Which govt branch or legal area should I pursue my case of wrongful termination from Employment?
I was just recently terminated from employment without severance. The reason sighted was my inability to perform in a function which was handed after two rounds of restructuring and for which I had no qualification or training. I believe I have a strong case and supporting facts. Since this is not an open discrimination or retaliation against complaint/family leave case it is hard to wet the appetitie of a lawyer.
Which avenue should I pursue? Need some good advise.
Have you even talked to a lawyer? Don’t assume that they won’t take the case because it isn’t “juicy”.
Other than that, you probably should talk to the department of labor for your state (or whatever they call it where you live). But since most of the U.S. is “at-will” employment, it probably will not go very far.
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BACKGROUND MATERIAL FOR TEACHERS, Old Testament Bible Survey Course, Genesis — Esther $19.22 BACKGOUND MATERIAL FOR TEACHERS, Book One, surveys the first seventeen Old Testament books for Bible teachers of youth and adults. Teachers must build a firm foundation for studying/teaching the Old Testament by answering ten questions:What is the Old Testament? Who wrote the Old Testament? Where, When, Why and How was the Old Testament written? What are three major features of the Old Testament: Revelation, Inspiration and Preservation? How should we study the Word of God? Why should you memorize the Word of God? When should one read the Word of God?Teachers must also build a personal knowledge through surveying the Old Testament utilizing four areas of study: INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL for the first two sections of the Old Testament; BACKGROUND INFORMATION about the author and book; “TEACHER’S STUDY GUIDE” for each of the 17 books; PRESENTATION MATERIAL for teachers [a teaching survey presented by a Scripture verse or passage].Following high school, a Bachelor of Science degree was received from Piedmont College, Demorest, GA plus a Georgia Teacher’s Professional Certificate. Then came the Army Security Agency and three years later came employment with the National Security Agency, Washington, DC. Meeting Edith Campen from North Carolina led to marriage, February 1, 1957.A year after marriage, God called me to the ministry. Graduating from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Ft. Worth, TX with a Bachelor of Divinity (updated to Masters of Divinity) and Masters in Religious Education (updated to Masters of Arts), God directed me to serve Him.For some 50 years, it was a pleasure to serve God and people in churches and classrooms as Minister of Youth, Minister of Education, Minister of Education/Administration, and Minister of Pastoral Care. It was a joy to teach this Old Testament Bible Survey Course to ninth grade students at Cypress Community Christian School, Houston, TX |
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Globalisation, State and Labour $168 The world is undergoing enormous change involving politics, the economy and society, however the position and place of the state and the significance of state policy in this process is heavily contested. Globalisation, State and Labour presents a timely opportunity to review and re-assess the modern state in regard to labor.Using major studies from four countries (UK, Denmark, Australia and New Zealand) the contributors to this volume challenge many preconceptions regarding globalization and labor organization including the notions that the state is being marginalized by the processes of globalization and trade unions are becoming irrelevant. The essays, written by leading researchers in the area, develop a new theoretical framework which puts work, workers and their organizations at the heart of analyzing state restructuring.This book is an important corrective to much recent work on work, employment and restructuring and the role of organized labor. Combining a new theoretical approach with comparative analysis this book will be of vital interest to anyone concerned with globalization debate, the future of the state and organized labor. |
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Globalization, Uncertainty and Late Careers in Society $178 This impressive new collection focuses on the effects of the globalization process on late-midlife workers and the exit from employment – a relationship that has up to now mostly been neglected in social science literature on aging and employment. |
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Women, Work and the Japanese Economic Miracle $39.95 This book shows how, during the period of the Japanese economic miracle, a distinctive female employment system was developed alongside, and different from, the better known Japanese employment system which was applied to male employees. |
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”Advancing the kingdom”: Missionaries and Americanization in Puerto Rico, 1898–1930s. $49.99 This dissertation examines the role of Protestant missionaries in Americanizing Puerto Rico from 1898 into the 1930s. It contends that Americanization was a dynamic, contingent, multi-directional, and contradictory process that had unintended consequences. These included the development of insular nationalism and Puerto Ricans’ employment of Americanization’s liberal ideology to make claims against the missionary establishment and the colonial state. Demonstrating that Protestants functioned as an advance guard for the colonial state in the areas of education and health care, it nevertheless argues that many missionaries began to question and then sharply criticized the entire civilizing project because of its harmful effects on most Puerto Ricans’ living and working conditions and on the island’s natural environment. It also argues that, in addition to its disciplinary aspects, the missionary project had emancipatory effects, including an expansion of the public sphere in terms of content and participation and the introduction of new social and occupational roles for women.;By focusing on relations between non-elite actors, this dissertation contributes to understanding how imperial relations were constructed on the ground. Though sharing fundamental goals with the colonial state, missionaries, unlike colonial officials, spoke Spanish and interacted with Puerto Ricans of all classes. Additionally, women missionaries played an active, highly visible role in this civilizing venture. This study examines missionary reform efforts and Puerto Rican responses to them, paying particular attention to the ways that iv missionary and local understandings of race, class, and gender shaped the outcomes of those efforts. It argues that local social and material conditions, ideologies, and practices significantly shaped missionaries’ methods and accomplishments or failures. Additionally, it argues the need for carefully historicizing Americanization, for those local actors and |
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”Advancing the kingdom”: Missionaries and Americanization in Puerto Rico, 1898–1930s. $49.99 This dissertation examines the role of Protestant missionaries in Americanizing Puerto Rico from 1898 into the 1930s. It contends that Americanization was a dynamic, contingent, multi-directional, and contradictory process that had unintended consequences. These included the development of insular nationalism and Puerto Ricans’ employment of Americanization’s liberal ideology to make claims against the missionary establishment and the colonial state. Demonstrating that Protestants functioned as an advance guard for the colonial state in the areas of education and health care, it nevertheless argues that many missionaries began to question and then sharply criticized the entire civilizing project because of its harmful effects on most Puerto Ricans’ living and working conditions and on the island’s natural environment. It also argues that, in addition to its disciplinary aspects, the missionary project had emancipatory effects, including an expansion of the public sphere in terms of content and participation and the introduction of new social and occupational roles for women.;By focusing on relations between non-elite actors, this dissertation contributes to understanding how imperial relations were constructed on the ground. Though sharing fundamental goals with the colonial state, missionaries, unlike colonial officials, spoke Spanish and interacted with Puerto Ricans of all classes. Additionally, women missionaries played an active, highly visible role in this civilizing venture. This study examines missionary reform efforts and Puerto Rican responses to them, paying particular attention to the ways that iv missionary and local understandings of race, class, and gender shaped the outcomes of those efforts. It argues that local social and material conditions, ideologies, and practices significantly shaped missionaries’ methods and accomplishments or failures. Additionally, it argues the need for carefully historicizing Americanization, for those local actors and |
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”Biting temptation”: An examination of the Eden myth in the Southern fiction of William Faulkner, Alice Walker, and Toni Morrison. $49.99 This study argues that through their use of allusion, William Faulkner, Alice Walker, and Toni Morrison respond to interpretations of the Eden myth that were used to substantiate oppressive practices in Southern culture. Using Ziva-Ben Porat’s definition of allusion, I contend that Faulkner, Walker, and Morrison reopen the myth for reexamination, and, in the case of Walker and Morrison, revise the myth. After delineating the historical uses of the myth to support race and gender hierarchies in Southern society, I discuss Faulkner’s, Walker’s, and Morrison’s allusions to the Eden myth in their novels of Southern experience. Faulkner alludes to the creation and fall in his depiction of Thomas Sutpen of Absalom, Absalom!, whose actions bring Sutpen’s Hundred to fruition and then to ruin. In The Sound and the Fury, Faulkner again alludes to the Eden myth, this time evoking Eve in his rendering of Caddy Compson. Unlike the sociopolitical interpretations of the myth, Faulkner’s employment of the Eden myth underscores the injustice of race and gender oppressions. Alice Walker’s allusions to the Eden myth in The Color Purple perform this service as well, but Walker more candidly indicts Southern religion for its complicity in domination. Walker in The Color Purple rejects an anthropomorphic god and presents an alternate African version of the Eden myth which likens the impulse to subjugate others to the serpent in the garden. Toni Morrison, too, alludes to Eden in ways that expose the oppressions inherent in Southern religious culture. Her use of allusion in Beloved condemns the Southern practice of slavery by ripping the facade from the plantation idyll, exposing the plantation as a perversely evil garden. Her novel Paradise further explores the idea of Edenic spaces spoiled by patriarchal religious values and racial exclusion. Finally, all three novelists challenge the authority of master-narratives like the Eden myth. By providing multiple versions of the events in |
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”Biting temptation”: An examination of the Eden myth in the Southern fiction of William Faulkner, Alice Walker, and Toni Morrison. $49.99 This study argues that through their use of allusion, William Faulkner, Alice Walker, and Toni Morrison respond to interpretations of the Eden myth that were used to substantiate oppressive practices in Southern culture. Using Ziva-Ben Porat’s definition of allusion, I contend that Faulkner, Walker, and Morrison reopen the myth for reexamination, and, in the case of Walker and Morrison, revise the myth. After delineating the historical uses of the myth to support race and gender hierarchies in Southern society, I discuss Faulkner’s, Walker’s, and Morrison’s allusions to the Eden myth in their novels of Southern experience. Faulkner alludes to the creation and fall in his depiction of Thomas Sutpen of Absalom, Absalom!, whose actions bring Sutpen’s Hundred to fruition and then to ruin. In The Sound and the Fury, Faulkner again alludes to the Eden myth, this time evoking Eve in his rendering of Caddy Compson. Unlike the sociopolitical interpretations of the myth, Faulkner’s employment of the Eden myth underscores the injustice of race and gender oppressions. Alice Walker’s allusions to the Eden myth in The Color Purple perform this service as well, but Walker more candidly indicts Southern religion for its complicity in domination. Walker in The Color Purple rejects an anthropomorphic god and presents an alternate African version of the Eden myth which likens the impulse to subjugate others to the serpent in the garden. Toni Morrison, too, alludes to Eden in ways that expose the oppressions inherent in Southern religious culture. Her use of allusion in Beloved condemns the Southern practice of slavery by ripping the facade from the plantation idyll, exposing the plantation as a perversely evil garden. Her novel Paradise further explores the idea of Edenic spaces spoiled by patriarchal religious values and racial exclusion. Finally, all three novelists challenge the authority of master-narratives like the Eden myth. By providing multiple versions of the events in |
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”Lily Park” for symphony orchestra. $49.99 Composers have long been interested in authentic materials from their own national heritage. Many composers favored folk-based melodies and rhythms. Bela Bartok, for example, collected volumes of Hungarian folk and gypsy melodies throughout his life. Igor Stravinsky’s three ballets (Firebird, Petrushka, and The Rite of Spring) are also famous for their employment of folk melodies and primitive rhythms. American composers such as Charles Ives and Aaron Copland represented ‘Americana’ through the use of American pop music, jazz, and folk songs in their compositions. Much of the music of composers who emigrated to foreign countries represents strong implications of nationalism. These composers’ efforts to remember their origins, as well as nostalgia for their native culture, were expressed in their music. These qualities appear most interestingly in Asian composers such as Toru Takemitsu and Isang Yun. Despite the drastic difference between Asian and Western music, the two contrasting idioms are handled similarly by these two composers. They not only use non-Western musical materials such as folk melodies and rhythms, but also employ Asian titles, concepts, and traditional instruments to represent Asian inspiration in their music.;The composition Lily Park consists of three movements, entitled Wind Bell, Goblin Lights, and Rock of Ages . The three movements are based on my personal impressions of the cemetery Lily Park, located near Deagu, Korea, where all my grandparents are buried. In this composition, Western musical idioms are integrated with the composer’s Asian musical heritage. The concept of Lily Park , which is purely non-Western in origination, is realized by utilizing compositional techniques and concepts that have been developed by Western composers, such as tone color, tonality, pitch-class set theory, and serialism, with an ensemble that consists of Western instruments. These ideas are combined with Asian materials such as exotic scales, extended |
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’83 To ’87 In The Soudan $20.75 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:CHAPTER III. ABYSSINIAN PROSPECTS. I Accompanied more of the mules back to Suakim with the pack saddles, and got back in the middle of July, to find everything changed, and the place much quieter than when I left it. I think a small resume of what has occurred, and of what are the prospects of the Abyssinian nation, will not be out of place. I have already given full details of what had happened and the likely result of Admiral Hewett’s mission. The treaty places King John firmly on the throne of Abyssinia and gives him a fair field to develop the resources of his country, and to drive back the wave of Mahdism; if he allows foreign merchants into his country, there is no doubt that it will get on, as he has many industries to improve and products to be worked, which only the foreigner can do, and teach the inhabitants of the country to follow his example. Coffee-planting might be made an industry, and grown nearer the coast than it now is. The collection of india-rubber would give employment to many hands. Improved agriculture would bring better crops. Windmillsmight be put up to grind the corn, and Massowah would obtain its supplies of flour from Asmara. There will always be a flow of dollars from Massowah to the hills, and there is a chance of the Hamasen again becoming an important place the moment confidence is restored. Then even Cassala may take its wheat from there instead of getting it vid Suakim. The flocks would increase, as the great drain of the standing army would cease, and, with more cattle, more land could be cultivated. The mineral wealth of the country might be exploited, and the yield of the gold washings might be increased by better machinery. The gold, so far as can be found out, is from alluvial washings only, and no search has been made for g |
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’83 To ’87 In The Soudan $26.85 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:CHAPTER III. ABYSSINIAN PROSPECTS. I Accompanied more of the mules back to Suakim with the pack saddles, and got back in the middle of July, to find everything changed, and the place much quieter than when I left it. I think a small resume of what has occurred, and of what are the prospects of the Abyssinian nation, will not be out of place. I have already given full details of what had happened and the likely result of Admiral Hewett’s mission. The treaty places King John firmly on the throne of Abyssinia and gives him a fair field to develop the resources of his country, and to drive back the wave of Mahdism; if he allows foreign merchants into his country, there is no doubt that it will get on, as he has many industries to improve and products to be worked, which only the foreigner can do, and teach the inhabitants of the country to follow his example. Coffee-planting might be made an industry, and grown nearer the coast than it now is. The collection of india-rubber would give employment to many hands. Improved agriculture would bring better crops. Windmillsmight be put up to grind the corn, and Massowah would obtain its supplies of flour from Asmara. There will always be a flow of dollars from Massowah to the hills, and there is a chance of the Hamasen again becoming an important place the moment confidence is restored. Then even Cassala may take its wheat from there instead of getting it vid Suakim. The flocks would increase, as the great drain of the standing army would cease, and, with more cattle, more land could be cultivated. The mineral wealth of the country might be exploited, and the yield of the gold washings might be increased by better machinery. The gold, so far as can be found out, is from alluvial washings only, and no search has been made for g |
