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System Identification

A Frequency Domain Approach

By: Rik Pintelon,Johan Schoukens

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System Identification

A Frequency Domain Approach

By: Rik Pintelon,Johan Schoukens

System identification is a general term used to describe mathematical tools and algorithms that build dynamical models from measured data. Used for prediction, control, physical interpretation, and the designing of any electrical systems, they are vital in the fields of electrical, mechanical, civil, and chemical engineering. Focusing mainly on frequency domain techniques, System Identification: A Frequency Domain Approach, Second Edition also studies in detail the similarities and differences with the classical time domain approach. It high??lights many of the important steps in the identification process, points out the possible pitfalls to the reader, and illustrates the powerful tools that are available. Readers of this Second Editon will benefit from: MATLAB software support for identifying multivariable systems that is freely available at the website http://booksupport.wiley.com State-of-the-art system identification methods for both time and frequency domain data New chapters on non-parametric and parametric transfer function modeling using (non-)period excitations Numerous examples and figures that facilitate the learning process A simple writing style that allows the reader to learn more about the theo??retical aspects of the proofs and algorithms Unlike other books in this field, System Identification, Second Edition is ideal for practicing engineers, scientists, researchers, and both master's and PhD students in electrical, mechanical, civil, and chemical engineering.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470640375

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9780470640371

Creating Sustainable Communities

Lessons from the Hudson River Region

By: Rik Scarce

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Creating Sustainable Communities

Lessons from the Hudson River Region

By: Rik Scarce

Explores efforts aimed at creating sustainable communities throughout the Hudson River region. From Mount Marcy to Manhattan and beyond, the Hudson River region has become an incubator for rich and varied experiments in sustainable living. In this fascinating book,Rik Scarce showcases some of these efforts by telling the stories of dynamic individuals and organizations that are remaking the regions landscape through ecosystem stewardship, nurturing agricultural practices, and urban renewal for the twenty-first century, along with those promoting creative land-use planning, richly functioning communities, and green businesses. Together, their achievements point to the potential for other areas of the country to forge sustainable futures, and also remind us of the sobering realities and daunting challenges that await us as we attempt to remake our relationships with the planet and with each other. Powerful, massively inspiring stories from one of the loveliest spots on the planet: this is the new Hudson River School, and we all should be taking notes! Bill McKibben, author of Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future Unlike the bulk of environmental writing from the postWorld War II era, dominated as it is by dystopian works and pessimistic predictions, this book offers hope. We meet good people doing good things, and doing them effectively as models for others to imitate. Mark Hamilton Lytle, author of The Gentle Subversive: Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, and the Rise of the Environmental Movement

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SUNY Press

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1438456433

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9781438456430

Lay It On The Line

A Backstage Pass to Rock Star Adventure, Conflict and TRIUMPH

By: Rik Emmett

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Lay It On The Line

A Backstage Pass to Rock Star Adventure, Conflict and TRIUMPH

By: Rik Emmett

From Triumph superstar Rik Emmett comes the thrilling, inspiring story of a life of rock and roll While describing the impulse driving his life and work, Rik Emmett explains, “I was never in it for the sex and drugs — ah, but the rock and roll. Creativity was, and still is, my it — the truth I bet my life on. It was also, always, about play. The play’s the thing …” Merging memoir, anecdotes, and masterclasses on guitar, songwriting, and the artist’s mindset, Lay It on the Line offers insight and perspective into the many roles Rik Emmett took on. “It” was always a parboiling, psychological gumbo: and this book attempts to finally share the recipe. It also includes photos from Emmett’s own archives, plus the definitive, detailed reasons behind why he walked from Triumph — and came back two decades later. Rock star, it seems, was a character for Rik Emmett to inhabit … a great gig, a catalytic door-opener … it was a role that led to other adventures — and these are the stories he’s chosen to tell.

