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The lessons and activities in Moving to Discover the USA can help you spark your students' imaginations by using movement to teach lessons about the people, symbols, and events of American history, geography, geology, and culture. The lessons are ideally suited for children in grades K-4.

Moving to Discover the USA provides more than 200 original games, rhymes, and songs to get kids moving and involved. Most activities provided require a minimum of space and little or no equipment. Each subsection of the book has a theme page to help teachers find topics to supplement existing elementary school curricula. And each lesson is clearly illustrated, allowing you to practice basic movement skills before organizing a game, song, or dance activity.

The book is divided into eight sections: Americana, This Land, Famous Americans, Native Americans, Manmade Landmarks, Natural Wonders, Building a Country, and Transportation. It addresses common topics by age level and according to national standards. With 42 lessons on subjects ranging from Harriet Tubman, to cowpokes, to the Grand Canyon, this innovative guide adds liveliness to your lesson plans.

Whether you're a classroom teacher or a PE specialist, Moving to Discover the USA is the perfect blend of movement education and social studies.

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Cohen and Graham walk project managers through basic business concepts such as value creation, accounting and finance, strategy, and marketing. They connect these concepts to the decisions project managers face every day. And they make it easy to apply the resulting solutions on the job through a unique business systems calculator. Readers can use the online calculator in conjunction with the book to understand how different project variables affect business outcomes, to determine the overall impact of proposed project changes, and to evaluate the economic results of many decisions they make.

Cohen and Graham's principles apply equally to projects in business, non-profit, and government organizations. And each one is illustrated through case studies drawn from a range of industries, including pharmaceuticals, the technology sector, even the winemaking business. Whether the mandate is to get new products to market, improve the infrastructure, or better serve customers and clients, this book teaches project managers how to make day-to-day decisions from an upper-management perspective. And it provides a blueprint for planning and pitching potential projects that demonstrates a higher level of business savvy.

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Project managers are no longer judged by the technical success of their projects alone. They're also held accountable for their contributions to the company's financial goals. Yet most project managers don't have the business knowledge necessary to make project-based decisions that lead to bottom-line success. In this book, Dennis Cohen and Robert Graham, both former university professors and experienced project management consultants, provide the skills that, until now, could only be gained through a graduate degree and years of hands-on experience.
Cohen and Graham walk project managers through basic business concepts such as value creation, accounting and finance, strategy, and marketing. They connect these concepts to the decisions project managers face every day. And they make it easy to apply the resulting solutions on the job through a unique business systems calculator. Readers can use the online calculator in conjunction with the book to understand how different project variables affect business outcomes, to determine the overall impact of proposed project changes, and to evaluate the economic results of many decisions they make.
Cohen and Graham's principles apply equally to projects in business, non-profit, and government organizations. And each one is illustrated through case studies drawn from a range of industries, including pharmaceuticals, the technology sector, even the winemaking business. Whether the mandate is to get new products to market, improve the infrastructure, or better serve customers and clients, this book teaches project managers how to make day-to-day decisions from an upper-management perspective. And it provides a blueprint for planning and pitching potential projects that demonstrates a higher level of business savvy.

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Business basics crash course for project managers- useful.......2006-02-28

It is not just about finishing projects anymore, according to the authors Cohen & Graham. Today, successful project managers are also defined by their contribution to the company's financial goals. Some project managers do not have the business background to make decisions on projects that directly reflect on the company's bottom line. This book is designed to assist project managers in making those decisions. Some things that are shared include:

· Take an entrepreneurial approach to managing projects. See each project as a minor new business start-up and learn to manage the profitability of this new business.
· Understand the basics of accounting and finance. Learn about balance sheets and profit and loss statements, and learn how to apply them to measure the success of a project.
· Manage projects for maximum results. Learn important methods to help speed up projects.
· Understand the customer. Each project has an end-user or customer and it is important for a project manager to design the project or solution with the end-user in mind.
· Calculate project costs and measure project successes. Learn exactly what costs must be measured to start a new project. Learn about direct and indirect costs involved with a project. Most importantly, learn how to determine the life cycle of a project and calculate its return on investment.