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‘City of refuge’: Urban labor, gender, and family formation during slavery and the transition to freedom in the District of Columbia, 1820–1875. $49.99 This study takes a longer view of the periods before, during, and after emancipation to show the changes and continuities that marked the transition to freedom in the District of Columbia; the national capital but also an unmistakably Southern city. Throughout this period, the District acted as a "city of refuge" for African Americans, both enslaved and free. Successive generations of African Americans migrated to the city in search of a meaningful freedom, which they consistently defined as the ability to form independent households and to control the conditions of their labor. The mass migration of freed men and women to Southern cities like the District of Columbia during the Civil War and after emancipation meant that a considerable number of African Americans transformed from slave to free laborers and rural to urban workers at the same time. In the District of Columbia, the transition to free labor was marked more by continuity than change, both in the continued limitations to black urban employment and in the ways that free African Americans adapted to these conditions. My work in reconstructing the household structures of African Americans both before and after emancipation provides a comparative perspective, which reveals that families employed similar strategies in their struggle to adapt to the racial and gender constraints of the urban labor economy. As the opportunities of black men to support their families continued to be restricted, men and women together negotiated and renegotiated gender and labor roles within their own households in order to support their families and communities. The main difference in the experience of antebellum free blacks and the experience of emancipated former slaves was the existence of federal agencies who sought to direct the transition to freedom during the Civil War and Reconstruction. |
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‘City of refuge’: Urban labor, gender, and family formation during slavery and the transition to freedom in the District of Columbia, 1820–1875. $49.99 This study takes a longer view of the periods before, during, and after emancipation to show the changes and continuities that marked the transition to freedom in the District of Columbia; the national capital but also an unmistakably Southern city. Throughout this period, the District acted as a "city of refuge" for African Americans, both enslaved and free. Successive generations of African Americans migrated to the city in search of a meaningful freedom, which they consistently defined as the ability to form independent households and to control the conditions of their labor. The mass migration of freed men and women to Southern cities like the District of Columbia during the Civil War and after emancipation meant that a considerable number of African Americans transformed from slave to free laborers and rural to urban workers at the same time. In the District of Columbia, the transition to free labor was marked more by continuity than change, both in the continued limitations to black urban employment and in the ways that free African Americans adapted to these conditions. My work in reconstructing the household structures of African Americans both before and after emancipation provides a comparative perspective, which reveals that families employed similar strategies in their struggle to adapt to the racial and gender constraints of the urban labor economy. As the opportunities of black men to support their families continued to be restricted, men and women together negotiated and renegotiated gender and labor roles within their own households in order to support their families and communities. The main difference in the experience of antebellum free blacks and the experience of emancipated former slaves was the existence of federal agencies who sought to direct the transition to freedom during the Civil War and Reconstruction. |
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‘Fiery Dragon’ Wall Panel $69.99 NVC1109: The Ketut Taram Artisan Collection is brought to you by Novica in Association with National Geograhic. This beautiful piece was handcrafted by Ketut Taram in Indonesia. An artisan story card will be included with your purchase. The recurrent theme of dragons in Balinese art underscores the legendary animal’s divinity in their culture, a motif that has not escaped the artistic eye of Ketut Taram. Believed to be the guardian of the gods, this suar wood dragon fiercely protects the home. ; About the Artist: Ketut Taram; Balinese artist Ketut Taram talks about his sculptures: ‘It was my older brother, Made Mudiawan, who taught me to carve sculptures. I saved until I had enough to start my own workshop, and now I’m able to offer employment to other carvers from my village. Balinese culture and tradition inspire my artwork. As the son of a master carver, it is easy and enjoyable for me to transfer my imagination into my work. Through my art I do hope to provide a good life and a better future for my family, especially for my child.’ Features: -Wall Panel. -Suar wood construction. -Recurrent theme of dragons in Balinese art. -Hand crafted artisan quality. -Each artwork is unique. |
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‘Winged Dragon Figure’ Wall Panel $63.99 NVC1110: The Ketut Taram Artisan Collection is brought to you by Novica in Association with National Geograhic. This beautiful piece was handcrafted by Ketut Taram in Indonesia. An artisan story card will be included with your purchase. Fierce spikes erect along his spine, the beast hisses, baring sharp fangs. Sculpting warm suar wood, Ketut Taram depicts a winged dragon in exquisite detail. A divine creature in Balinese legend, the dragon is a recurring theme in the island’s art. ; About the Artist: Ketut Taram; Balinese artist Ketut Taram talks about his sculptures: ‘It was my older brother, Made Mudiawan, who taught me to carve sculptures. I saved until I had enough to start my own workshop, and now I’m able to offer employment to other carvers from my village. Balinese culture and tradition inspire my artwork. As the son of a master carver, it is easy and enjoyable for me to transfer my imagination into my work. Through my art I do hope to provide a good life and a better future for my family, especially for my child.’ Features: -Wall Panel. -Suar wood construction. -Baring sharp fangs. -A divine creature in Balinese legend. -Dragon recurring theme in island’s art. -Hand crafted artisan quality. -Each artwork is unique. |
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(The Encyclopedia of Restaurant Forms) The Encyclopedia of Restaurant Forms $88.97 (The Encyclopedia of Restaurant Forms) – If you’re in the process of starting a new restaurant or are managing an existing food service operation, this is the one book you need to do it right. Always wanted a personal assistant at your disposal? Now you will have one, in book form! Designed to save the food service manager both time and money, you won’t know how you got along before with out it. For the new and veteran food service operators alike, this book is essentially a unique survival kit packed with tested advice, practical guidelines and ready-to-use materials for all aspects of your job. The book and companion CD-Rom focuses on the issues, situations and tasks that you face daily in your management role as leader, manager, arbitrator, evaluator, chairperson, disciplinarian and more; from working with difficult customers and employees to ensuring the profitability of your operation. Included in this book are hundreds of easy-to-implement tools, forms, checklists, posters, templates and training aids to help you get your operation organized, and easier to manage while building your bottom line! The material may be used as is or readily adapted for any food service application. For example, you’ll find a practical form to use when interviewing employees, a template for developing an employee schedule and checklists for examining the food service operation and preparing a budget. Expertly organized, this unique book takes you step by step through each department of a restaurant, caterer, hotel and non-commercial operations. Among the topics covered are management principles of planning, organizing, coordinating, staffing, directing, controlling and evaluation; product purchasing, receiving, storing and issuing, preparation and service; employment and personnel practices; and management of equipment and money. This manual will arm you with the right information to help you do your job. Keep it on your desk for continual reference. The many valuable forms c |
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.Net Web Services Solutions $49.99 .NET Web Services Solutions offers just what its title states: practical solutions to the real challenges you face as you use .NET to create applications that communicate with web services and—more to the point—to build and deploy web services of your own. By the time you’re done, you’ll understand how the web services platform works, because chapter by chapter you get all the hands-on instruction, detailed examples, and inside advice you need to make your project succeed. For example, you’ll learn to connect to a database using ADO.NET operations, carry out the exchange of binary files, and extend the reach of your web service so that it touches e-mail, fax machines, mobile devices, and remote PCs. You’ll master techniques for making your web service available to other programs—but you’ll also discover ways to control its availability through authentication and encryption. Kris Jamsa’s expert coverage goes above and beyond, providing advanced optimization tips, including instructions for implementing asynchronous operations. He also shows you a neat trick for calling a web service from within an HTML page using JavaScript. Want an even neater trick? Check out the section on making money with your web service, where you’ll find a billing model that will work for you. The final chapter brings it all together, walking you through a cohesive, highly functional example of an employment web service. |
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1/3 SONY Super HAD CCD 480TVL IR Color Waterproof Camera SPD-336S $279.99 Infrared Lenses are special designed for use with Day/Night cameras. They eliminate focus shift in the night mode, especially in the presence of IR lighting. IR lenses employment of advanced optical designs and special glass, it eliminates the shifts of focus point in Day and Night, Rays of light from both spectrums are focused onto the same focal plane, resulting in sharp images for IR cameras. |
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100 Bullshit Jobs…And How to Get Them $13.99 The scholarly discipline of Bullshit Studies has blossomed in the last several years, fertilized by a number of critical works on the subject and the growing importance of the issue across a wide range of professions. Now, best-selling author and lifelong practitioner Stanley Bing enters the field with a comprehensive look at the many attractive jobs now available to those who are serious about their bullshit and prepared to dedicate their working life to it. What, Bing inquires, do a feng shui consultant, new media executive, wine steward, department store greeter, and Vice President of the United States have in common? What, too, are the actual duties performed by a McKinsey consultant? Other than sitting around making people nervous? Could that possibly be his core function? Likewise, what does an aromatherapist actually do, per se? Sniff things and rub them on people, for big fragrant bucks? Is that all? The answer in all cases is “Yes.” They all have bullshit jobs. These few, of course, are just the beginning. Across the length and breadth of this shrinking globe, skillful bullshit artists have secured pleasant, lucrative employment, and are enjoying themselves more than you are. In virtually every occupation, from Advertising to Yoga Franchising, lucky individuals who “work” in these coveted positions enjoy the best lives imaginable — they are paid well, they rarely break a sweat, and their professions are highly respected, because nobody really knows what they do. At once funny, useful, and tolerably philosophical, this groundbreaking work takes a close look at 100 bullshit jobs — the money they bring with them, the actual tasks and activities involved (if any), and famous and successful examples of each position, who will provide the neophyte with inspiration. Most crucially, Bing goes on to offer what others so far have not—a clear, concise strategy to help job-seekers at every level reach for that brass ring, knowing full |
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100 Bullshit Jobs…And How to Get Them $1.99 The scholarly discipline of Bullshit Studies has blossomed in the last several years, fertilized by a number of critical works on the subject and the growing importance of the issue across a wide range of professions. Now, best-selling author and lifelong practitioner Stanley Bing enters the field with a comprehensive look at the many attractive jobs now available to those who are serious about their bullshit and prepared to dedicate their working life to it. What, Bing inquires, do a feng shui consultant, new media executive, wine steward, department store greeter, and Vice President of the United States have in common? What, too, are the actual duties performed by a McKinsey consultant? Other than sitting around making people nervous? Could that possibly be his core function? Likewise, what does an aromatherapist actually do, per se? Sniff things and rub them on people, for big fragrant bucks? Is that all? The answer in all cases is “Yes.” They all have bullshit jobs. These few, of course, are just the beginning. Across the length and breadth of this shrinking globe, skillful bullshit artists have secured pleasant, lucrative employment, and are enjoying themselves more than you are. In virtually every occupation, from Advertising to Yoga Franchising, lucky individuals who “work” in these coveted positions enjoy the best lives imaginable — they are paid well, they rarely break a sweat, and their professions are highly respected, because nobody really knows what they do. At once funny, useful, and tolerably philosophical, this groundbreaking work takes a close look at 100 bullshit jobs — the money they bring with them, the actual tasks and activities involved (if any), and famous and successful examples of each position, who will provide the neophyte with inspiration. Most crucially, Bing goes on to offer what others so far have not–a clear, concise strategy to help job-seekers at every level reach for that brass ring, knowing full well that it |
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100 Bullshit Jobs…And How to Get Them $15.32 The scholarly discipline of Bullshit Studies has blossomed in the last several years, fertilized by a number of critical works on the subject and the growing importance of the issue across a wide range of professions. Now, best-selling author and lifelong practitioner Stanley Bing enters the field with a comprehensive look at the many attractive jobs now available to those who are serious about their bullshit and prepared to dedicate their working life to it. What, Bing inquires, do a feng shui consultant, new media executive, wine steward, department store greeter, and Vice President of the United States have in common? What, too, are the actual duties performed by a McKinsey consultant? Other than sitting around making people nervous? Could that possibly be his core function? Likewise, what does an aromatherapist actually do, per se? Sniff things and rub them on people, for big fragrant bucks? Is that all? The answer in all cases is “Yes.” They all have bullshit jobs. These few, of course, are just the beginning. Across the length and breadth of this shrinking globe, skillful bullshit artists have secured pleasant, lucrative employment, and are enjoying themselves more than you are. In virtually every occupation, from Advertising to Yoga Franchising, lucky individuals who “work” in these coveted positions enjoy the best lives imaginable — they are paid well, they rarely break a sweat, and their professions are highly respected, because nobody really knows what they do. At once funny, useful, and tolerably philosophical, this groundbreaking work takes a close look at 100 bullshit jobs — the money they bring with them, the actual tasks and activities involved (if any), and famous and successful examples of each position, who will provide the neophyte with inspiration. Most crucially, Bing goes on to offer what others so far have not–a clear, concise strategy to help job-seekers at every level reach for that brass ring, knowing full well that it |
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100+ Winning Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions (Barron’s Business Success Ser.) $8.99 Titles in Barron’s Business Series are of special interest to newcomers to the corporate world, offering them practical advice on career advancement. The books are written by experienced business professionals and cover a wide range of business topics, from effective methods of communication with business colleagues to dealing with difficult people. Updated to keep pace with today’s business marketplace, this book helps job interviewees meet the challenges of that all-important employment interview. For instance, what’s the best answer to give a job interviewer when he asks about your background and you know you have less experience than other candidates? The author offers good answers for this and for many equally tough questions. She also presents general tips that apply to all interview questions and advises on ways to give answers that are clear, direct, and to the point. |
