Taut, stylish stories take on big moral questions from surprising perspectives. A teenager’s job mucking stalls at a dog track takes a strange turn when his co-worker finds a new religion at odds with winning streaks. Two brothers set out in search of fame upon the frozen waters of a subarctic lake. After her mother's death, a high school student tries to make rent by winning the Unitarian Church’s Annual Young Writer’s Short Story Competition. An incarcerated man considers the nature of justice between shifts with his fellow inmates at Nations at War, the ultimate live-action experience for tourists eager to learn about the Canadian Civil War. Spanning states and provinces, and featuring an apocalypse, a coterie of ghosts, nuns on ice, and an above-average number of dogs, the stories in Hello, Horse consider the mirage of authenticity and the impact of decisions we make—for better and for worse.
This book provides knowledge engineers with practical methods for initiating, designing, building, managing, and demonstrating successful commercial expert systems. It is a record of what actually works (and does not work) in the construction of expert systems, drawn from the author's decade of experience in building expert systems in all major areas of application for American, European, and Japanese organizations. The book features: * knowledge engineering programming techniques * useful skills for demonstrating expert systems * practical costing and metrics * guidelines for using knowledge representation techniques * solutions to common difficulties in design and implementation
Few issues have so engaged the attention of nuclear industry regulators and industry officials as the operation of the federal system to protect employees who raise safety concerns. The actions that a utility takes in response to employee concerns affect its reputation with regulators, which, in turn, influences the amount of trust that regulators afford the utility when employee allegations are made against it. This is especially true for a utility that is a regulated organization licensed to operate a nuclear reactor-a 'licensee.' The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), as the government agency responsible for the regulation of the nuclear power industry, asserts that establishing and maintaining a safety-conscious work environment that encourages employees to identify and help resolve concerns is crucial for maintaining plant safety. Protection processes were established within NRC and the Department of Labor to encourage nuclear industry employees to raise safety concerns with their employers or with NRC or others without fear of discrimination. Section 211 (formerly section 210) of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (ERA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 5851), makes it unlawful for an employer to discriminate against an employee who has 'blown the whistle' by engaging in one or more 'protected activities' related to reporting safety concerns.
Lavishly illustrated, these giant books provide children with masses of knowledge. Each fact is numbered, so as children read they can clearly chart their progress. A multitude of subjects are comprehensively covered across the set, including Earth and Space, Prehistoric Life, Animals, History and Science. Cartoons, quizzes, fun facts and projects are scattered throughout to actively encourage reading and learning. Over 1000 numbered facts in each book Detailed illustrations and photographs Quizzes show how much children have learnt Simple activities and projects Amazing fact panels illustrated with fun cartoons
Shortlisted, Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Nonfiction On a whim, armchair-atheist Richard Kelly Kemick joins the 100-plus cast of The Canadian Badlands Passion Play, North America's largest production of its kind and one of the main tourist attractions in Alberta. By the time closing night is over, Kemick has a story to tell. From the controversial choice of casting to the bizarre life in rehearsal, this glorious behind-the-scenes look at one of Canada's strangest theatrical spectacles also confronts the role of religion in contemporary life and the void left by its absence for non-believers. In the tradition of tragic luminaries such as David Foster Wallace, Jonathan Goldstein, and David Sedaris, I Am Herod gives its congregation of readers unparalleled access to the players of the Passion: there's Judas, who wears a leather jacket even when it's 30˚C; the Chief Sadducee, who is ostracized for his fanaticism; Pilate, the only actor who swears; the Holy Spirit, who is breaking ground as the role's first female actor; and the understudy Christ, the previous year's real-deal Christ who was demoted to backup and now performs illicit one-man shows backstage.
This book is a practical guide for business professionals to develop and improve business intelligence and collective decision-making within their organisation. It proposes a progressive reconfiguration of the traditional business operating system using a nature-inspired framework called swarm facilitation that enables and facilitates collective decision-making. Organisations have followed the same rigid formula of problem-solving and decision-making for over 100 years. It is dominated by centralised governance and pyramid decision-making. Such an approach is no longer fit for purpose in an environment of employee disengagement, artificial intelligence (AI)/superintelligence, and Covid-19 fallout. By the end of this book, readers will be able to: • solve organisational problems and challenges collectively using swarm intelligence; • upgrade and future-proof business operating systems to reflect a more collective decision-making approach fit for the new connected economy and Industry 4.0; • embrace mindset quotients that support people working in a more networked, self-organising, and collective environment. The book is important reading for leaders and managers who are focused on building organisational capital and engagement and gaining value from the emerging technology by evolving their business operating system into a digital ecosystem as part of an ongoing digital transformation strategy. It will also appeal to experts working in the field of organisational change and development, both within the organisation and as consultants.