New Responsibilities for the Project Manager.......2001-05-11

Future project managers' success will be graded by their contributions to the enterprise's economic value than their completing a project on time, within budget.

The authors argue project managers will function as entrepreneurs or CEOs, assuming responsibility for the ultimate success of their projects. In the business that means they will be responsible for producing a level of customer satisfaction high enough to produce sales generating enough cash flow to cover project and operating expenses, make a profit and pay back the cost of capital used to produce the product. Only at this point will the project produce enough economic value to enhance shareholder value.

To accomplish this, project managers will require new skills. They will rely not only on traditionally operational skills, but also knowledge of the enterprise's: 1. Accounting and Finance 2. Organizational Strategy 3. Marketing and Value Propositions 4. Human Relations 5. Internal Processes.

This will require, the authors say, a radical change in the measurement and control systems of most organizations. For project managers to act as CEOs, they will have to be treated as CEOs. They will have to be judged not only by detailed assessments of their project outcomes, durations and costs but by new metrics based on increases in shareholder or stakeholder value.

If the authors are correct, the Project Manager's maxim of "Make it fast. Make it good. Make it cheap.," is in the process of being replaced "Make it Economically Viable."

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A witty and accessible tour de force that is immersed in the latest economic thinking, Culture and Prosperity is an indispensable guide to the world around us and destined to become a classic text for understanding the politics of globalization.

Guided by the belief that a combination of lightly regulated capitalism and liberal democracy -- the American business model -- is not just appropriate for America at the dawn of the twenty-first century, but a universal path to freedom and prosperity, the United States is an unrivaled colossus seeking to remake the world in its own image.

After a decade of successive market revolutions around the world, beginning with the collapse of the Berlin Wall and continuing in countries as diverse as Argentina and New Zealand, the effectiveness of the market economy as a route to prosperity and growth is not in question, but a more sophisticated appreciation of the strengths and limits of markets is urgently required.

In this new and illuminating analysis of the nature and evolution of the market economy, John Kay attacks the oversimplified account of its operation, contained in the American business model and favored by politicians and business people. He even questions whether it offers an accurate description of the success of the American economy itself.

In an absorbing argument that rewards close reading, and rereading, Culture and Prosperity examines every assumption we have about economic life from a refreshingly new angle. Taking the reader from the shores of Lake Zurich to the streets of Mumbai, from the flower market of San Remo to the sales rooms at Christie's, John Kay reveals the connection between a nation's social, political, and cultural context and its economic performance.

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history matters.......2007-03-14

This book offers an explanation of why some countries did not experience large economic growth since the end of WWII, with an emphasis on South India, Eastern Europe, sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Latin America. The author provides two reasons. First, some countries such as India and Eastern Europe decidedly went the route of central planning, a system that could never master the coordination and communication aspects that free markets naturally achieve. Others such as sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America tried free markets, but did not have the political and social institutions to make it work.

Specifically, the author argues that disciplined pluralism is the key to a successful economy, and free markets are the best starting point to get there. Pluralism means that individuals and units of individuals have choices for nearly all their economic decisions, such as what food to grow, what job to take, where to live, where to invest in, etc, etc... Disciplined means that these choices are offered and made in a common framework that everyone mostly adheres to without second thoughts or asking questions. Not enough discipline or not enough pluralism and free markets can degenerate into either monopolies or anarchy.

The author supports his arguments by looking at the history of nations, states, cities and companies throughout the past 200 years from various places in Western civilization. In doing so, the author also highlights major achievements in economic thought and how they have reflected, interpreted, or sometimes guided the actions of individuals and nations. So the book is two-fold; it serves as a history of economics and a history of economic theory. All in all, a good book and great reading.