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101 Best Resumes $12.95 Top resume writers share their secrets to help you land the job you want! Your resume plays a critical role in the success or failure of a job search. It is, most often, the primary method for gaining an interview–and the competition is fierce. 101 Best Resumes gives you the edge. The top resume writers in the country, all certified members of the Professional Association of Resume Writers, have pooled their expertise to create 101 of the very best resumes available anywhere. These resumes represent the best of the best, from people who write resumes every day for a living. Find out how you can: Create a resume that gets you in the door Develop a resume that gets an employer excited about you Target resumes for specific positions you want Benefit from traditional and new resume formats Create powerful cover letters that sell your skills and qualifications Use your resume to help build your confidence in preparation for the interview 101 Best Resumes also includes 200 powerful street-smart tips to give you a distinct competitive advantage. If you’re looking for that added edge in today’s tough job market, this is the one guide you’ll want to rely on. Includes tips on: Resume writing Writing cover letters Networking Working with employment professionals Developing effective reference letters What to do once you have a professional resume Interviewing |
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101 Careers $12.72 The Essential Guide to the Most Promising Jobs for the Next Century. The only job resource you’ll ever need has been newly updated to provide even more information on the best career opportunities available now and into the next century. Based on research from the 1998 99 edition of the Occupational Outlook Handbook published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 101 Careers: A Guide to the Fastest Growing Opportunities, Second Edition reveals the occupational areas that have grown the fastest in the last decade, including computer personnel, human resource managers, lawyers, and engineers. It also identifies new areas of potential growth in the job market, such as health care services for the elderly, childcare, and financial management. Each occupation is covered in detail, including a job description, prospects, qualifications, personal skills, and earnings, and there is also new information on searching for jobs on the World Wide Web. Includes a complete overview of each occupation detailing the nature of the work, working conditions, training and educational requirements, and projected salaries Concise coverage of all fast-growing areas of the employment sector, including professions from computer technology and finance to law enforcement Resource listings of trade magazines by industry, professional organizations, and much more. |
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101 Careers: A Guide to the Fastest Growing Opportunities $0.99 The Essential Guide to the Most Promising Jobs for the Next Century.The only job resource you’ll ever need has been newly updated to provide even more information on the best career opportunities available now and into the next century. Based on research from the 1998-99 edition of the Occupational Outlook Handbook published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 101 Careers: A Guide to the Fastest Growing Opportunities, Second Edition reveals the occupational areas that have grown the fastest in the last decade, including computer personnel, human resource managers, lawyers, and engineers. It also identifies new areas of potential growth in the job market, such as health care services for the elderly, childcare, and financial management. Each occupation is covered in detail, including a job description, prospects, qualifications, personal skills, and earnings, and there is also new information on searching for jobs on the World Wide Web.Includes a complete overview of each occupation detailing the nature of the work, working conditions, training and educational requirements, and projected salaries* Concise coverage of all fast-growing areas of the employment sector, including professions from computer technology and finance to law enforcement* Resource listings of trade magazines by industry, professional organizations, and much more. |
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1101 Businesses You Can Start From Home $0.99 Be Your Own Boss. Make Your Own Hours. Make More Money. Rely on Your Own Ingenuity and Initiative: Work at Home.Whatever your dream of self-employment, this idea-packed guide will show you how to make it come true. Its practical, down-to-earth advice will help you join the millions of independent-spirited people like you who have decided to invest in themselves and run their own home-based businesses. Armed with the information in this book, you’ll be able to take that first step toward independence, gain control of your own work life, and reap and keep ALL the fruits of your labors.Now in a new, expanded second edition, 1101 Businesses You Can Start From Home: Gives you 1101 money-making business ideas you can tailor to your own interests, needs, and circumstances—from the mainstream to the highly unusual—in 33 easy-to-use sections. Just reading through them may spark the exact business arrangement you’ve been looking for. Describes each job in detail—its potential income, start-up costs, physical challenges, legal restrictions, and location requirements—information that will save you a fortune in time and money spent on research. Helps you narrow your choices by showing you how to weigh such factors as personal preferences, time and money commitment, space requirements, and the advantages and disadvantages of different types of businesses. You will go in with your eyes wide open, and increase your chances for success. Offers an abundance of practical business tips on loans, advertising, pricing, sales techniques, building a client base, bookkeeping, insurance, and legal issues. Now includes 130 new business ideas, including entrepreneurial consultant, missing persons service, writing business plans, senior day care, computer recycling—and more! Why wait any longer? With the guidance of this invaluable book, you can start on the road to self-employment today. |
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1101 Businesses You Can Start From Home $6 Be Your Own Boss. Make Your Own Hours. Make More Money. Rely on Your Own Ingenuity and Initiative: Work at Home.Whatever your dream of self-employment, this idea-packed guide will show you how to make it come true. Its practical, down-to-earth advice will help you join the millions of independent-spirited people like you who have decided to invest in themselves and run their own home-based businesses. Armed with the information in this book, you’ll be able to take that first step toward independence, gain control of your own work life, and reap and keep ALL the fruits of your labors.Now in a new, expanded second edition, 1101 Businesses You Can Start From Home: Gives you 1101 money-making business ideas you can tailor to your own interests, needs, and circumstances—from the mainstream to the highly unusual—in 33 easy-to-use sections. Just reading through them may spark the exact business arrangement you’ve been looking for. Describes each job in detail—its potential income, start-up costs, physical challenges, legal restrictions, and location requirements—information that will save you a fortune in time and money spent on research. Helps you narrow your choices by showing you how to weigh such factors as personal preferences, time and money commitment, space requirements, and the advantages and disadvantages of different types of businesses. You will go in with your eyes wide open, and increase your chances for success. Offers an abundance of practical business tips on loans, advertising, pricing, sales techniques, building a client base, bookkeeping, insurance, and legal issues. Now includes 130 new business ideas, including entrepreneurial consultant, missing persons service, writing business plans, senior day care, computer recycling—and more! Why wait any longer? With the guidance of this invaluable book, you can start on the road to self-employment today. |
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1101 Businesses You Can Start from Home $36.95 Be Your Own Boss. Make Your Own Hours. Make More Money. Rely on Your Own Ingenuity and Initiative: Work at Home. Whatever your dream of self-employment, this idea-packed guide will show you how to make it come true. Its practical, down-to-earth advice will help you join the millions of independent-spirited people like you who have decided to invest in themselves and run their own home-based businesses. Armed with the information in this book, you’ll be able to take that first step toward independence, gain control of your own work life, and reap and keep ALL the fruits of your labors. Now in a new, expanded second edition, 1101 Businesses You Can Start From Home: Gives you 1101 money-making business ideas you can tailor to your own interests, needs, and circumstances from the mainstream to the highly unusual in 33 easy-to-use sections. Just reading through them may spark the exact business arrangement you’ve been looking for. Describes each job in detail its potential income, start-up costs, physical challenges, legal restrictions, and location requirements information that will save you a fortune in time and money spent on research. Helps you narrow your choices by showing you how to weigh such factors as personal preferences, time and money commitment, space requirements, and the advantages and disadvantages of different types of businesses. You will go in with your eyes wide open, and increase your chances for success. Offers an abundance of practical business tips on loans, advertising, pricing, sales techniques, building a client base, bookkeeping, insurance, and legal issues. Now includes 130 new business ideas, including entrepreneurial consultant, missing persons service, writing business plans, senior day care, computer recycling and more! Why wait any longer? With the guidance of this invaluable book, you can start on the road to self-employment today. |
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1512 Establishments: Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Giggleswick School, Fifth Council of the Lateran, Savoy Chapel, Wolverhampton Grammar School $14.13 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Berwick-upon-Tweed is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed is located in the county of Northumberland. It includes at its northern-most point the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed itself and stretches south, to cover the towns of Alnwick and Amble. The Northumberland coast forms its eastern boundary. Its length is roughly 50 miles (80 km), with an area of 2,310 square kilometres. Predominantly rural in character, this constituency is the most northerly in England, and one of the most sparsely populated, having only 57,000 electors. Following their review of parliamentary representation in Northumberland, the Boundary Commission for England have made only minor changes to the existing Berwick constituency. A proposal to re-name the historic seat “Berwick-upon-Tweed and Mid Northumberland” was rejected for whilst being geographically accurate it was thought unwieldy. The electoral wards used to form the slightly modified constituency are; Rural in nature, sparse of population and with agriculture as a major source of employment, Berwick-upon-Tweed is at first sight a typical Conservative seat. However, it has been under the aegis of Liberal (later Liberal Democrat) Sir Alan Beith since 1973, and previously the area has been notable for its liberal leanings – both Sir William Beveridge (influential in the formation of the National Health Service) and Edward Grey (Foreign Secretary at the start of World War I, best remembered for the “lamps are going out all over Europe….” remark) have served this constituency. Sir Alan was first elected in a by-election, required as a res… More: |
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175 Cover Letters 3e P $0.99 The ultimate guide to cover letters that will set you apart from the pack-revised, updated, and ready for anything . . .175 HIGH-IMPACT COVER LETTERS Third Edition175 High-Impact Cover Letters, Third Edition arms job seekers with an arsenal of highly effective professional cover letter models that, with minor modification, can be rapidly deployed as needed. You’ll find a full chapter, complete with numerous models, dedicated to each of five different types of cover letters: employer broadcast letters, search firm broadcast letters, advertising response letters, networking cover letters, and resume letters.With step-by-step instructions and a wealth of samples, 175 High-Impact Cover Letters shows you how to prepare a well-written, professional letter that will help you land the interview every time. For the Third Edition, almost every letter has been substantially rewritten or fine-tuned to reflect the current thinking and terminology in the field of staffing, while an entirely new chapter provides proven “do’s” and “don’ts” of effective cover letter writing. You’ll find:* Examples of more than 175 winning cover letters* Cover letters appropriate for junior and senior experience levels in twenty-eight different occupations* Sample job ads and the appropriate cover letter response* Results of an authoritative survey of employment professionals that highlight what employers look for in cover lettersNo matter how impressive your resume, it’s your cover letter that employers read first. With 175 High-Impact Cover Letters, Third Edition, you can make sure they’ll be eager to turn to the next page. |
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1764 in Music: 1764 Operas, Hannah, La Rencontre Imprvue $14.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Hannah is an oratorio in three acts by Christopher Smart with a score composed by John Worgan. It was first performed in Haymarket theater 3 April 1764. It was supposed to have a second performance, but that performance was postponed and eventually cancelled over a lack of singers. A libretto was published for its run and a libretto with full score was published later that year. Hannah tells the story of Hannah and of her devotion to God which resulted in her being blessed with fertility by God. It was the first of two oratorio librettos written by Smart, the second being Abimelech. In 1763, Christopher Smart was released from Mr. Potter’s madhouse. While working on a translation of the Psalms and of Horace’s writings, Smart needed to earn money to support himself. He was encouraged to write a libretto in order to find employment by many of his friends who were involved with the theater and musical circles of London. The field of Oratorio appealed to Smart because of its financial benefits and its being grounded in the “sacred”. Smart defined an oratorio as: “a sacred opera; deducing its fable from scripture, as the opera itself does, from profane history. This species (if righly executed) is most admirably calculated to fulfill the great end of drama, to make men more virtuous; as it takes for its subject the actions of holy men, and consequently deals much in praises and addresses to the deity. I believe our oratorios at present in vogue, tho’ not very remarkable for poetical composition, have their good effect on the more rational and sober part of the audience. Yet what more universal and useful effects would this species of the drama produce, if it was to join true poetry, with true piety, and the sacred characters int… More: |
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1933 Treaties: Treaties Concluded in 1933, Treaties Entered Into Force in 1933, Montevideo Convention, Reichskonkordat, Tanggu Truce $19.99 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Treaties Concluded in 1933, Treaties Entered Into Force in 1933, Montevideo Convention, Reichskonkordat, Tanggu Truce, Four-Power Pact, Convention for Limiting the Manufacture and Regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs, Survivors’ Insurance Convention, 1933, Invalidity Insurance Convention, 1933, Invalidity Insurance (Industry, Etc.) Convention, 1933, Old-Age Insurance Convention, 1933, Fee-Charging Employment Agencies Convention, 1933, Old-Age Insurance (Industry, Etc.) Convention, 1933, Survivors’ Insurance (Industry, Etc.) Convention, 1933, Hours of Work Convention, 1930. Excerpt: C34 Fee-Charging Employment Agencies Convention, 1933 (shelved) is an International Labour Organization Convention .It was established in 1933:Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to fee-charging employment agencies,…Modification This Convention was subsequently revised in 1949 by Convention C96 – Fee-Charging Employment Agencies Convention (Revised), 1949 .Ratifications Country: Date: Notes Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at The Four-Power Pact also known as a ] (treaty between four states or four commercial parties) was an international treaty initialed on June 7, 1933, and signed on July 15, 1933, in the Palazzo Venezia, Rome. The pact was not ratified by France’s Parliament. Purpose of the Four-Power Pact March 19, 1933 Benito Mussolini called for the creation of the Four-Power Pact as a better means of insuring international security. Under this plan, smaller nations would have less of a voice in Great Power politics. Representatives of Britain , France , Germany , and Italy signed a diluted version of Premier Benito Mussolini ‘s Four-Power Pact proposal. Mussolini s chief motive in suggesting the pact |