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ECW Press

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1778521827

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9781778521829

The Puzzle of Left-handedness

By: Rik Smits

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The Puzzle of Left-handedness

By: Rik Smits

Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama have both signed bills into law with their left hands. And being left-handed certainly did not hold back the artistic achievements of Michelangelo or Raphael. And the dexterous guitar playing of Jimmi Hendrix may only have been aided by his southpaw tendencies. Left-handedness, in fact, would appear to be no big deal. Yet throughout history, it has been associated with clumsiness and generally dubious personality traits like untrustworthiness and insincerity. Even the Latin word for left, sinister, has ominous connotations. In The Puzzle of Left-handedness, Rik Smits uncovers why history has been so unkind to our lefthanded forebears. He carefully puts together the pieces of the puzzle, presenting an array of historical anecdotes, strange superstitions, and weird wives’ tales. Smits explains how left-handedness continues to be associated with maladies of all kinds, including mental retardation, alcoholism, asthma, hay fever, cancer, diabetes, insomnia, depression, and criminality. Even in the enlightened twenty-first century, left-handedness still meets with opposition—including from one prominent psychologist who equates it with infantile negativism, similar to a toddler’s refusal to eat what’s on his plate, and another who claims that left-handed people have average lifespans that are nine years shorter than those who favor the right hand. As Smits reminds us, such speculation is backed by little factual evidence, and the arguments presented by proponents of right-handedness tend to be humorously absurd. The Puzzle of Left-handedness is an enlightening, engaging, and entertaining odyssey through the puzzles and paradoxes, theories and myths, of left-handed lore. Chock full of facts and fiction, it’s a book to be read with both hands.

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Reaktion Books

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1861899742

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9781861899743

An Introduction to the Trinity

By: Declan Marmion,Rik van Nieuwenhove

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An Introduction to the Trinity

By: Declan Marmion,Rik van Nieuwenhove

This book introduces the main people and themes in the history of Trinitarian theology and analyses recent, alternative readings of the tradition.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521879523

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9780521879521

Orchestrating and Automating Security for the Internet of Things

Delivering Advanced Security Capabilities from Edge to Cloud for IoT

By: Anthony Sabella,Rik Irons-Mclean,Marcelo Yannuzzi

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Orchestrating and Automating Security for the Internet of Things

Delivering Advanced Security Capabilities from Edge to Cloud for IoT

By: Anthony Sabella,Rik Irons-Mclean,Marcelo Yannuzzi

Master powerful techniques and approaches for securing IoT systems of all kinds–current and emerging Internet of Things (IoT) technology adoption is accelerating, but IoT presents complex new security challenges. Fortunately, IoT standards and standardized architectures are emerging to help technical professionals systematically harden their IoT environments. In Orchestrating and Automating Security for the Internet of Things, three Cisco experts show how to safeguard current and future IoT systems by delivering security through new NFV and SDN architectures and related IoT security standards. The authors first review the current state of IoT networks and architectures, identifying key security risks associated with nonstandardized early deployments and showing how early adopters have attempted to respond. Next, they introduce more mature architectures built around NFV and SDN. You’ll discover why these lend themselves well to IoT and IoT security, and master advanced approaches for protecting them. Finally, the authors preview future approaches to improving IoT security and present real-world use case examples. This is an indispensable resource for all technical and security professionals, business security and risk managers, and consultants who are responsible for systems that incorporate or utilize IoT devices, or expect to be responsible for them. · Understand the challenges involved in securing current IoT networks and architectures · Master IoT security fundamentals, standards, and modern best practices · Systematically plan for IoT security · Leverage Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) to harden IoT networks · Deploy the advanced IoT platform, and use MANO to manage and orchestrate virtualized network functions · Implement platform security services including identity, authentication, authorization, and accounting · Detect threats and protect data in IoT environments · Secure IoT in the context of remote access and VPNs · Safeguard the IoT platform itself · Explore use cases ranging from smart cities and advanced energy systems to the connected car · Preview evolving concepts that will shape the future of IoT security

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Cisco Press

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0134756916

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9780134756912

Al-Qaeda, the Myth

The Root Causes of International Terrorism and how to Tackle Them

By: Rik Coolsaet

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Al-Qaeda, the Myth

The Root Causes of International Terrorism and how to Tackle Them

By: Rik Coolsaet

This study argues that today's international terrorism, especially Al-Qaeda, is born of neither religion nor poverty, but is merely a cloak of patchy discontent, a symptom of a society gone awry.