An Inconvenient Truth.......2007-02-27

Every year, around about the time of the G8 summit, we're bombarded by dozens of well-intentioned pleas from celebrities and... well, people who listen to them, for the powerful nations of the world to make things better in the poor nations of the world. The assumption is that given enough dollars of aid, we could make the lives of those in the third world better. It's a noble goal, and possibly attainable in small, temporary measures, but ultimately has proven to be untenable. Why is that?

The root of the issue lies deeper than access to resources, which is the thrust of most aid. Financial aid is a band-aid on a leaking dam. The problem lies in the culture of the society.

Kay tackles the problem with the studied eye of an economist, and illustrates how economics, being an artifact of human behavior, is defined by the culture in question. The concepts of markets, rational actors, prices, and demand are formalized observations of the way in which people interact with each other to produce the means of survival (and beyond).

One of the major determinants of individual economic behavior are the rules and rewards of the system. When economic liberties aren't guaranteed (through corruption, extortion, weak law enforcement, excessive taxation), the resulting disincentive hampers the growth of the economy. Accordingly, in most of the impoverished nations of the world, the government is found to be corrupt on multiple levels.

Fair government alone doesn't guarantee a prosperous economy either. While it is a requirement for a prosperous nation, prosperity still requires the initiative of the populace, a nebulous concept that stems from the values and ideals of the culture involved.

Aside from the weighty consideration of poverty, Kay also drops a lot of little nuggets about more quotidian economic concepts, such as why fair trade coffee is more of a benefit to the retailer than the farmer, why generic foods are given lackluster labels, and numerous other backstories on the rationale behind retailing and pricing.

Overall, a very fun book which, though not entirely capable of answering the claim of its title, does as good a job as possible.

worth the money.......2006-01-30

As I read his column in the FT regularly I did have some idea as to the general direction this book would take.

The main point that Mr Kay makes, and one that can be found in all his other writings, is that consumers are not always rational. He believes that a large number of people act adaptively but not rationaly - due to the political issues/corruption of particular countries and firms. (GE is one of his favorite - i.e. the group think, as well as the civil service in mandarin times).

Mr Kay also pokes holes in the efficient market hypothesis rather well - another characteristic that makes him popular in the FT - although not quite a popular as Mr Plender.

While I rate the book as five stars, there are a few issues with this book that detract from the overall experience. The flower market as a perfect example of a competitive market gets tiring but the really annoying feature is the use of fictional individuals (Heidi the Swiss, Sven, etc). I realize this makes things easier to point out differences between countries but it does get tiresome after awhile.

If you are already into micro/macroeconomics this really does not cover anything new - it's just presented in a good format that makes a convincing case to the 'lay man'. Good read.

Full of ideas!.......2005-12-21

Very interesting and engaging book, highly recommended. However, I agree with other reviewers that the author is a bit too indulgent towards the many defects of continental European societies.
I also wonder whether the scintillating intellect of Professor Kay would have flourished in the homogeneous, tranquil and inclusive environment of countries such as Switzerland, Japan or Norway.

Capitalism requires much more than just "free"markets.......2005-06-09

Kay shows that successful capitalistic development over time requires much more than just free markets.Free markets are a necessary,but not sufficient,condition for success.Additional requirements are the provision of significant amounts of public goods and infrastructure(health,education,transportation,communication),the rule of law,legal institutions,and the existence of social,political,and cultural institutions that minimize economic and political corruption.Kay's correct analysis is marred by his ignorance of three important side issues.First,he claims that Keynes provided no mathematical model of his theory of effective demand in the General Theory(Kay,p.179).Keynes's mathematical model is presented in chapters 19-21 of the GT.Keynes presented the major result on pp.261-262 TWICE-Full employment requires that the marginal propensity to spend equals 1.Keynes then presents the technical analysis in the appendix to chapter 19,chapter 20 and chapter 21.The formal result is that w/p=mpl/(mpc+mpi),where mpc is the marginal propensity to consume,mpi is the marginal propensity to invest,and mpl is the marginal product of labor in the aggregate.Unless mpc +mpi=1,labor,as a whole,will be unable to reduce the unemployment rate by cutting their money wage.Second,Kay apears not to understand the difference between uncertainty and risk.He mistakenly associates uncertainty with the work of Allais and Kahneman and Tversky.Uncertainty analysis requires theincorporation of Ellsberg's analysis.Ellsberg appears nowhere in this book.Finally,Kay appears to be completely ignorant of the nearly 50 years of work by Benoit Mandelbrot demonstrating that the foundations for the Black-Scholes equation and the Efficient Market Hypothesis,the existence of a stable normal probability distribution,does not exist.Overwhelming statistical evidence has demonstrated that the relevant probability distributions for price movements in all financial markets are NOT normally distributed.I recommend that Kay seriously consider reading Mandelbrot's 2004 book,"The (Mis)Behavior of Markets"and then revising his book.