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1939 Treaties: Treaties Concluded in 1939, Treaties Entered Into Force in 1939, Molotov-ribbentrop Pact, German-soviet Credit Agreement $19.99 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Treaties Concluded in 1939, Treaties Entered Into Force in 1939, Molotov-ribbentrop Pact, German-soviet Credit Agreement, Soviet-lithuanian Mutual Assistance Treaty, Anglo-Polish Military Alliance, Pact of Steel, German-soviet Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Demarcation, German-estonian Non-Aggression Pact, Convention for the Suppression of the Illicit Traffic in Dangerous Drugs, Minimum Age Convention, 1936, Hours of Work and Rest Periods Convention, 1939, German-latvian Non-Aggression Pact, Contracts of Employment Convention, 1939, Holidays With Pay Convention, 1936, Migration for Employment Convention, 1939, Officers’ Competency Certificates Convention, 1936, Recruiting of Indigenous Workers Convention, 1936, Shipowners’ Liability Convention, 1936, Iberian Pact, Penal Sanctions Convention, 1939. Excerpt: The Anglo-Polish military alliance refers to agreements reached between the United Kingdom and the Polish Second Republic for mutual assistance in case of military invasion by “a European Power”. According to the secret protocol added to the treaty the phrase “a European Power” used in the Agreement was to be understood as Germany .British Guarantee to Poland On March 31, 1939, in response to Nazi Germany’s defiance of the Munich Agreement and occupation of Czechoslovakia , the United Kingdom pledged the support of itself and France to guarantee Polish independence…. in the event of any action which clearly threatened Polish independence, and which the Polish Government accordingly considered it vital to resist with their national forces, His Majesty’s Government would feel themselves bound at once to lend the Polish Government all support in their power. They have given the Polish Government an assurance to this effect.I may add that the French Government |
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1947 Treaties: Treaties Concluded in 1947, Treaties Entered Into Force in 1947, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Instrument of Accession $19.99 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Treaties Concluded in 1947, Treaties Entered Into Force in 1947, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Instrument of Accession, Convention on International Civil Aviation, Paris Peace Treaties, 1947, Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance, Britain-india-nepal Tripartite Agreement, Treaty of Peace With Italy, 1947, Final Articles Revision Convention, 1946, Right of Association Convention, 1947, Contracts of Employment Convention, 1947, Bled Agreement, Labour Standards Convention, 1947, Labour Inspectorates Convention, 1947, Social Policy Convention, 1947, Labour Inspection Convention, 1947, Dunkirk Treaty. Excerpt: The Bled agreement (also referred to as the “Tito Dimitrov treaty”) was an agreement signed on the 1st August, 1947 in Bled , Slovenia . The agreement was signed between Bulgaria under Georgi Dimitrov and Yugoslavia under Josip Broz Tito which paved the way for future unification between the states in a new Balkan Federative Republic . It foresaw also unification between Vardar Macedonia and Pirin Macedonia and return of Western Outlands to Bulgaria. The agreement abolished visas and allowed for a customs union . It was also the first time that Bulgaria recognised Ethnic Macedonians and the Macedonian language .Bled agreements Tito-Dimitrov is the name of the bilateral agreements between FPRY and NR Bulgaria accepted in Bled in 1947. These agreements mark the mutual aspirations and efforts to develop new relations between the two countries, Josip Broz Tito and Georgi Dimitrov after talks in Bled from 30th July to 1st August 1947.The agreed on that government will take over NR Bulgaria to ensure the rights of Macedonians in Pirin Macedonia (now Blagoevgrad region) in free national economic and cultural development. The Bled was accepted with the |
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1955 Treaties: Treaties Concluded in 1955, Treaties Entered Into Force in 1955, Warsaw Pact, Bonn-paris Conventions, Austrian State Treaty $19.99 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Treaties Concluded in 1955, Treaties Entered Into Force in 1955, Warsaw Pact, Bonn-paris Conventions, Austrian State Treaty, Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, Simonstown Agreement, Generalvertrag Treaty, European Convention Relating to the Formalities Required for Patent Applications, European Convention on the International Classification of Patents for Invention, Hours of Work and Rest Periods Convention, 1939, Maternity Protection Convention, 1952, Abolition of Penal Sanctions Convention, 1955, Labour Inspectorates Convention, 1947, Social Policy Convention, 1947, Social Security Convention, 1952, Medical Examination Convention, 1946, Laurel-langley Agreement. Excerpt: C104 Abolition of Penal Sanctions (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1955 (shelved) is an International Labour Organization Convention .It was established in 1955, with the preamble stating:Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to penal sanctions for breaches of contract of employment by indigenous workers,… Ratifications Country: Date: Notes References (URLs online) Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Occupation zones in Austria , 1945-1955Particular: Occupation zones in Vienna , 1945-1955The Austrian State Treaty (German : Österreichischer Staatsvertrag ) or Austrian Independence Treaty re-established Austria as a sovereign state. It was signed on May 15, 1955, in Vienna at the Schloss Belvedere among the Allied occupying powers (France , the United Kingdom , the United States , and the Soviet Union ) and the Austrian government . It officially came into force on July 27, 1955.Its full title was “Treaty for the re-establishment of an independent and democratic Austria , signed in Vienna on the 15 May 1955″ (German |
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1960 Destination Israel $9.99 The story tells the writer’s journey to Israel in February of 1960 at the invitation of an Israeli scientist who studied in Holland.Elsa found employment in Beer-Sheba and Jerusalem and over- stayed her visa in Israel. She kept journals, recording her impressions and experiences until she returned to Western Europe by the end of 1962.This book covers a fascinating period in the new State of Israel under P.M. Ben-Gurion, when Jewish immigrants came from all over the world. It also describes the passage of a young woman into adulthood during the 1960′s.vanderlaaken.com |
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1979 Treaties: Treaties Concluded in 1979, Treaties Entered Into Force in 1979, Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution $19.99 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Treaties Concluded in 1979, Treaties Entered Into Force in 1979, Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, Egypt-israel Peace Treaty, Moon Treaty, Bonn Convention, Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, Liévano-brutus Treaty, Hours of Work and Rest Periods Convention, 1979, Lagos Accord, Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1979, Non-Aggression Pact of 1979, Seafarers’ Annual Leave With Pay Convention, 1976, Continuity of Employment Convention, 1976, Treaty of Tarawa, Working Environment (Air Pollution, Noise and Vibration) Convention, 1977, Nursing Personnel Convention, 1977, Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations. Excerpt: CMS LogoThe Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (also known as CMS or the Bonn Convention , not to be confused with the Bonn Agreement ) aims to conserve terrestrial, marine and avian migratory species throughout their range. It is an intergovernmental treaty, concluded under the aegis of the United Nations Environment Programme , concerned with the conservation of wildlife and habitats on a global scale. Since the Convention’s entry into force, its membership has grown steadily to include over 100 Parties from Africa, Central and South America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. The Convention was signed in 1979 in Bonn (hence the name) and entered into force in 1983.Migratory species threatened with extinction are listed on Appendix I of the Convention. CMS Parties strive towards strictly protecting these animals, conserving or restoring the places where they live, mitigating obstacles to migration and controlling other factors that might endanger them. Besides |
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1985 Treaties: Treaties Concluded in 1985, Treaties Entered Into Force in 1985, Sulphur Emissions Reduction Protocol, Schengen Agreement $19.99 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Treaties Concluded in 1985, Treaties Entered Into Force in 1985, Sulphur Emissions Reduction Protocol, Schengen Agreement, European Charter of Local Self-Government, Anglo-Irish Agreement, Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1984 Between Chile and Argentina, Treaty of Rarotonga, Sino-British Joint Declaration, Nairobi Agreement, 1985, Plaza Accord, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Convention, 1983, United States – Israel Free Trade Agreement, Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture, Labour Statistics Convention, 1985, Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Trusts and on Their Recognition, Termination of Employment Convention, 1982, Occupational Health Services Convention, 1985, Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer. Excerpt: The Anglo-Irish Agreement was an agreement between the United Kingdom and Ireland which aimed to bring an end to the Troubles in Northern Ireland . The treaty gave the Irish Government an advisory role in Northern Ireland’s government while confirming that there would be no change in the constitutional position of Northern Ireland unless a majority of its people agreed to join the Republic. It also set out conditions for the establishment of a devolved consensus government in the region.The Agreement was signed on 15 November 1985 at Hillsborough Castle , by the British Prime Minister , Margaret Thatcher , and the Taoiseach , Garret FitzGerald .The Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Conference The agreement established the Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Conference , made up of officials from the British and Irish governments. This body was concerned with political, legal and security matters in Northern Ireland, as well as “the promotion of cross-border co-operation” . It had a consultative role only no powers to |
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1985 in North America: 1985 in Canada, 1985 in Mexico, 1985 in the United States, Move, Live Aid, Usa for Africa, 33rd Canadian Parliament $41.94 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: 1985 in Canada, 1985 in Mexico, 1985 in the United States, Move, Live Aid, Usa for Africa, 33rd Canadian Parliament, 1985 Rajneeshee Assassination Plot, 1985 Mexico City Earthquake, 99th United States Congress, 1985 American League Championship Series, Hurricane Bob, List of American Films of 1985, 1985 United States – Canadian Tornado Outbreak, 1985 Barrie Tornado Outbreak, 1985 Ibf World Championships, Juno Awards of 1985, Delta Air Lines Flight 191, Hurricane Elena, Arrow Air Flight 1285, Miss Universe 1985, Tropical Storm Isabel, Miss Teen Usa 1985, Hurricane Kate, Hurricane Juan, 39th Tony Awards, Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808, Hurricane Danny, 1985 Indianapolis 500, Valente V. the Queen, 1985 Cfl Season, January 1985 Arctic Outbreak, 6th Genie Awards, 1985 Canadian Incumbents, Re B.c. Motor Vehicle Act, R. V. Big M Drug Mart Ltd., Singh V. Minister of Employment and Immigration, 1985 Centennial Cup, Canadian Number-One Albums of 1985, Miss Latin America 1985, Lonestarcon 1, R. V. Sansregret, Tunagate, 1985 Memorial Cup, 1985 Lipton International Players Championships, 1985 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Puño Airlines, Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105, 1985 U.s. Open Golf Championship, 1985 Governor General’s Awards, Operation Dismantle V. the Queen, Second Inauguration of Ronald Reagan, Ontario Human Rights Commission and O’malley V. Simpsons-Sears Ltd., 1985 Nahanni Earthquakes, Directors Guild of America Awards 1985, 1985 Pilot Pen Classic, Miss Usa 1985, R. V. Canadian Dredge |
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1990 In Law $19.99 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: 101st United States Congress, 1990 United Nations Security Council Resolutions, 1990 in United States Case Law, 1990 in Case Law, 1990 Referendums, Law Firms Established in 1990, Treaties Concluded in 1990, Treaties Entered Into Force in 1990, United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1990, United States Senate Elections, 1988, United States Senate Elections, 1990, Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, List of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom, 1990, Courts and Legal Services Act 1990, Factortame Litigation, Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act, Environmental Protection Act 1990, Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, Employment Division V. Smith, Caparo Industries Plc V Dickman, Hong Kong Basic Law, Milkovich V. Lorain Journal Co., Constitution of Croatia, New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, Walton V. Arizona, Water Resources Development Act of 1990, Blackpool |
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1997 Treaties: Treaties Concluded in 1997, Treaties Entered Into Force in 1997, Kyoto Protocol, Chemical Weapons Convention $21.05 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Treaties Concluded in 1997, Treaties Entered Into Force in 1997, Kyoto Protocol, Chemical Weapons Convention, International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994, European Convention on Nationality, Volatile Organic Compounds Protocol, Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron, Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord, Ottawa Treaty, Amsterdam Treaty, Convention on the Law of Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses, Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage, 1996 France – United Kingdom Maritime Delimitation Agreements, Lisbon Recognition Convention, Russian-Chechen Peace Treaty, International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty, Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context, Canada-israel Free Trade Agreement, Oecd Anti-Bribery Convention, Niue – United States Maritime Boundary Treaty, Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997, Start Iii, Inter-American Convention Against Corruption, Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents Convention, 1993, Convention on the Participation of Foreigners in Public Life at Local Level, Canada-chile Free Trade Agreement, Wildlife Conservation Enactment. Excerpt: The Kyoto Protocol is a protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC or FCCC), aimed at fighting global warming. The UNFCCC is an international environmental treaty with the goal of achieving “stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.” The Protocol was initially adopted on 11 December 1997 in Kyoto, Japan and entered into force on 16 February 2005. As of November 2009, 187 states have signed an… More: |
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2004 Financial Report of the United Stat $14.99 “The economy strengthened in fiscal year 2004, with real gross domestic product (GDP) growing at a faster pace than in the prior fiscal year and employment posting a large increase after declining in each of the previous 3 fiscal years. Rising employment and income contributed to an increase.in fiscal year 2004-the first gain in four years.Outlays, however, rose more than receipts and the Federal budget deficit widened in fiscal year 2004 to $412.3 billion, an increase of $37.5 billion from $374.8 billion in fiscal year 2003. Overall, results in fiscal year 2004 were mixed.”- Economic and Budgetary Results, Financial Report Of The United States GovernmentFINANCIAL REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT is prepared to give the President, Congress, and the American people information about the financial results and position of the Federal Government. The Department of the Treasury’s Financial Management Service, which provides centralized payment, collection, and reporting services for the Federal Government and acts as its money manager, issues this report on an annual basis.The Financial Report provides a broad, comprehensive overview of the Federal Government’s finances and states the Government’s financial position and condition, its revenues and costs, its assets and liabilities as well as other obligations and commitments.A Financial Report is submitted to Congress by March of each year as is required by law and is subject to audit by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The next scheduled Financial Report will be issued in December 2005. For more information about the Department of Treasury, please visit http://fms.treas.gov. |
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2009 New Jersey Local Government Deskbook $149.95 Ideal for the orientation of newly elected municipal officers, this accessible handbook covers the business of running a town from the perspective of its local governing bodies. Perfect for everyone from town officials and council members to planning boards and emergency management personnel, this guide organizes and updates a town”s procedural and regulatory obligations. Topics include public access to government records; the powers of municipal officials; municipal ethics; and labor, employment, and election laws. |
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2009 in Ukraine: List of Ukrainian Football Transfers, 2009-10 Ukrainian Premier League, 2009-10 Ukrainian First League $19.99 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: List of Ukrainian Football Transfers, 2009-10 Ukrainian Premier League, 2009-10 Ukrainian First League, Ukrainian First League 2008-09, 2009 Flu Pandemic in Ukraine, Ukrainian Second League 2008-09, Ukrainian Cup 2008-09, 2009-10 Ukrainian Cup, Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009, 2008-2009 Ukrainian Financial Crisis, 2009-10 Ukrainian Second League, Ternopil Oblast Local Election, 2009, Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, 2009 Ukrainian Football Amateur League, Ukraine in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009, Cup of Ukrainian Pfl 2009, 2009-10 Ukrainian Premier League Reserves, Cup of Ukrainian Pfl 2009, 2009 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Ukraine at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, 2009 Dnipropetrovsk Fire. Excerpt: Ukraine’s GDP real annual growth rate 1990 – 2010 Ukraine was hit heavily by the late-2000s recession , the World Bank expects Ukraine’s economy to shrink 15 % in 2009 with inflation being 16.4 % . The Ukrainian government predicts GDP growth of 0.4 % in 2009 and a slowdown in inflation to 9.5 % (also in 2009), although the overwhelming majority of economists consider this forecast to be excessively optimistic . The deficit of Ukraine’s foreign trade in goods and services January through September 2009 was estimated at $1.08 billion, which was 9.5 times down on the same period in 2008, export of goods over the period decreased by 48.7 %, to $27.478 billion, while imports fell by 53.5 %, to $31.570 billion; export of services dropped by 23.2 %, to $6.841 billion, while imports were down by 19.9 %, to $3.829 billion (the deficit of Ukraine’s foreign trade over the first nine months of 2008 was estimated at $10.284 billion, which was 2.7 times up on the same period of 2007). According to a forecast by the State Employment Center unemployment in |