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Academia Press

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9038206933

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9789038206936

Dawn

The Origins of Language and the Modern Human Mind

By: Rik Smits

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Dawn

The Origins of Language and the Modern Human Mind

By: Rik Smits

In this work, originally published in Dutch, Rik Smits theorizes that language could not have developed originally as a system of communication. It is, instead, the result of combining separate abilities, each of which developed independently to aid the survival of early humans. Lacking strength and speed, man relies on wisdom for survival. Smits theorizes that human skills in calculation and estimation continued to develop until they were sufficient to accommodate a system as complex as grammar. Only after our linguistic ability emerged could humans think logically and share our reasoning with others, at which point almost everything we now call culture began to flourish. Smits concludes that language cannot have long predated the invention of agriculture in the Middle East, some 14,000 years ago. The huge advance in civilization represented by language made abstract powers of reasoning indispensable for the first time, along with highly developed concepts of identity, past, present, and future, all of which rely upon language. This explanation of the origins of language throws new light on cave paintings by Cro-Magnon man, whose masterpieces date from about 40,000 to 15,000 years ago. Anatomically Cro-Magnons were modern humans, but they had no language in the modern sense. Their absence of language gave them no true sense of individual identity. This translation was made possible by a grant from the Dutch Foundation for Literature.

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Transaction Publishers

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1412862108

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9781412862103

Green Your Home All in One For Dummies

By: Yvonne Jeffery,Liz Barclay,Michael Grosvenor,Elizabeth B. Goldsmith,Betsy Sheldon,Eric Corey Freed,Rik DeGunther,Ann Whitman,National Gardening Association,Owen E. Dell

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Green Your Home All in One For Dummies

By: Yvonne Jeffery,Liz Barclay,Michael Grosvenor,Elizabeth B. Goldsmith,Betsy Sheldon,Eric Corey Freed,Rik DeGunther,Ann Whitman,National Gardening Association,Owen E. Dell

Green Your Home All-in-One For Dummies empowers readers to make ecologically-friendly improvements to each and every area of their home. At $29.99 and 696 pages, this package is a real value and a true source book for readers looking for a substantial breadth of information and solutions yet unwilling to invest in four, five, or six books on the wide range of content that they seek.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470464038

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9780470464038

Eco-Warriors

Understanding the Radical Environmental Movement, Updated Edition

By: Rik Scarce

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Eco-Warriors

Understanding the Radical Environmental Movement, Updated Edition

By: Rik Scarce

Eco-Warriors was the first in-depth look at the people, actions, history and philosophies behind the "radical" environmental movement. Focusing on the work of Earth First!, the Sea Shepherds, Greenpeace, and the Animal Liberation Front, among others, Rik Scarce told exciting and sometimes frightening tales of front-line warriors defending an Earth they see as being in environmental peril. While continuing to study these movements as a Ph.D. student, Scarce was jailed for contempt of court for refusing to divulge his sources to prosecutors eager to thwart these groups’ activities. In this updated edition, Scarce brings the trajectory of this movement up to date—including material on the Earth Liberation Front—and provides current resources for all who wish to learn more about one of the most dynamic and confrontational political movements of our time. Literate, captivating, and informative, this is also an ideal volume for classes on environmentalism, social movements, or contemporary politics.

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Routledge

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1315429837

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9781315429830

Ignorance

A Philosophical Study

By: Rik Peels

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Ignorance

A Philosophical Study

By: Rik Peels

a brief history of the study of ignorance. There is a lack of serious investigation into ignorance: apart from the apophatic tradition in the ancient world and the Middle Ages and the more recent fields of agnotology, philosophy of race, and feminist philosophy, ignorance itself has received little philosophical attention. It is then laid out how the field that one would expect to have studied ignorance in detail, namely, epistemology, has failed to do so. The chapter also explores why this could be the case. Subsequently, it is explained what is new about this book and how this fills the important gap in the study of ignorance: it develops and applies an epistemology of ignorance. Finally, it gives a brief overview of the chapters ahead"--

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Oxford University Press

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0197654517

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9780197654514

The Creation of God

By: Rik Pinxten

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The Creation of God

By: Rik Pinxten

First edition, fully updated here, appeared as Goddelijke Fantasie, Antwerp, Belgium with Houtekiet Publ. in 2000."--T.p. verso

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Peter Lang

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9052016445

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9789052016443

Walking a Magic Path

By: Rik Potter

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Walking a Magic Path

By: Rik Potter

Walking a Magic Path is a book for seekers looking for ways to bring magic into everyday life. Rik Potter guides readers into a deeper understanding of the magic that lives within each of us, the magic all around us, in the sky above and the earth below.

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Lulu.com

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1329060075

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9781329060074

Highway to E.S.L.

A User-Friendly Guide to Teaching English as a Second Language

By: Rik Ruiter,Pinky Y. Dang

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Highway to E.S.L.

