled with information regarding the restructuring of schools, which is a hot topic in current society. There is a wealth of ideas and procedures, sure to assist any administrator or educator who is interested in revising and aligning current practices and curriculum. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Developments in three-dimensional cloud radiation over the past few decades are assessed and distilled into this contributed volume. Chapters are authored by subject-matter experts who address a broad audience of graduate students, researchers, and anyone interested in cloud-radiation processes in the solar and infrared spectral regions. After two introductory chapters and a section on the fundamental physics and computational techniques, the volume extensively treats two main application areas: the impact of clouds on the Earth's radiation budget, which is an essential aspect of climate modeling; and remote observation of clouds, especially with the advanced sensors on current and future satellite missions.

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"Mastering Public Relations" takes a strategic management approach to exploring this complex and critical dimension of management and planning. This wide-ranging, detailed and highly readable insight into public relations includes multiple case studies and examples to provide a well-balanced interpretation of both theory and practice. The second edition has been revised throughout to include expanded sections on the history of PR, the use of the Internet for PR, the PR occupation and the future development of PR practice. It also contains more PR theory, extra case studies, and fully updated references and examples for a comprehensive introduction to this field. ... Read more

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A detailed, academic look at public relations
The academic side of public relations is often overlooked, but author Anthony Davis plunges in and takes a formal look at the often misunderstood practice of PR. Davis has given a lot of thought to the theories that drive PR, and the various behavioral and attitudinal models PR professionals should know. Occasionally, this gets densely academic, as he loses sight of the forest to dwell on specific trees. But, Davis is diligent in presenting almost every environmental factor that affects the practice of PR. With regard for the amount of work it would take to put all the ideas he has gathered and generated into practice, we recommend this book to veteran PR professionals, to the author's fellow academicians and to students, who should use it for background to complement their PR courses.

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Public relations is invasive, pervasive and seemingly everywhere. The news media is preoccupied with it: never-ending reports of "PR exercises", "PR jobs", and "PR spin" use the term as shorthand for implied deceit, corruption or specious pleading. PR professionals, though, see this as no more than the lazy journalist's punch line. So what is PR and what is its practical use in a noisy world of hype and mistrust?;The guide features over 500 questions, with answers that should put everyone in the know. Peeling away the layers of confusion, exaggeration and misrepresentation, the author provides an understanding of PR and its capabilities. The book answers questions such as: "A lot of PR is just about wining and dining, isn't it?", "Don't journalists fix the news anyway?" and "Do publicity stunts have any value?", amongst others. ... Read more

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This title is a unique guide to the taxation of companies in liquidation, receivership or administration, and those making voluntary arrangements. It examines the tax position of the insolvent company, its creditors and shareholders, and the Crown. Packed full of invaluable tax planning suggestions, the new sixth edition covers all relevant changes up to and including Finance Act 2006. ... Read more

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Verbs describe actions, and their subject, objects, and other complements refer to various participants in those actions. For a verb referring to a certain type of action, what linguistic principles determine which participant is to be referred to by its subject, which by its object, and so forth? Many previous approaches to this problem have employed a set of thematic roles, such as agent and patient, to classify kinds of participants. The alternative presented in this book relies on certain basic features of verb meaning, such as causation, and on a hierarchical classification of verb meanings, to develop a simple but widely applicable set of principles that account for the observed range of verb types in human languages. ... Read more

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A practical guide to the taxation aspects of companies in liquidation, receivership or administration or those making voluntary arrangements. The book explains the position of the Crown, the shareholders and creditors when a company becomes insolvent and the effect of appointing an administrative receiver, or administrator or liquidator. The tax aspects are also covered. ... Read more