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201 Best Questions To Ask On Your Interview $12.95 Ask the right questions and land the job of your dreams!To really shine in your job interview and to get that dream job, the questions you ask must be at least as memorable as the answers you give. Today it’s the questions you ask that set you apart from the dozens­­even hundreds­­of qualified candidates competing for your job. Make your questions demonstrate that you are a superstar, a world-class candidate who will add significant value to the job from Day One. 201 Best Questions to Ask on Your Interview arms you with the questions and techniques you need to nail this most crucial part of the interview process.Packed with 201 proven questions, including examples of some of the smartest and dumbest interview questions from hundreds of recruiters, job coaches, hiring managers, and Fortune 500 human resources professionals, this hands-on guide gives you the edge you need.Improve your odds. March into your next interview fortified with questions such as:What exactly does this company value the most and how do you think my work for you will further these values? What kinds of processes are in place to help me work collaboratively? What’s the most important thing I can do to help within the first 90 days of my employment? In what areas could your team use a little polishing? When top performers leave the company, why do they leave and where do they usually go? What do you see in me? What are my strongest assets and possible weaknesses? I am very interested in this job, and I know your endorsement is key to my receiving an offer. May I have yourendorsement? Ask and you shall receive. In today’s hyper-competitive job market, asking smart questions sets you apart from the competition. Turn to 201 Best Questions to Ask on Your Interview for get-noticed, get-hired tips and techniques that will help you ace |
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201 Killer Cover Letters: The CD-Rom Edition $1.99 The fastest, easiest way to wow employers and land interviewsWant to writer powerful job-search letters that knock their socks off every time —and spare yourself a lot of agony in the process? 201 Killer Cover Letters: CD-ROM Edition gives you instant access to hundreds of surefire cover letters that you can customize in a jiffy to fit any job-hunting situation.Whether you’re networking, applying for a job, requesting a reference, or writing a thank-you letter, these proven approaches enable you to respond immediately to every opportunity with an attention-grabbing letter that’s perfect for any job, any company, any situation. This indispensable job-search resource is packed with: 201 sample letters for every possible job-hunting situation Customized letters for more than 120 job-types, from accountant to x-ray technician Ready-to-download templates of all 201 letters on the CD-ROM Tips on customizing and targeting your letters for maximum impact Practical suggestions for positioning yourself ahead of the pack Techniques for using your cover letter to overcome “objectionable” resume items or employment gaps Fully updated to include dozens of new job types, the latest online job-search techniques, and tips for transferring skills across industries, this powerful new edition gives you the unbeatable edge you need in a fiercely competitive job market.Sandra Podesta is principal in the DeMartino Marketing Group, where she works with Fortune 500 companies such as Fed-EX and Sony. Andrea Paxton is a recruiter who has worked in every phase of the interview, selection, and hiring process for several major companies. |
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20th Century in Television: 1920s in Television, 1930s in Television, 1940s in Television, 1960s in Television, 1970s in Television $25.04 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: 1920s in Television, 1930s in Television, 1940s in Television, 1960s in Television, 1970s in Television, 1980s in Television, 1946 in Television, 1939 in Television, 1931 in Television, 1937 in Television, 1943 in Television, 1932 in Television, 1938 in Television, 1934 in Television, 1930 in Television, 1936 in Television, 1935 in Television, 1933 in Television, 1940 in Television, 1945 in Television, Glued to the Box, the Crystal Bucket, History of Saturday Night Live, Visions Before Midnight, Before 1925 in Television, Mind Your Language, Frozen Peas, Way Out, 1930 in American Television, 1927 in British Television, 1930 in British Television. Excerpt: Glued to the Box (TV Criticism from the Observer 1979-1982), is the third and final collection of the television criticism Clive James wrote for The Observer. It includes material from articles that run from 2 December 1979 to 28 March 1982. In the Introduction he writes that he had, ” never thought of television criticism as a career. It is the sort of thing one goes into with a whole heart but not for ones whole life.” The volume finishes with his “standing up and moving aside” for his successor, Julian Barnes. “No doubt he will slag one of my programmes first chance he gets, but by then I will be in the habit of damning all critics as fools.” The London Review of Books wrote: ” Along with its two predecessors, (Visions Before Midnight and The Crystal Bucket), it will stand as a once-only critical phenomenon: ten years worth of high intelligence and wit.” Sheridan Morley called him ” far and away the funniest writer in regular Fleet Street employment.” The book is dedicated to Pat Kavanagh and Dan Kavanagh and carries an epigraph from Charles Péguy at its start. Programmes Reviewed … More: |
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21st Century in Lgbt History: 2000 in Lgbt History, 2000s in Lgbt History, 2001 in Lgbt History, 2002 in Lgbt History, 2003 in Lgbt History $54.66 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: 2000 in Lgbt History, 2000s in Lgbt History, 2001 in Lgbt History, 2002 in Lgbt History, 2003 in Lgbt History, 2004 in Lgbt History, 2005 in Lgbt History, 2006 in Lgbt History, 2007 in Lgbt History, 2008 in Lgbt History, 2009 in Lgbt History, 2010 in Lgbt History, California Proposition 8, Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill, Lawrence V. Texas, Perry V. Schwarzenegger, Susan Stanton, Post-Election Events of Proposition 8, Strauss V. Horton, Matthew Shepard Act, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, 2004 in Lgbt Rights, 2009 in Lgbt Rights, 2009 Tel Aviv Gay Centre Shooting, Civil Marriage Act, in Re Marriage Cases, Murder of Gwen Araujo, California Proposition 22, Civil Partnership Act 2004, Gender Recognition Act 2004, Varnum V. Brien, Lewis V. Harris, Declaration of Montreal, 2005 in Lgbt Rights, Uniting American Families Act, 2006 in Lgbt Rights, Arlington County V. White, 2006 Greenwich Village Assault Case, 2006 World Outgames, Naz Foundation V. Govt. of Nct of Delhi, Santorum Controversy, 2006 Gay Games, 2003 in Lgbt Rights, Utah Constitutional Amendment 3, Ryan Skipper, 2007 in Lgbt Rights, Equality Act Regulations, Re Same-Sex Marriage, 2008 in Lgbt Rights, in Re: Gill, Speechless: Silencing the Christians, Oregon Ballot Measure 36, Sexual Offences Act 2000, Ethical Standards in Public Life Etc. Act 2000, BÄ?czkowski V Poland, Florida Amendment 2, Arizona Proposition 102, Tennessee Amendment 1, Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act, Bill C-250 (37th Canadian Parliament, 2nd Session), Howard V. Arkansas, Unfriendly Fire, Rainbow Lounge Raid, San Francisco 2004 Same-Sex Weddings, Harvey Milk Day, Arizona Proposition 107, Colorado Amendment 43, Marshall-Newman Amendment, Fagbug, 2001 in Lgbt Rights, Respect for Marriage Act, Brazilian Resolution, 2000 |
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2500 Keywords to Get You Hired $12.95 The most comprehensive reference of its kind, this powerful resume-writing resource gives readers instant access to 2,500 indispensable keywords germane to 300 careers in nine employment categories–from business, the law, and health care, to the arts, education, and media–and shows how to use them effectively. |
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2500 Keywords to Get You Hired $12.95 Make that important first cut with a resume that packs a punch with 2500 Keywords to Get You HiredWhat’s in a word? When used effectively on your resume, the right words could land you your next job! 2500 Keywords to Get You Hired breaks down the buzz on buzzwords-those powerful little words that communicate your experience and qualifications. The abracadabras of a champion job search, a resume packed with potent keywords will get you noticed, get you those elusive interviews, and get your hired!Today’s competitive job market demands that your resume stand out from the hundreds-even thousands-of resumes submitted for each job opening. Now that electronic processing of resumes is the norm, your resume may never even reach the desk of a perspective employer without those critical keywords. 2500 Keywords to Get You Hired gives you instant access to the most indispensable keywords relevant to 300 careers in nine employment categories-from business, law, and health care to the arts, education, and media-and shows you the most valuable ways to use them.Get it right and get noticed. Packed with hundreds of examples illustrating how to use keywords effectively in your resume and on interviews, 2500 Keywords to Get You Hired also covers: How to shine on an interview-the importance of making a strong first impression with the receptionist Networking tips-keep a file on each contact and maintain good records at all times Using the Internet in your job search-use keywords heavily in the introduction of your resume Job search strategies-do some research to identify hiring authorities Salary negotiations-establish your value in the mind of the hiring manager Unconventional techniques for securing job openings-send your resume in a Priority Mail envelope And much more Jay A. Block is the contributing cofounder of the Professional Association of Resume Writers.Michael |
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3 Days 2 Nights in Colonial Williamsburg $198 ??? You and your spouse must be at least 25 years of age. ??? You must have a yearly combined household income of $50,000. ??? This package includes accommodations for up to two adults and two children under the age of 18. All transportation and incidentals are your responsibility. The package does not include any applicable taxes, hotel service fees or regulatory surcharges. You must provide a major credit card to reserve your dates, and a fully refundable deposit of $50 will be taken when booking your reservations. ??? Upon check-in, you must also present a photo ID and major credit card for incidentals. Checkbooks, check cards and debit cards are not a valid. ??? You agree to attend a VIP Orientation and Tour that will describe all amenities available to you during your vacation and explain the benefits of vacation ownership. Married or co-habitating couples must attend the orientation and tour together and address must match on their IDs or bills addressed to them. ??? Single men and women are not qualified. ??? Students without fulltime employment are not qualified. ??? No check-ins on Tuesday ??? Confirmation Letter is required ??? Package is valid for one year from the date of purchase. ??? Children six (6) years and older may attend the sales presentation. Day care is not provided except for on Saturdays ??? Current owners of this Vacation Ownership property or anyone who has attended a presentation in the past twelve (12) months is not qualified. ??? Subject to availability. |
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3rd-Century Historians: Cassius Dio, Dexippus, Herodian, Marius Maximus, Yu Huan, Gaius Asinius Quadratus, Chen Shou, Acholius $9.25 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Herodian or Herodianus of Syria (ca. 170240) was a minor Roman civil servant who wrote a colourful history in Greek titled History of the Empire from the Death of Marcus in eight books covering the years 180 to 238. His work is not entirely reliable although his relatively unbiased account of Elagabalus is more useful than that of Cassius Dio. He was a Greek (perhaps from Antioch) who appears to have lived for a considerable period of time in Rome, but possibly without holding any public office. From his extant work, we gather that he was still living at an advanced age during the reign of Gordianus III, who ascended the throne in 238. Beyond this, nothing is known of his life. Herodian writes (i.1.§ 3, ii.15.§ 7) that the events described in his history occurred during his lifetime. Photius (Codex 99) gives an outline of the contents of this work and passes a flattering encomium on the style of Herodian, which he describes as clear, vigorous, agreeable, and preserving a happy medium between an utter disregard of art and elegance and a profuse employment of the artifices and prettinesses which were known under the name of Atticism, as well as between boldness and bombast. He appears to have used Thucydides as a model to some extent, both for style and for the general composition of his work, often introducing speeches wholly or in part imaginary. In spite of occasional inaccuracies in chronology and geography, his narrative is in the main truthful and impartial. However, some charge him with showing too great a partiality for Pertinax. The dates of the birth and death of Herodian are unknown. All available information concerning his life is derived from what he himself wrote, so the evidence is scarce. One can assume that he must have reached… More: |
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500 Iq Puzzles $1.99 The human brain is quite remarkable. Its intricate workings have been subjected to intense study by some of the greatest intellects of our times and despite this, we still know relatively little about how it actually works. However, there is one fact on which all experts in the field are in agreement: the brain benefits from regular exercise in much the same way as muscles do. In fact, the brain not only benefits from this training – it thrives on it. What kind of exercise does the brain enjoy? Here the experts are again in agreement. Creative thinking, deductive reasoning and puzzle solving are all excellent areas for building up your mental muscle. The Boost Your Brainpower series gives your brain the opportunity for serious regular exercise. Philip Carter is continually devising new IQ tests and puzzles and has written over 100 books on all aspects oftesting, puzzles and reasoning. He is thus perfectly qualified to provide the equipment for a daily workout for your most important muscle.. IQ puzzles are especially good training for the brain and are now increasingly being encountered in applications for employment in government, education, industry and commerce. |
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96 Great Interview Questions to Ask Before You Hire $17.95 Every harried interviewer knows the result of throwing out vague questions to potential employees: vague answers and potentially disastrous hiring decisions. Presented in a handy question-and-answer format, 96 Great Interview Questions to Ask Before You Hire provides readers with the tools they need to elicit honest and complete information from job candidates, plus helpful hints on interpreting the responses. The book gives interviewers everything they need to: identify high-performance job candidates • probe beyond superficial answers • spot “red flags” indicating evasions or untruths • get references to provide real information • negotiate job offers to attract winners Included in this revised and updated edition are new material on background checks, specific challenges posed by the up-and-coming millennial generation, and ideas for reinventing the employment application to gather more in-depth information than ever before. Packed with insightful questions, this book serves as a ready reference for both managers and human resources professionals alike. |
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96 Great Interview Questions to Ask Before You Hire $9.1 Every harried interviewer knows the result of throwing out vague questions to potential employees: vague answers and potentially disastrous hiring decisions. Presented in a handy question-and-answer format, 96 Great Interview Questions to Ask Before You Hire provides readers with the tools they need to elicit honest and complete information from job candidates, plus helpful hints on interpreting the responses. The book gives interviewers everything they need to: identify high-performance job candidates • probe beyond superficial answers • spot “red flags” indicating evasions or untruths • get references to provide real information • negotiate job offers to attract winners Included in this revised and updated edition are new material on background checks, specific challenges posed by the up-and-coming millennial generation, and ideas for reinventing the employment application to gather more in-depth information than ever before. Packed with insightful questions, this book serves as a ready reference for both managers and human resources professionals alike. |