To Finnan and Cormac This is a short history of everything I wanted to tell you and would have if I had the time and opportunity. I have already enjoyed the delight of starting the conversation with each of you, but the truth is, these thoughts can be more complete by writing them. And you can revisit them if you choose. They were and are really stories, and I wish more of them were about what we will have shared over the next twenty years. But now is now, and that is where we are at the moment. To end this phase of our conversation in your young lives and to foreshadow our future discussions, I suggest that what you can profitably watch for is the complicated lesson that cooperation is the successful long term strategy in the competition of life.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution signals a sea change in the way we lead our organisations. Moving away from relational leadership and horizontal, organisationally-led development, it is imperative that business leaders are able to adapt to more networked organisations and shift away from dated assumptions of positional power. Constructing Leadership 4.0 breaks new ground by explaining the urgent challenges facing managers and business leaders. It will teach you how to: Approach leadership development as a system rather than a programme Develop an organisational ecosystem to support leadership 4.0 Build collaborative networks Cultivate a responsive mindset through sensemaking Use non-classroom based learning methodologies for educating leaders Rooted in leadership development methodology and underpinned by cutting-edge research, this book calls for businesses to cultivate responsive leaders through a theory of connectivism and swarm intelligence that reflects the coming cybernetic revolution.
Rocks and Minerals Handbook is a fun, practical guide featuring easy identification tips, key stats and interesting facts about rocks and minerals, to encourage children to be interested in the subject. Rocks and Minerals Handbook can be used by kids on outdoor excursions or doing indoor research, as each fact file contains lots of interesting information. Types of rocks and minerals included: * Minerals: albite, augite, calcite, diamond, fluorite, gypsum, hornblende, jadeite, kaolinite, magnetite, mica, olivine, orthoclase, pyrite and quartz * Igneous rocks: andesite, basalt, diorite, gabbro, granite, obsidian, pegmatite, porphyry and pumice * Metamorphic rocks: gneiss, hornfels, marble, phyllite, quartzite, schist, serpentinite and slate * Sedimentary rocks: breccia, chalk, coal, conglomerate, flint, fossils, limestone, sandstone and shale * Space rocks: meteorites Features of this book: * Over 40 detailed rock and mineral fact files to engage children, including information on each specimen's colour, location, weight and hardness. * Helpful photographs of rocks for kids to identify their sightings and useful labels to explain the main features of each specimen. * Designated areas to record observations, and add drawings and photos. * 'Seen it?' and 'Exposure rating system' circles to tick, helping kids keep a note of what they have seen. * Helpful 'How to use this book' guide and glossary to summarise key definitions for young learners. * Introductions to the book - Rock cycle and Places to go - offer helpful tips such as what to look for, where to look and the 'Rockhound kit' check list.
A collection of short stories from the mind of Richard W. Kelly, the author of Testament. From parkour rebels to men sold as currency, this collection holds fascinating tales from beyond our normal world.
This practical handbook helps readers to identify more than 40 UK butterfly and moth species. Readers are encouraged to personalize their handbook by adding photos and sketches, making notes and ticking the check lists provided.
This alphabetical handbook features over 40 dinosaurs. Each page showcases a realistic illustration and a scale-to-man feature shows how big each dinosaur was.
Você ainda não viu esse filme. Mesmo que seja fã de carteirinha, e já tenha assistido a Donnie Darko mais de uma vez – ou dez, ou quinze, quem está contando? Pois a versão que a DarkSide Books está lançando é inédita. Pela primeira vez no Brasil, você poderá entrar de cabeça no universo paralelo de Frank, Donnie e seu criador. Não se trata de uma adaptação do longa-metragem de 2001, e muito menos de um romance que poderia ter inspirado o cineasta Richard Kelly. Donnie Darko, o livro, apresenta na íntegra o roteiro original. A primeira materialização da história, sua chance de conhecer a visão original dessa intrigante obra-prima. A história de Donnie Darko é fácil de resumir – e talvez por isso mesmo ele tenha se transformado no filme preferido de tanta gente mundo afora: um adolescente problemático, com sintomas de esquizofrenia e sonambulismo, escapa da morte quando uma turbina de avião cai no seu quarto. Ele passa a ter visões com Frank, o humano numa estúpida roupa de coelho, ou seria o contrário? Além do roteiro original, Donnie Darko, o livro conta com prefácio exclusivo, assinado por Jake Gyllenhaal, o astro de sucessos como Zodíaco e O Segredo de Brokeback Mountain; uma robusta entrevista sobre todo seu processo de criação, verdadeira aula sobre o amor ao cinema e as armadilhas da indústria do entretenimento; e A Filosofia da Viagem no Tempo – isso mesmo, uma reprodução de trechos do livro escrito por Roberta Sparrow, a Vovó Morte do filme. É o livro que Donnie lê para tentar desvendar o que está acontecendo no mundo ao seu redor. Agora você tem a mesma oportunidade.
Tom Evers, a young college professor, reluctantly becomes involved in a desperate search for a vicious serial killer who murders college women for sexual gratification. During his investigation, he comes to the disturbing realization that he and his wife may be in danger, and that the killer may be a member of the faculty. As an insider who is well known on campus, Tom uncovers information that is not available to the police. This eventually enables him to identify the murderer. Blood Stained Ivory will have a special appeal for those who appreciate the unusual and the unexpected. The setting adds an extra dimension. The portrayal of the university in remarkably realistic detail and the strong characterization provide a view of the ivory tower from a unique perspective. The plot explores several important social issues, and the good natured banter which appears in the dialogue introduces some comic relief into an otherwise grim tale.
This textbook analyzes the major political parties in Britain - their ideals, organization, electoral records and prospects and the effect they have on British politics and society.
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