A User-Friendly Guide to Teaching English as a Second Language

By: Rik Ruiter,Pinky Y. Dang

In today's world, teaching English as a Second Language (E.S.L.) is big business. An expanding global communications network has made English the international language of choice. In Highway to E.S.L., authors Rik Ruiter and Pinky Dang provide an easy-to-understand guide, not only for individuals seeking a new and rewarding career teaching English, but also for experienced E.S.L. instructors who wish to improve their classroom skills. Written in a user-friendly format that includes detailed course planning and an appendix containing a variety of useful evaluation forms, Highway To E.S.L. supplies readers with valuable information on how to teach the different disciplines of English-a vital component to successful education in both domestic and international markets. Other key topics include: · Necessary teaching methodologies and approaches · Innovative personal teaching tips · Proficient classroom management · Troubleshooting common classroom problems · Efficient planning that utilizes timetables · Stimulating activity suggestions · Effective curriculum and lesson planning for grammar, reading, writing, listening, and speaking · Incorporating both conventional and non-conventional teaching resources in the classroom In Highway to E.S.L., Ruiter and Dang answer the common "who, where, when, what, why, and how" questions of both experienced and inexperienced E.S.L. teachers, providing teachers with the vital information needed to educate eager minds.

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iUniverse

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0595342213

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9780595342211

The Anthropology of Space

By: Rik Pinxten,Ingrid van Dooren,Frank Harvey

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The Anthropology of Space

By: Rik Pinxten,Ingrid van Dooren,Frank Harvey

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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1512818399

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9781512818390

UNIX System Security

How to Protect Your Data and Prevent Intruders

By: Rik Farrow

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UNIX System Security

How to Protect Your Data and Prevent Intruders

By: Rik Farrow

This complete guide to maintaining data integrity and preventing security break-ins shows UNIX users and administrators how to protect their files and directories from viruses, worms, and hackers. Essential points are illustrated with actual cases.

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Addison Wesley Publishing Company

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0201570300

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9780201570304

Language of Birds

By: Allan Graubard,Rik Lina

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Language of Birds

By: Allan Graubard,Rik Lina

A book created in the spirit of play. Nine poetic texts concerning birdsong and avian behavior, each accompanied by an illustration of original artwork.

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Lulu.com

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0976143674

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9780976143673

Brandon Sanderson's White Sand

By: Brandon Sanderson,Rik Hoskin

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Brandon Sanderson's White Sand

By: Brandon Sanderson,Rik Hoskin

A brand new saga of magic and adventure by #1 New York Times best-selling author Brandon Sanderson! On the planet of Taldain, the legendary Sand Masters harness arcane powers to manipulate sand in spectacular ways. But when they are slaughtered in a sinister conspiracy, the weakest of their number, Kenton, believes himself to be the only survivor. With enemies closing in on all sides, Kenton forges an unlikely partnership with Khriss -- a mysterious Darksider who hides secrets of her own.

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Dynamite

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1606908871

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9781606908877

Humanism Revisited

An Anthropological Perspective

By: Rik Pinxten

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Humanism Revisited

An Anthropological Perspective

By: Rik Pinxten

The West emancipated itself from the old humanism long ago and in doing so distanced itself from ‘heteronomy’: it declared that man, and not a non-human power, should be the first reference to approach people and nature. Today, as heirs of this tradition, we are still stuck in Eurocentrism (and often racism), and now even threaten to ruin nature by destroying biodiversity and causing the climate to warm up dangerously. Applied through an anthropological perspective, this book calls for a NEED-humanism: Not-Eurocentric, Ecological and (economically) Durable approach that can help promote inclusion and pluralism.

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Berghahn Books

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1805394754

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9781805394754

Islam, Europe and Emerging Legal Issues

By: W. Cole Durham,Rik Torfs

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Islam, Europe and Emerging Legal Issues

By: W. Cole Durham,Rik Torfs

Islam, Europe and Emerging Legal Issues brings together vital analysis of the challenges that Europe poses for an expanding Islam and that Islam poses for Europe, within their ever-evolving religious, legal, and social environments. This book gathers some of the best thinking on Islam and the law affecting current and contested issues that can no longer be ignored, particularly as they have found their way before the European Court of Human Rights. Contributors include leading authorities who are working at the heart of this generation's law and religion questions in Europe and across the world. This book outlines implications for all those who look to Europe-from both within and without-for models of human rights implementation and multi-cultural accommodation.