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A Biblical Perspective On How To Handle Worry And Fear $11.89 Throughout our lives, we must face problems of family, human relations, finance,employment, health, aging, safety and security. Do you want to correctly handle the worries and fears resulted from our problems or the possibilities of these problems to occur? Is it your desire to help your family, relatives and friends to solve their worries and fears? Our authors (Cliff Wong and Andrew Kwong) believe that in order to handle our worries and fears properly, we need to apply the principles of the Bible to our lives practically.Are you happy to have a book which helps you to study the Bible and psychology simultaneously? If so, this book is for you. This is the first book of the “Abundant Life Series,” which is also a “biblical counseling” or “biblical psychology” series. This book contains so much profound knowledge on the biblical applications for dealing with worries and fears but we make it simple to read and easy to understand.Cliff Wong, an ordinary person, had so many extraordinary experiences in his life. God has given Cliff wisdom to compose biblical illustrative examples in this book which also make people laugh. |
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A Bill, Intended To Be Offered To Parliament, For The Better Relief And Employment Of The Poor, Within That Part Of Great Britain Called England $14.98 This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher’s website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Great Britain; Poor; Poor laws; Public welfare; Political Science / Public Policy / Social Services |
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A Biomass Future for the North American Great Plains $71.04 The North American Great Plains is a major global breadbasket but its agriculture is stressed by drought, heat, damaging winds, soil erosion and declining ground water resources. Biomass production and processing on the Plains would partially restore a perennial vegetative cover and create employment opportunities. This book explores the possibility that the ecology and economy of the Plains region, and similar regions, would benefit from the introduction of perennial biomass crops. |
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A Biomass Future for the North American Great Plains: Toward Sustainable Land Use and Mitigation of Greenhouse Warming $43.96 The Great Plains of North America is a major global breadbasket but its agriculture is stressed by drought, heat spells, damaging winds, soil erosion and declining ground water resources. The great inter-annual variability in crop production and declining rural populations weaken an economy already highly dependent upon government support. The region’s ecological fragility and economic weakness is attributed by many to removal of its original grass cover. Abandonment of agricultural cropping and restoration of the grass cover is one proposed solution to the region’s problems.Simulation models suggest that the agriculture and water resources of the Plains may be stressed even further as its climate changes because of global warming, which is due primarily to the emissions of greenhouse gases from fossil fuel combustion. This book explores the possibility that the ecology and economy of the Plains region (and similar regions) would benefit from the introduction of perennial biomass crops. Biomass production and processing on the Plains (possibly aided by genetic engineering) would partially restore a perennial vegetative cover and create new employment opportunities. Biomass also offers a means of reducing fossil fuel use, providing fuel to local power plants and a feedsk for production of cellulosic ethanol, a gasoline substitute. Interest in biofuels is growing rapidly in public, political and business circles with rising fossil fuel prices and because of a growing recognition of the need for energy independence in petroleum importing countries. |
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A Biomass Future for the North American Great Plains: Toward Sustainable Land Use and Mitigation of Greenhouse Warming $114.82 The Great Plains of North America is a major global breadbasket but its agriculture is stressed by drought, heat spells, damaging winds, soil erosion and declining ground water resources. The great inter-annual variability in crop production and declining rural populations weaken an economy already highly dependent upon government support. The region’s ecological fragility and economic weakness is attributed by many to removal of its original grass cover. Abandonment of agricultural cropping and restoration of the grass cover is one proposed solution to the region’s problems.Simulation models suggest that the agriculture and water resources of the Plains may be stressed even further as its climate changes because of global warming, which is due primarily to the emissions of greenhouse gases from fossil fuel combustion. This book explores the possibility that the ecology and economy of the Plains region (and similar regions) would benefit from the introduction of perennial biomass crops. Biomass production and processing on the Plains (possibly aided by genetic engineering) would partially restore a perennial vegetative cover and create new employment opportunities. Biomass also offers a means of reducing fossil fuel use, providing fuel to local power plants and a feedsk for production of cellulosic ethanol, a gasoline substitute. Interest in biofuels is growing rapidly in public, political and business circles with rising fossil fuel prices and because of a growing recognition of the need for energy independence in petroleum importing countries. |
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A Boy From Flakkee $22.72 It was on December 15, 1928 when a boy by the name of Roel Krijgsman, also known as Roland Krygsman, was born to Dutch parents on the island of Goeree and Overflakkee in the southwest region of the Netherlands. It was depression time that not only affected the United States, but also in Europe and other parts of the World. Survival was only for the strong. The weak and timid would perish under the world’s oppression. It was a time that many would never forget. It was about survival, obtaining food, clothing, shelter, and achieving employment. Watching out for one another became a family affair. Work was scarce, along with food and money. The young and old alike persisted in their efforts to make ends meet. It is through the eyes and collective thoughts of this little boy from Holland that we are introduced to his more than ordinary life near the North Sea. As life goes on, many follow the same road from childhood to adulthood. It is through life changing circumstances that ultimately shape our well-being. What happens in our lives and what we learn will define us in what we become and achieve. The autobiography of Roland’s life is indeed extraordinary. The stories of his life, his loves, his adventures, and his quest to succeed in life are imaginable, but yet remind us of our human nature and our ever increasing need to live our lives to the fullest.Modernization was unheard of. There was no television, or modern appliances like a washer, dryer, and refrigerator. People were poor and many families were quite large. Roland came from a family of seven children. He was the second oldest of six brothers and one sister. As many families found out, each day was a struggle. For the Krygsman family, growing up during the depression period meant that they all needed to work together. Each child was to be treated equally. Each received just enough to survive. There was never abundance; only what each child would get from mother and father. Even grandpa and grandma |
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A Boy From Flakkee $9.99 It was on December 15, 1928 when a boy by the name of Roel Krijgsman, also known as Roland Krygsman, was born to Dutch parents on the island of Goeree and Overflakkee in the southwest region of the Netherlands. It was depression time that not only affected the United States, but also in Europe and other parts of the World. Survival was only for the strong. The weak and timid would perish under the world’s oppression. It was a time that many would never forget. It was about survival, obtaining food, clothing, shelter, and achieving employment. Watching out for one another became a family affair. Work was scarce, along with food and money. The young and old alike persisted in their efforts to make ends meet. It is through the eyes and collective thoughts of this little boy from Holland that we are introduced to his more than ordinary life near the North Sea. As life goes on, many follow the same road from childhood to adulthood. It is through life changing circumstances that ultimately shape our well-being. What happens in our lives and what we learn will define us in what we become and achieve. The autobiography of Roland’s life is indeed extraordinary. The stories of his life, his loves, his adventures, and his quest to succeed in life are imaginable, but yet remind us of our human nature and our ever increasing need to live our lives to the fullest.Modernization was unheard of. There was no television, or modern appliances like a washer, dryer, and refrigerator. People were poor and many families were quite large. Roland came from a family of seven children. He was the second oldest of six brothers and one sister. As many families found out, each day was a struggle. For the Krygsman family, growing up during the depression period meant that they all needed to work together. Each child was to be treated equally. Each received just enough to survive. There was never abundance; only what each child would get from mother and father. Even grandpa and grandma |
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A Boy From Flakkee $11.61 It was on December 15, 1928 when a boy by the name of Roel Krijgsman, also known as Roland Krygsman, was born to Dutch parents on the island of Goeree and Overflakkee in the southwest region of the Netherlands. It was depression time that not only affected the United States, but also in Europe and other parts of the World. Survival was only for the strong. The weak and timid would perish under the world’s oppression. It was a time that many would never forget. It was about survival, obtaining food, clothing, shelter, and achieving employment. Watching out for one another became a family affair. Work was scarce, along with food and money. The young and old alike persisted in their efforts to make ends meet. It is through the eyes and collective thoughts of this little boy from Holland that we are introduced to his more than ordinary life near the North Sea. As life goes on, many follow the same road from childhood to adulthood. It is through life changing circumstances that ultimately shape our well-being. What happens in our lives and what we learn will define us in what we become and achieve. The autobiography of Roland’s life is indeed extraordinary. The stories of his life, his loves, his adventures, and his quest to succeed in life are imaginable, but yet remind us of our human nature and our ever increasing need to live our lives to the fullest.Modernization was unheard of. There was no television, or modern appliances like a washer, dryer, and refrigerator. People were poor and many families were quite large. Roland came from a family of seven children. He was the second oldest of six brothers and one sister. As many families found out, each day was a struggle. For the Krygsman family, growing up during the depression period meant that they all needed to work together. Each child was to be treated equally. Each received just enough to survive. There was never abundance; only what each child would get from mother and father. Even grandpa and grandma |
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A Bull In A Glass House $5.95 Learning to Lead: Uncover The Unspoken RealityA Bull in a Glass House is a manifesto. A former Marine’s view of the corporate world and how employees must step up to the challenge of navigating its potentially treacherous roads by embracing change and relationships. In 1986, after three years in the Marines and a short stint as an armed guard, this former Marine secured a job in a growing company. He came armed with only a high school education and no skills, other than being an Expert Marksman in the Marines. Over a period of 10 years, through hard work and sheer bullishness he scaled the corporate ladder into management. His 10 year tenure in management provided an in-your-face, practical view of the paradox between corporate level expectations and behavior and the human need to fill the most basic of desires- security, belonging and respect. Readers of A Bull in a Glass House are provided with the benefit of hindsight including actual situations and quotes, and proven tips for future survival and success. Armed with this knowledge, the reader unlocks her personal arsenal to conquer the pitfalls, land minds, and thorn bushes inherent in any company. Armed with this knowledge, the gap between working perception and employment reality is bridged. Armed with this knowledge, success becomes a temporary illusion until the reader reaches out, grabs it, and makes it real-makes it his own. A Bull in a Glass House is an intensely personal and passionate look at the inner workings of a corporation and how to succeed inside it from a former Marine who battled within its glass walls-and survived to write about it. |
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A Bull In A Glass House $19.95 Learning to Lead: Uncover The Unspoken RealityA Bull in a Glass House is a manifesto. A former Marine’s view of the corporate world and how employees must step up to the challenge of navigating its potentially treacherous roads by embracing change and relationships. In 1986, after three years in the Marines and a short stint as an armed guard, this former Marine secured a job in a growing company. He came armed with only a high school education and no skills, other than being an Expert Marksman in the Marines. Over a period of 10 years, through hard work and sheer bullishness he scaled the corporate ladder into management. His 10 year tenure in management provided an in-your-face, practical view of the paradox between corporate level expectations and behavior and the human need to fill the most basic of desires- security, belonging and respect. Readers of A Bull in a Glass House are provided with the benefit of hindsight including actual situations and quotes, and proven tips for future survival and success. Armed with this knowledge, the reader unlocks her personal arsenal to conquer the pitfalls, land minds, and thorn bushes inherent in any company. Armed with this knowledge, the gap between working perception and employment reality is bridged. Armed with this knowledge, success becomes a temporary illusion until the reader reaches out, grabs it, and makes it real-makes it his own. A Bull in a Glass House is an intensely personal and passionate look at the inner workings of a corporation and how to succeed inside it from a former Marine who battled within its glass walls-and survived to write about it. |
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A Carrot a Day: A Daily Dose of Recognition for Your Employees $14.99 From the bestselling authors of The 24-Carrot Manager comes a manager”s handbook on motivating employees through praise and recognition. Employees fed a steady diet of carrots focus better on company goals. They spot new opportunities faster. They have longer employment life spans (translation: lower turnover). And they can lift companies higher than you might have dreamed possible. |
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A Click Away from Chaos $4.95 All the thrills and spills of self-employment! An established IT trainer, Tim Melrose takes redundancy in his stride and makes a living out of contract work. When he moves to Scotland, he becomes involved in the community life of Ashiestiel Green. Here, First-Class Freda talks him into all kinds of trouble, ending with the inevitable disaster of the Easter Pageant. |
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A Collection From The Prose And Poetical Writings $21.74 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:THE FORCE OF EDUCATION. It was a cold evening in November, when Mrs. Seldon, seated by a small fire, was anxiously waiting for her only son, who had left in the morning to ascertain whether he could find employment in a counting house in the city of New-York. Mrs. Seldon was the widow of a clergyman, who died when his son was in the twelfth year of his age, leaving him and his mother with a few hundred dollars, and an excellent library. Mr. Seldon had spared no pains in Henry’s education; and, at the early age of ten years, he had become acquainted, not only with the general rudiments of the English, but had made considerable advancement in the Latin, Greek, and French languages. Henry Seldon was beautiful as the morning; his eye was keen as the young eagle’s, at the same time soft as the beams of the setting sun. His hair was black and glossy as the raven’s, his brow was lofty, his mouth sweet and fascinating, his nose aquiline, and the general contour of hia face classical. His form was elegance and grace, and all who saw him loved him. His father and mother’s existence seemed identified with his; they lived in their son, and next to their Saviour, they loved him. One Sabbath, after Mr. Seldon returned from church, he complained of indisposition. A physician was called ; life lingered until morning, when he breathed his last sigh upon the bosom of his wife, in the full hope of a glorious resurrection. Henry in vain strove to comfort his mother, who, for a few hours, was in a fearfuldelirium. So sudden had been the blow, that her frame, like a tree twisted by the tempest, could only recover from the shock by the slow application of time. After she became composed, she summoned every effort of her mind and body for her son. Alone, they pursued the course they considered |
