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Lawtalk

The Unknown Stories Behind Familiar Legal Expressions

By: James E. Clapp,Elizabeth G. Thornburg,Marc Galanter,Fred R. Shapiro

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Lawtalk

The Unknown Stories Behind Familiar Legal Expressions

By: James E. Clapp,Elizabeth G. Thornburg,Marc Galanter,Fred R. Shapiro

Law-related words and phrases abound in our everyday language, often without our being aware of their origins or their particular legal significance: boilerplate, jailbait, pound of flesh, rainmaker, the third degree. This insightful and entertaining book reveals the unknown stories behind familiar legal expressions that come from sources as diverse as Shakespeare, vaudeville, and Dr. Seuss. Separate entries for each expression follow no prescribed formula but instead focus on the most interesting, enlightening, and surprising aspects of the words and their evolution. Popular myths and misunderstandings are explored and exploded, and the entries are augmented with historical images and humorous sidebars. Lively and unexpected, Lawtalk will draw a diverse array of readers with its abundance of linguistic, legal, historical, and cultural information. Those readers should be forewarned: upon finishing one entry, there is an irresistible temptation to turn to another, and yet another.

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Yale University Press

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030017246X

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9780300172461

The Origins of Modern Humans

Biology Reconsidered

By: Fred H. Smith,James C. Ahern

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The Origins of Modern Humans

Biology Reconsidered

By: Fred H. Smith,James C. Ahern

This update to the award-winning The Origins of Modern Humans: A World Survey of the Fossil Evidence covers the most accepted common theories concerning the emergence of modern Homo sapiens adding fresh insight from top young scholars on the key new discoveries of the past 25 years. The Origins of Modern Humans: Biology Reconsidered allows field leaders to discuss and assess the assemblage of hominid fossil material in each region of the world during the Pleistocene epoch. It features new fossil and molecular evidence, such as the evolutionary inferences drawn from assessments of modern humans and large segments of the Neandertal genome. It also addresses the impact of digital imagery and the more sophisticated morphometrics that have entered the analytical fray since 1984. Beginning with a thoughtful introduction by the authors on modern human origins, the book offers such insightful chapter contributions as: Africa: The Cradle of Modern People Crossroads of the Old World: Late Hominin Evolution in Western Asia A River Runs through It: Modern Human Origins in East Asia Perspectives on the Origins of Modern Australians Modern Human Origins in Central Europe The Makers of the Early Upper Paleolithic in Western Eurasia Neandertal Craniofacial Growth and Development and Its Relevance for Modern Human Origins Energetics and the Origin of Modern Humans Understanding Human Cranial Variation in Light of Modern Human Origins The Relevance of Archaic Genomes to Modern Human Origins The Process of Modern Human Origins: The Evolutionary and Demographic Changes Giving Rise to Modern Humans The Paleobiology of Modern Human Emergence Elegant and thought provoking, The Origins of Modern Humans: Biology Reconsidered is an ideal read for students, grad students, and professionals in human evolution and paleoanthropology.

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585

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118659902

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9781118659908

Consultative Hematology, An Issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

By: Fred J. Schiffman,Anthony Mega

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Consultative Hematology, An Issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

By: Fred J. Schiffman,Anthony Mega

Topics include: Why does my patient have leukocytosis?, Why Is My Patient Neutropenic?, Does My Patient with a Serum Monoclonal Spike have Multiple Myeloma?, DVT and Pulmonary Embolism, Why Does My Patient Have Lymphadenopathy/Splenomegaly?,and Why Does My Patient have Thrombocytopenia?

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256

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1455744077

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9781455744077

Rebel Without a Car

Surviving and Appreciating Your Child's Teen Years

By: Fred Mednick

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Rebel Without a Car

Surviving and Appreciating Your Child's Teen Years

By: Fred Mednick

Upbeat, up-to-date, humorous, and meticulously researched, this is a handy guidebook for parents to read while they're waiting up. When you can't take more of your teenager's whine, this book will help you laugh at and appreciate the adolescent syndrome.

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Fred Mednick

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1577490142

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9781577490142

Group Psychology and Political Theory

By: C. Fred Alford

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Group Psychology and Political Theory

By: C. Fred Alford

In this text, the author argues that the group, not the individual is the most fundamental reality in society. Political theorists should realize that the group is the state of nature and that civil society is the product of the individual's attempt to develop a sense of self.

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252

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Yale University Press

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0300059582

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9780300059588

Individual and Family Therapy

Toward an Integration

By: Fred M. Sander

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Individual and Family Therapy

Toward an Integration

By: Fred M. Sander

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Jason Aronson

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0876684002

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9780876684009

Programming Multi-Agent Systems in AgentSpeak using Jason

By: Rafael H. Bordini,Jomi Fred Hübner,Michael Wooldridge

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Programming Multi-Agent Systems in AgentSpeak using Jason

By: Rafael H. Bordini,Jomi Fred Hübner,Michael Wooldridge

Jason is an Open Source interpreter for an extended version of AgentSpeak – a logic-based agent-oriented programming language – written in JavaTM. It enables users to build complex multi-agent systems that are capable of operating in environments previously considered too unpredictable for computers to handle. Jason is easily customisable and is suitable for the implementation of reactive planning systems according to the Belief-Desire-Intention (BDI) architecture. Programming Multi-Agent Systems in AgentSpeak using Jason provides a brief introduction to multi-agent systems and the BDI agent architecture on which AgentSpeak is based. The authors explain Jason’s AgentSpeak variant and provide a comprehensive, practical guide to using Jason to program multi-agent systems. Some of the examples include diagrams generated using an agent-oriented software engineering methodology particularly suited for implementation using BDI-based programming languages. The authors also give guidance on good programming style with AgentSpeak. Programming Multi-Agent Systems in AgentSpeak using Jason Describes and explains in detail the AgentSpeak extension interpreted by Jason and shows how to create multi-agent systems using the Jason platform. Reinforces learning with examples, problems, and illustrations. Includes two case studies which demonstrate the use of Jason in practice. Features an accompanying website that provides further learning resources including sample code, exercises, and slides This essential guide to AgentSpeak and Jason will be invaluable to senior undergraduate and postgraduate students studying multi-agent systems. The book will also be of interest to software engineers, designers, developers, and programmers interested in multi-agent systems.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470029005

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9780470029008

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Lawtalk

Lawtalk

The Origins of Modern Humans

The Origins of Modern Humans

Consultative Hematology, An Issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

Consultative Hematology, An Issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

Rebel Without a Car

Rebel Without a Car

Group Psychology and Political Theory

Group Psychology and Political Theory

Individual and Family Therapy

Individual and Family Therapy

Programming Multi-Agent Systems in AgentSpeak using Jason

Programming Multi-Agent Systems in AgentSpeak using Jason

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