Culture and Prosperity: the Truth about Markets--Why Some Nations Are Rich but Most Remain Poor.(book)(Book Review): An article from: Southern Economic Journal

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Culture and Prosperity : The Truth about Markets - Why Some Nations Are Rich but Most Remain Poor
John Kay
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Develop Top-Notch Trainers for $1000s Less Rather than spend thousands for off-site workshops, smart companies rely on How to Train the Trainer, by Leslie Rae. This hands-on tool delivers all the practical materials you need to create your own train-the-trainer program. You get 32 lesson plans, overhead transparency masters, reproducible participant handouts, activity briefs and more-everything you need to create a half-day session or a complete two-week seminar. Each lesson plan packed into this money-saving training tool is totally flexible and can be used effectively in any setting-corporate, industry, government. Use it to teach such basic training skills as role playing... communication... listening... observation and feedback... validation, evaluation and action planning... and more. It's the perfect cost-saving solution for busy managers who must take on occasional training reponsibilites.

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Pilots, flight crew, and aviation maintenance technicians are required to keep current with the latest civil aviation directives from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This series presents the pertinent information gathered from the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) and the full Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM), Flight Crew (FC), or Aviation Maintenance Technicians (AMT) combined into one easy-to-use reference. All regulations that have changed since the last release are precisely marked and indexed to provide a clear listing of subject matter and to refer pilots and staff to the correct paragraph or regulation number. The FAR sections are reproduced in reset type for easier reading, and the AIM features detailed, full-color graphics. In addition, a suggested study list of regulations and AIM paragraphs is provided, along with a helpful list of FAA, National Transportation Safety Board, National Ocean Service, and Flight Standards District Office addresses and telephone numbers.

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But seriously, folks..........2002-02-23

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But seriously, folks, this is just about your only printed choice for 121 regs besides the ones from Jeppesen, which are ONLY available by subscription (not printed in any book format). Of course you can download them from the FAA.

I have been very pleased with my FAR/FC from ASA. The two-column format and readable font are easy on the eyes. What more can you ask for? There certainly aren't many pictures! You might as well order it from here, preferably sharing the shipping cost with something else that you really want, and save yourself the tax + the $... markup at your local FBO.

I just couldn't put it down!.......2001-12-01

I was mesmerized by each gripping page of CFRs, deffinitions, specifications and leagal poetry. I especially identified with the main hero, "Administration." Page after page I joyfully sobbed at 100 hour inspection criteria, identification number specs and general flight rules. Just thinking about 800 pages of Federal Regulations makes my heart race! It also makes great bathroom reading!

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Content-Based Audio Classification and Retrieval for Audiovisual Data Parsing is an up-to-date overview of audio and video content analysis. Included is extensive treatment of audiovisual data segmentation, indexing and retrieval based on multimodal media content analysis, and content-based management of audio data. In addition to the commonly studied audio types such as speech and music, the authors have included hybrid types of sounds that contain more than one kind of audio component such as speech or environmental sound with music in the background. Emphasis is also placed on semantic-level identification and classification of environmental sounds. The authors introduce a new generic audio retrieval system on top of the audio archiving schemes. Both theoretical analysis and implementation issues are presented. The developing MPEG-7 standards are explored.
Content-Based Audio Classification and Retrieval for Audiovisual Data Parsing will be especially useful to researchers and graduate level students designing and developing fully functional audiovisual systems for audio/video content parsing of multimedia streams.