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A Company of One $14.55 “The first time you get laid off you’re like, ‘Oh my God. What have I done wrong? Obviously I’ve done something wrong.’ And it happens a couple of times for various reasons and you go, ‘You know, I didn’t do anything, and not only that, this is a bump in the road. Something else will pop up.’ And sure enough it always does.”—from A Company of One Being laid off can be a traumatic event. The unemployed worry about how they will pay their bills and find a new job. In the American economy’s boom-and-bust business cycle since the 1980s, repeated layoffs have become part of working life. In A Company of One, Carrie M. Lane finds that the new culture of corporate employment, changes to the job search process, and dual-income marriage have reshaped how today’s skilled workers view unemployment. Through interviews with seventy-five unemployed and underemployed high-tech white-collar workers in the Dallas area over the course of the 2000s, Lane shows that they have embraced a new definition of employment in which all jobs are temporary and all workers are, or should be, independent “companies of one.” Following the experiences of individual jobseekers over time, Lane explores the central role that organized networking events, working spouses, and neoliberal ideology play in forging and reinforcing a new individualist, pro-market response to the increasingly insecure nature of contemporary employment. She also explores how this new perspective is transforming traditional ideas about masculinity and the role of men as breadwinners. Sympathetic to the benefits that this “company of one” ideology can hold for its adherents, Lane also details how it hides the true costs of an insecure workforce and makes collective and political responses to job loss and downward mobility unlikely. |
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A Company of One $59.95 “The first time you get laid off you’re like, ‘Oh my God. What have I done wrong? Obviously I’ve done something wrong.’ And it happens a couple of times for various reasons and you go, ‘You know, I didn’t do anything, and not only that, this is a bump in the road. Something else will pop up.’ And sure enough it always does.”—from A Company of One Being laid off can be a traumatic event. The unemployed worry about how they will pay their bills and find a new job. In the American economy’s boom-and-bust business cycle since the 1980s, repeated layoffs have become part of working life. In A Company of One, Carrie M. Lane finds that the new culture of corporate employment, changes to the job search process, and dual-income marriage have reshaped how today’s skilled workers view unemployment. Through interviews with seventy-five unemployed and underemployed high-tech white-collar workers in the Dallas area over the course of the 2000s, Lane shows that they have embraced a new definition of employment in which all jobs are temporary and all workers are, or should be, independent “companies of one.” Following the experiences of individual jobseekers over time, Lane explores the central role that organized networking events, working spouses, and neoliberal ideology play in forging and reinforcing a new individualist, pro-market response to the increasingly insecure nature of contemporary employment. She also explores how this new perspective is transforming traditional ideas about masculinity and the role of men as breadwinners. Sympathetic to the benefits that this “company of one” ideology can hold for its adherents, Lane also details how it hides the true costs of an insecure workforce and makes collective and political responses to job loss and downward mobility unlikely. |
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A Comparison of the Trade Union Merger Process in Britain and Germany: Joining Forces? $210 Trade unions in Europe are currently facing a series of challenges that stem from changes to regulatory and production regimes implemented by the state and employers, in order to compete in an increasingly internationalized economy. In response to these challenges, trade union movements have been dramatically restructuring; long-standing principles of organization have been jettisoned in an attempt to develop new structures. Central to this process of structural adaptation are the mergers of trade unions.This informative book focuses on the merger process in Britain and Germany and, uniquely, it reviews the wider implications of these developments – particularly for North America. As well as addressing the reasons for mergers, the book also examines the process whereby mergers are concluded, investigates the consequences, and analyses the costs and benefits of the post-merger organisation. Drawing on interviews conducted with senior policy-makers engaged in merger processes, this book explores the extent of internal union reform brought about by the merger process, and also identifies the implications of this reform for trade unions world-wide. Structured in distinct sections, this book covers topic such as:what distinguishes the British and German systems? trade union structures pre-merger issues settling the terms of the mergers post-merger developments.This book forms part of the Routledge Research in Employment Relations series featuring works of high academic merit drawn from a wide range of academic studies in the social sciences. It is a valuable resource for postgraduate students studying business and management, industrial employee relations, and trade unions. |
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A Comprehensive Guide to Attention Deficit Disorder in Adults: Research, Diagnosis and Treatment $79.95 A Comprehensive Guide to Attention Deficit Disorder in Adults begins by addressing the history of ADD and the evolution of our understanding of the disorder. The neurobiology of ADD is examined, laying a solid foundation for the clinician to develop a scientific understanding of this complex syndrome. The assessment and differential diagnosis of ADD is examined from the perspectives of a variety of specialists in the field. This includes an exploration of the interrelationships between attention deficit disorder and other neurodevelopmental disabilities that may interact with ADD to affect cognitive functioning, and an examination of the connections between ADD and a host of psychiatric conditions. Also covered is the process of differential diagnosis from a neurological perspective, which will help the nonmedically trained clinician to better determine when a complete neurological evaluation seems warranted in the assessment process. Authors examine ADD with and without hyperactivity and describe a wide range of assessment tools that can be useful in developing a full diagnostic picture of different conditions that must be addressed in treating adults with the disorder. A wealth of experience, highly practical suggestions, and an optimistic outlook are the hallmark of the section on treatment. The authors strongly recommend a multifaceted treatment plan combining medication, psychotherapy, and addressing the pervasive self-esteem issues that typically haunt the adult whose condition has gone untreated. The volume concludes with a discussion of the legal implications of the diagnosis of ADD in adults as it pertains to education and employment, the important role of support groups foradults with ADD, and a thought-provoking examination of current and future research including the need for increased public recognition of ADD in adults. |
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A Consideration Of The Wealth And Poverty Of Nations (1887) $17.28 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:RIGHTS. CHAPTER IV., SECTION I. A claim of rights is an unconscious recognition of an invisible Being, whence they are derived, by whose judgments they are defined, limited and enlarged, and through whose power they are enforced. Rights, primarily derived, are recognized secondarily and in the person, as inherent. They flow from the same fountain as wants. They constitute the material embodiment of wants. They furnish wants with food, clothing and shelter. They are an outcome from the same creative power. A man who has wants, by virtue of his wants, has rights. Wants existing, rights, opening the avenues of satisfactory supply, are consequential, indispensable, inevitable. ” No need go to men for guarantee of rights ; their guarantee is one’s manhood. We may combine with others to secure and maintain them, but in our combination, while we re-establish for others, we but recover for ourselves. God having given them, society should assert and maintain them. A considerate generalization of rights involves three parties. First, the Creator; second, society; third, the individual. Being parts of a great whole, each may be said to have rights upon itself and the others. The Creator has rights on Himself, on society and on the individual. Society has rights itself on the Creator and on the individual. The individual has rights on himself, on society and on the Creator. We are dealing principally with the rights of man and of society. The chief end of human rights, is to assure, through effort, adequate supply of want. An assumption of rights without impulse to effort, is impertinent. Effort, or desire for employment in production, is the chief and necessary contingent of rights. A disposition to effort having been abandoned, rights cannot be logically maintained. When effo |
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A Country Without Strikes; A Visit to the Compulsory Arbitration Court of New Zealand $14.31 This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Doubleday, Page in 1902 in 209 pages; Subjects: Strikes and lockouts; Working class; Arbitration, Industrial; Labor; Business & Economics / Labor; History / General; History / Australia & New Zealand; Law / Arbitration, Negotiation, Mediation; Law / Courts; Law / Labor & Employment; Political Science / Labor & Industrial Relations; |
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A Country Without Strikes; A Visit to the Compulsory Arbitration Court of New Zealand $14.31 This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Doubleday, Page in 1900 in 201 pages; Subjects: Strikes and lockouts; Labor movement; Arbitration, Industrial; Working class; Labor and laboring classes; Labor; Labor laws and legislation; Business & Economics / Labor; History / Australia & New Zealand; Law / Arbitration, Negotiation, Mediation; Law / Courts; Law / Labor & Employment; Political Science / Labor & Industrial Relations; |
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A Critical Essay on Modern Macroeconomic Theory $20 Macroeconomics began as the study of large-scale economic pathologies such as prolonged depression, mass unemployment, and persistent inflation. In the early 1980s, rational expectations and new classical economics dominated macroeconomic theory, with the result that such pathologies can hardly be discussed within the vocabulary of the theory. This essay evolved from the authors’ profound disagreement with that trend. It demonstrates not only how the new classical view got macroeconomics wrong, but alsohow to go about doing macroeconomics the right way.Hahn and Solow argue that what was originally offered as a normative model based on perfect foresight and universal perfect competition — useful for predicting what an ideal, omniscient planner should do — has been almost casually transformed into a model for interpreting real macroeconomic behavior, leading to Panglossian economics that does not reflect actual experience.Following an explanation of microeconomic foundations, chapters introduce the basic elements for a better macro model. The model is simple, but combined with the appropriate model of the labor market it can say useful things about the fluctuation of employment, the correlation between wages and employment, and the role for corrective monetary policy. |
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A Critical History of Economics $85.83 John Mills provides a critical survey of the way economics has developed. He argues that the main goal of economics should be to show how to achieve a combination of economic growth, full employment, low inflation, avoidance of extreme poverty, and sustainability. From the ancient world up to the late 20th century, that it has failed to do so is neither inevitable nor accidental–It has failed because of a combination of intellectual error and the effects of social and political pressure, which Mills claims could and should have been avoided. |
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A Critical History of Sunday Legislation from 321 to 1888 A. D. $19.99 This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: D. Appleton in 1888 in 314 pages; Subjects: Sunday legislation; Law / General; Law / Environmental; Law / Labor & Employment; Law / Legal History; Law / Reference; Law / Government / State, Provincial & Municipal; |
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A Dangerous Promise $22.02 The Kellys traveled across the Atlantic Ocean looking for relief from Ireland’s potato famine and a better life in America. For years, everything went well, until Tom Kelly became ill and died, leaving his wife to support their young children. Although she tried desperately to find employment, Mrs. Kelly could not sufficiently support her children and eventually had no choice but to send them west on the Orphan Train. Join in the fascinating adventures of the Kelly children as they settle into their new lives with new families in the West.Mike Kelly is far younger than the legal age of sixteen, and he dreams of fighting with the Union Army. Mike and his best friend, Todd, secretly train to become army drummer boys and join up with the Second Kansas Infantry. But Mike’s dreams of glory end when he’s wounded at the bloody Battle of Wilson’s Creek and must begin a dangerous adventure that takes him behind enemy lines. |
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A Defence of the Reformation (Volume 1); In Answer to a Book Entitled Just Prejudices Against the Calvinists: Written in French by the Reverend $32.47 The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher”s website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subtitle: In Answer to a Book Entitled Just Prejudices Against the Calvinists: Written in French by the Reverend and Learned Monsieur Claude … and Faithfully Translated Into English, by T.b.–M.a. to Which Is Prefixed, a Sketch of the Author”s Life, Including Some Observations on the Spirit of Popery. Also Appropriate Indexes; Volume: 1; Original Publisher: Printed at the Manufactory for the Employment of the Deaf and Dumb; Publication date: 1815; Subjects: Reformation; Biography |
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A Face Of Courage $4.29 Tommy Watson grew up in the Five Points area of Denver, Colorado, this was a crime-ridden neighborhood wrought with gang violence, drugs and poverty. Living in this type of neighborhood would create any number of obstacles and challenges for a young African-American male; however, Tommy’s biggest challenges were faced behind closed doors. Many of the negative influences insidiously crept into his home. Throughout his childhood, both of his parents were addicted to heroin and neither had a legal means of employment. As a result, family life for Tommy and his siblings was quite chaotic and they often found themselves unsupervised and uncared for. In part due to help of others and also through his own personal drive, he was able to avoid the traps of drug addiction and gang affiliation that eventually consumed the lives of some of his siblings. In spite of several negative classroom experiences, he was able to persevere, graduate from high school and earn an athletic scholarship to play BIG TEN football for the University of Minnesota. |
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A Fairy-Tale of New York $1 A Fairy Tale of New York is a funny, lusty, and sad novel of comic genius. Returning from study abroad, Cornelius Christian enters customs with his luggage and his dead wife. His first encounter in New York is with a funeral director, with whom he reluctantly takes employment to pay for the burial expenses. In the course of his duties he meets the beautiful Fanny Sourpuss over her millionaire husband’s dead body. However, his over-enthusiastic handling of his first corpse lands him in court. Cornelius Christian wanders through the great sad cathedral that is New York, examining the human condition in all its comic pathos and lonely absurdity. Whether lingering in the Automat drinking from half empty coffee cups and stealing baked beans from the plates of customers who go looking for ketchup, or finding love on a street corner only to end up fighting his way out of a hooker’s fists, Cornelius Christian, heroic anti-hero, sings of life’s goodness in the wake of disaster. |
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A Fairy-Tale of New York $12 A Fairy Tale of New York is a funny, lusty, and sad novel of comic genius. Returning from study abroad, Cornelius Christian enters customs with his luggage and his dead wife. His first encounter in New York is with a funeral director, with whom he reluctantly takes employment to pay for the burial expenses. In the course of his duties he meets the beautiful Fanny Sourpuss over her millionaire husband’s dead body. However, his over-enthusiastic handling of his first corpse lands him in court. Cornelius Christian wanders through the great sad cathedral that is New York, examining the human condition in all its comic pathos and lonely absurdity. Whether lingering in the Automat drinking from half empty coffee cups and stealing baked beans from the plates of customers who go looking for ketchup, or finding love on a street corner only to end up fighting his way out of a hooker’s fists, Cornelius Christian, heroic anti-hero, sings of life’s goodness in the wake of disaster. |
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A Family’s Guide to the Military For Dummies $19.99 Your personal how-tohandbook for living yourbest life as a military familyLooking for a clear, concise guide to military life? Whether you’re new to the armed forces or planning your latest relocation, this plain-English handbook has expert tips for overcoming the challenges and taking advantage of the benefits unique to life in the military. From living on a base to financial planning to deployment, you’ll see how to find all the support your family needs. Grasp the boot camp basics — understand rank and military hierarchy, find your way around a base, and connect with others in the communityTake charge of your finances — decipher military compensation, handle your taxes, build credit, and invest for your family’s futureUnderstand your military benefits — obtain health and dental insurance, utilize the family support centers, explore retirement benefits, and moreRaise a happy family — from housing and childcare to education and recreation, take advantage of all the military offers Handle deployments — prepare for deployment, help children cope, stay connected with your loved one, and manage stress and anxietyTransition out of the military — assess the financial benefits, retire from service, and plan for your next careerOpen the book and find:An overview of military versus civilian lifestyleYour place in the military structure Educational and employment opportunitiesFamily support centers, groups, and associations The best benefits for military spousesHow to avoid scams against service membersA family’s guide to military acronymsPrograms outside the military you can turn to for support |