Multimedia Systems and Content-Based Image Retrieval

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Multimedia Systems and Content-Based Image Retrieval
Sagarmay Deb
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Multimedia systems and content-based image retrieval are very important areas of research in computer technology. Numerous research works are being done in these fields at present. These two areas are changing our life-styles because they together cover creation, maintenance, accessing and retrieval of video, audio, image, textual and graphic data. But still several important issues in these areas remain unresolved and further research works are needed to be done for better techniques and applications. Multimedia Systems and Content-Based Image Retrieval addresses these unresolved issues and highlights current research.

Image and Video Retrieval: 4th International Conference, CIVR 2005, Singapore, July 20-22, 2005, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

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Image and Video Retrieval: 4th International Conference, CIVR 2005, Singapore, July 20-22, 2005, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Image and Video Retrieval, CIVR 2005, held in Singapore, in July 2005. The 20 revised full papers and 42 poster papers presented together with an introduction and 4 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 128 submissions. Besides the invited and industrial presentations the papers are organized in topical sections on video retrieval techniques, video story segmentation and event detection, semantics in video retrieval, image indexing and retrieval, image/video annotation and clustering, interactive video retrieval and others, image/video retrieval applications, and two sections comprising the poster presentations on video processing, retrieval and multimedia systems and on image feature extraction, indexing and retrieval.

Advanced Multimedia Content Processing: First International Conference, AMCP'98, Osaka, Japan, November 9-11, 1998, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the First International Conference on Advanced Multimedia Content Processing, AMCP'98, held in Osaka, Japan in November 1998.The 24 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 45 submissions. Also included are eight invited papers. The book is divided in topical sections on content summarization, augmented reality, content-based video indexing and classification, content-based retrieval, system environments for virtual reality, content broadcast systems, video images and virtual space, video databases, interactive content creation, visual modeling, and dynamic media contest.

Content-Based Image and Video Retrieval (Multimedia Systems and Applications)

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Content-Based Image and Video Retrieval (Multimedia Systems and Applications)
Oge Marques , and Borko Furht
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The amount of audiovisual information available in digital format has grown exponentially in recent years. Gigabytes of new images, audio and video clips are generated and stored everyday. Most audiovisual content can be accessed through the Internet, which is a very large, unstructured, distributed information database. Searching and retrieving multimedia information from the Web has been limited to the use of keywords.

Over the past decade, many researchers, mostly from the Image Processing and Computer Vision community, have started to investigate possible ways of retrieving visual information based solely on its contents. Instead of being manually annotated using keywords, images and video clips would be indexed by their own visual content, such as color, texture, objects' shape and movement, among others. Research in the field of content-based image and video retrieval (CBIVR) is very active. Many research groups in leading universities, research institutes, and companies are actively working in this field. Their ultimate goal is to enable users to retrieve the desired image or video clip among massive amounts of visual data in a fast, efficient, semantically meaningful, friendly, and location-independent manner. Applications of CBIVR systems include digital libraries, video-on-demand systems, geographic information systems, astronomical research, satellite observation systems, and criminal investigation systems, among many others.

Content-Based Image And Video Retrieval addresses the basic concepts and techniques for designing content-based image and video retrieval systems. It also discusses a variety of design choices for the key components of these systems. This book gives a comprehensive survey of the content-based image retrieval systems, including several content-based video retrieval systems. The survey includes both research and commercial content-based retrieval systems. Content-Based Image And Video Retrieval, includes pointers to two hundred representative bibliographic references on this field, ranging from survey papers to descriptions of recent work in the area, entire books and more than seventy websites. Finally, the book presents a detailed case study of designing MUSE–a content-based image retrieval system developed at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida.

Content-Based Image And Video Retrieval is designed to meet the needs of a professional audience composed of researchers, and practitioners in industry and graduate-level students in Computer Science and Engineering.

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