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A Family’s Guide to the Military For Dummies $19.99 Your personal how-tohandbook for living yourbest life as a military familyLooking for a clear, concise guide to military life? Whether you’re new to the armed forces or planning your latest relocation, this plain-English handbook has expert tips for overcoming the challenges and taking advantage of the benefits unique to life in the military. From living on a base to financial planning to deployment, you’ll see how to find all the support your family needs. Grasp the boot camp basics — understand rank and military hierarchy, find your way around a base, and connect with others in the communityTake charge of your finances — decipher military compensation, handle your taxes, build credit, and invest for your family’s futureUnderstand your military benefits — obtain health and dental insurance, utilize the family support centers, explore retirement benefits, and moreRaise a happy family — from housing and childcare to education and recreation, take advantage of all the military offers Handle deployments — prepare for deployment, help children cope, stay connected with your loved one, and manage stress and anxietyTransition out of the military — assess the financial benefits, retire from service, and plan for your next careerOpen the book and find:An overview of military versus civilian lifestyleYour place in the military structure Educational and employment opportunitiesFamily support centers, groups, and associations The best benefits for military spousesHow to avoid scams against service membersA family’s guide to military acronymsPrograms outside the military you can turn to for support |
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A Fatal Agenda- The Social, Economic And Democratic Consequences Of Neoliberalism $64 Attempts to expand and globalize the free market over the past quartercenturyhave led to an intensely polarized society in the United States. Ineconomic terms, American workers are systematically victimized by an agendathat seeks to put more money into wealthy pockets and corporate vaults.The common practice of outsourcing jobs to foreign labor markets byAmerican corporations has left hundreds of thousands of American workerssearching for meaningful employment. On the social front, poor and workingAmericans are realizing a dire sense of hopelessness derived from a domesticpolicy agenda that aims to end social welfare. The introduction of welfarereform laws that place unreasonable demands on poor and workingAmericans have ripped away any reliable safety net during a time where millionsof workers are in need of valuable assistance. In addition to theseeconomic and social consequences, the neoliberal agenda has also launchedan all-out attack on the democratic institution in America. By encouragingthe practice of corporate lobbying and campaign financing, neoliberalism hascreated a political landscape where the interests of corporations take precedenceover the interests of the people. Consequently, the American electoratehas been rendered impotent in a political game where money equals democraticpower. |
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A Grave Denied $7.99 Everyone knew Len Dreyer, a handyman for hire in the Park near Niniltna, Alaska, but no one knew anything else about him. Even Kate Shugak, who was planning to ask him to help build a small second cabin on her property, knew him. But she, the Park’s unofficial P.I., seems to have known less about him than anyone. When Len Dreyer’s body is discovered, frozen solid, in the path of a receding glacier with a hole from a shotgun blast in his chest, no one even noticed that he was missing for months. Alaska State Trooper Jim Chopin asks Kate to help him dig into Dreyer’s background, in the hope of finding some motive for his murder. She takes the case, mindful of the need for gainful employment as she copes with her responsibility for Johnny, the teenage boy in her care and a constant reminder of his father, her dead lover. Little does she imagine that by trying to provide for him she just might put him right in the path of danger. |
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A Grave Denied (Kate Shugak Series #13) $0.99 “Stabenow is a fine storyteller, but it is her passion for the Alaskan landscape and the iconoclastic people who inhabit it that fires this series and lifts this latest entry to its pinnacle.” -Publishers Weekly (starred review) Everyone knew Len Dreyer, a handyman for hire in the Park near Niniltna, Alaska, but no one knew anything else about him. Even Kate Shugak, who was planning to ask him to help build a small second cabin on her property, knew him. But she, the Park’s unofficial P.I., seems to have known less about him than anyone.When Len Dreyer’s body is discovered, frozen solid, in the path of a receding glacier with a hole from a shotgun blast in his chest, no one even noticed that he was missing for months. Alaska State Trooper Jim Chopin asks Kate to help him dig into Dreyer’s background, in the hope of finding some motive for his murder. She takes the case, mindful of the need for gainful employment as she copes with her responsibility for Johnny, the teenage boy in her care and a constant reminder of his father, her dead lover. Little does she imagine that by trying to provide for him she just might put him right in the path of danger.”Every time I think Dana Stabenow has gotten as good as she can get, she comes up with something better.” —The Washington Times |
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A Grave Denied (Kate Shugak Series #13) $7.99 “Stabenow is a fine storyteller, but it is her passion for the Alaskan landscape and the iconoclastic people who inhabit it that fires this series and lifts this latest entry to its pinnacle.” -Publishers Weekly (starred review) Everyone knew Len Dreyer, a handyman for hire in the Park near Niniltna, Alaska, but no one knew anything else about him. Even Kate Shugak, who was planning to ask him to help build a small second cabin on her property, knew him. But she, the Park’s unofficial P.I., seems to have known less about him than anyone.When Len Dreyer’s body is discovered, frozen solid, in the path of a receding glacier with a hole from a shotgun blast in his chest, no one even noticed that he was missing for months. Alaska State Trooper Jim Chopin asks Kate to help him dig into Dreyer’s background, in the hope of finding some motive for his murder. She takes the case, mindful of the need for gainful employment as she copes with her responsibility for Johnny, the teenage boy in her care and a constant reminder of his father, her dead lover. Little does she imagine that by trying to provide for him she just might put him right in the path of danger.”Every time I think Dana Stabenow has gotten as good as she can get, she comes up with something better.” —The Washington Times |
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A Grave Denied (Kate Shugak Series #13) $7.99 “Stabenow is a fine storyteller, but it is her passion for the Alaskan landscape and the iconoclastic people who inhabit it that fires this series and lifts this latest entry to its pinnacle.” -Publishers Weekly (starred review) Everyone knew Len Dreyer, a handyman for hire in the Park near Niniltna, Alaska, but no one knew anything else about him. Even Kate Shugak, who was planning to ask him to help build a small second cabin on her property, knew him. But she, the Park’s unofficial P.I., seems to have known less about him than anyone.When Len Dreyer’s body is discovered, frozen solid, in the path of a receding glacier with a hole from a shotgun blast in his chest, no one even noticed that he was missing for months. Alaska State Trooper Jim Chopin asks Kate to help him dig into Dreyer’s background, in the hope of finding some motive for his murder. She takes the case, mindful of the need for gainful employment as she copes with her responsibility for Johnny, the teenage boy in her care and a constant reminder of his father, her dead lover. Little does she imagine that by trying to provide for him she just might put him right in the path of danger.”Every time I think Dana Stabenow has gotten as good as she can get, she comes up with something better.” —The Washington Times |
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A Guide to Careers in Community Development $35 Community development — the economic, physical, and social revitalization of a community led by the people who live in that community — offers a wide range of exciting and rewarding employment options. But until now, there has been no road map for professionals, volunteers, students, or anyone wishing to become involved in the field.A Guide to Careers in Community Development describes the many different kinds of community development jobs available, ranging from community organizing, to financing housing and new businesses, to redeveloping brownfields. It offers advice on how to break into the field along with guidance for career advancement and lateral movement. |
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A Guide to Lead-Free Solders: Physical Metallurgy and Reliability $169 While tin/lead solders have dominated the electronics industry for many years, environmental considerations and new legislation are forcing change. Backed by more than ten years of research in Pb-free solders, many electronics manufacturers are poised for conversion.A Guide to Lead-free Solders is intended as a tool to help industry as it moves into a new era in the production and use of solders. An overview of the principles of soldering technology is provided beginning with the theory underlying each concept. Focusing on the most up-to-date methods for testing and characterization, these theories are then reinforced by experimental examples and industrial applications.Addresses key issues in assembly from a materials point of view.Gives the reader convenient access to data essential for the proper evaluation and employment of cutting-edge ternary Sn/Ag/X solders Allows comparison of the performance of Pb-free solders with that of standard eutectic SnPb.Although primarily of interest to professional design and reliability engineers working in electronics assembly and manufacturing, A Guide to Lead-free Solders will also be valuable for graduate students looking to apply expertise in materials, mechanical or electronic engineering in this industry. Researchers in electronics and materials will find the latest research at their fingertips together with the likely directions industry will need from such research in the future. |
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A Guide to Lead-free Solders: Physical Metallurgy and Reliability $125.48 While tin/lead solders have dominated the electronics industry for many years, environmental considerations and new legislation are forcing change. Backed by more than ten years of research in Pb-free solders, many electronics manufacturers are poised for conversion.A Guide to Lead-free Solders is intended as a tool to help industry as it moves into a new era in the production and use of solders. An overview of the principles of soldering technology is provided beginning with the theory underlying each concept. Focusing on the most up-to-date methods for testing and characterization, these theories are then reinforced by experimental examples and industrial applications.Addresses key issues in assembly from a materials point of view.Gives the reader convenient access to data essential for the proper evaluation and employment of cutting-edge ternary Sn/Ag/X soldersAllows comparison of the performance of Pb-free solders with that of standard eutectic SnPb.Although primarily of interest to professional design and reliability engineers working in electronics assembly and manufacturing, A Guide to Lead-free Solders will also be valuable for graduate students looking to apply expertise in materials, mechanical or electronic engineering in this industry. Researchers in electronics and materials will find the latest research at their fingertips together with the likely directions industry will need from such research in the future. |
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A Half Century Of Naval Service $11.95 PREFACE The class of 68 in the U. S. Naval Academy entered the naval arena at a time when matters connected with the sea were on the threshold of a great development. During their span of about half a century naval weapons and methods underwent change to an extent undreamed of before. In partial illustration of this are the two photographs in this book of my first ship in 1864, the U.S.S. Macedomia, a sailing frigate that had been captured from the British in the War of 1812, and of the battleship, Cofinecticut, my flagship when in command of the Atlantic Fleet prior to going on the retired list in 1911. To take part in the successive steps of material development and keep abreast of professional. thought in the employment of the personnel and ever-changing tools to give proper training and fillip to those coming after, and to maintain their morale and spirit by example even more than by pre- cept in fine, to preserve the naval tradition,-this has been a satisfying goal for the men of that period, at least during the latter part of it and, upon laying down their beloved burden, they could do so with the pleasant thought that the great test of a war of wholly new aspect had found the fleet Salzs peur et sums reprocke and ready as far as it lay with them to make it so. Incidental have been the world-wide, varied activities of the silent navy, fostering resourcefulness and adaptability while at times interesting and useful. |
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A Half Century Of Naval Service $36.75 PREFACE The class of 68 in the U. S. Naval Academy entered the naval arena at a time when matters connected with the sea were on the threshold of a great development. During their span of about half a century naval weapons and methods underwent change to an extent undreamed of before. In partial illustration of this are the two photographs in this book of my first ship in 1864, the U.S.S. Macedomia, a sailing frigate that had been captured from the British in the War of 1812, and of the battleship, Cofinecticut, my flagship when in command of the Atlantic Fleet prior to going on the retired list in 1911. To take part in the successive steps of material development and keep abreast of professional. thought in the employment of the personnel and ever-changing tools to give proper training and fillip to those coming after, and to maintain their morale and spirit by example even more than by pre- cept in fine, to preserve the naval tradition,-this has been a satisfying goal for the men of that period, at least during the latter part of it and, upon laying down their beloved burden, they could do so with the pleasant thought that the great test of a war of wholly new aspect had found the fleet Salzs peur et sums reprocke and ready as far as it lay with them to make it so. Incidental have been the world-wide, varied activities of the silent navy, fostering resourcefulness and adaptability while at times interesting and useful. |
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A Handbook of Employments Specially Prepared for the Use of Boys and Girls on Entering the Trades, Industries, and Professions $29.89 The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher’s website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: Aberdeen : The Rosemount Press; Publication date: 1908; Subjects: Occupations; Vocational guidance; Employment agencies; Business |
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A Handy-Book of the Labour Laws; Being a Popular Guide to the Employers and Workmen ACT, 1875. Conspiracy and Protection of Property ACT, 1875 $26.25 This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subtitle: Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act, 1875 … Etc., Etc; Original Published by: Macmillan and co. in 1895 in 358 pages; Subjects: Labor laws and legislation; Great Britain; Law / General; Law / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice; Law / Labor & Employment; |
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A History Of The Scotch Poor Law $19.9 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.Excerpt from book:Section 3CHAPTER II. Laws of Charles II.: Establishment of manufacturing incorporations — Dearth of capital and lack of employment — Duties of justices — Overseers of the poor — Regular and casual poor — Ability and disability — Over-facility of relief — Compulsory labour — Privileges of employers — ChargeaWlity by residence — Correction-houses — Treatment of poor — Apprenticeship — Punishment of vagabonds. — Laws of William III.: Proclamations for maintaining the poor and repressing beggars. — Summary of enactments. — Other Acts — Against drunkenness and swearing, profanation of the Lord’s day, theft and depredation — Act for encouragement of manufactures — Bank of Scotland — ‘ Act anent murdering of Children’ — Parish schools — The Union — Assessments — Amount of relief — Numbers relieved — Pauperism of Scotland and England. It was not until after an interval of nearly half a century from the passing of the Act of James the Sixth (the First of England), in 1617,” and in the year following the restoration of his grandson Charles the Second, that any further legislation took place with regard to the relief of the Scottish poor. The intermediate period of what has heen emphatically called the Great Rebellion, as well as that of the Commonwealth and the Protectorate which succeeded it, although most highly important in their political and social consequences, were too much occupied with the exciting occurrences of the day, to admit of any matters so purely domestic as the relief of the poor being entered upon or considered. The events of these periods, and of the Restoration in which they may be said to have terminated, are so well known that it is not necessary to describe or |