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Routledge

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1317112350

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9781317112358

The Power of Connection

How to Become a Master Communicator in Your Workplace, Your Head Space and at Your Place

By: Rik Rushton

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The Power of Connection

How to Become a Master Communicator in Your Workplace, Your Head Space and at Your Place

By: Rik Rushton

A simple communication framework to begin practising today We all carry around the technology to stay connected 24/7, yet many of us are disengaged and challenged with our lack of communication skills. The Power of Connection provides you with practical, real-world solutions for improving your professional performance, your personal relationships and your outlook — one conversation at a time. Becoming a confident and compelling communicator might be the most important skill for leaders in the modern business landscape, parents in the modern home and individuals who use ‘self-talk' to help shape their world. By adopting the simple strategies revealed in every chapter, you can become an unshakeable success at what you set out to do. This book is designed to help you start communicating better today, so start reading and start practicing with your very next conversation! Understand your communication strengths and weaknesses Become a better listener to build a deeper connection Learn how communication sits at the heart of all relationships Develop the skills to connect, inspire, engage and empower We are surrounded by noise, yet no one is actually saying anything we can connect with — or are we just not listening? Communication is a two-way street, and involves so much more than just speaking. The Power of Connection offers a quick and easy road map for your personal journey of growth and development that will make you a better parent, friend, spouse and employee. It's the right message for this time considering there's never a wrong time to level up your skills and become more effective at work, at home and in life.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0730349497

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9780730349495

Connect Relate Motivate

Master Communication in Any Situation

By: Rik Rushton

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Connect Relate Motivate

Master Communication in Any Situation

By: Rik Rushton

Communication has become one of the most puzzling paradoxes of our time. We live in a world that is hyper-connected; more plugged in, tuned in and turned on than ever before. Yet, social science confirms that more and more people feel isolated and disconnected from their communities and families. They feel overworked, underpaid, misunderstood and alone. This book is a fresh approach to tackle modern communication challenges, written for today's time poor reader; easily consumed in one sitting (one flight), or one night! This book is a holistic approach to professional and personal communication that will be a significant support in the boardroom, the living room and also the classroom. Despite the capability to be 'in touch' 24/7, many people are disengaged and disillusioned. Business leaders know the struggle to engage and empower a workforce that clocks in, then checks out. Parents know the challenges to connect with teenagers who text better than they talk! And how do you answer the most challenging question every partner dreads: "If you loved me you would know what's wrong?" These are all painful experiences that this book delivers proactive solutions to connect (and protect) these important relationships through better communication. This is vital if you are a business leader, parent or in a loving relationship. This book is a 'map for leaders' who want to harness the power of communication to influence their projects, their ideas, their teams and clients; for parents that seek better relationships with their kids and or loved ones. In this book you will discover in seven easy to read chapters: Compelling reasons to get great at communicating. A path to incredible personal growth.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0730381994

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9780730381990

The Mentor's Way

Eight Rules for Bringing Out the Best in Others

By: Rik Nemanick

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The Mentor's Way

Eight Rules for Bringing Out the Best in Others

By: Rik Nemanick

Drawing on the author’s extensive experience training mentors, The Mentor’s Way outlines eight rules for engaging in a mentoring relationship. Nemanick examines the ways in which mentoring differs from managing or leading, and details the various roles of the mentor as a role model, motivator, confidant, coach, and more. Readers will learn how to develop successfully in each of these roles while helping a protégé to develop his or her own skills. Clear and elegant chapters, each prefaced with a real-world example, emphasize to readers that their role as a mentor lies in listening and responding to a protégé’s individual strengths and needs. Special attention is paid to creating a safe space, displaying empathy, and fielding a protégé’s questions while knowing what to ask as a mentor. The author takes the anxiety out of the mentorship journey, accompanying practical insight with chapter exercises that are designed to help readers use their own experiences to identify best practice. Suggested topics for difficult mentor/protégé conversations allow readers to facilitate a stronger, more open relationship with their protégé. This practical guide will provide mentors with the toolkit they need to get the most out of a relationship with their protégés.

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Routledge

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1317279786

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9781317279785

MULTIMATHEMACY: Anthropology and Mathematics Education

By: Rik Pinxten

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MULTIMATHEMACY: Anthropology and Mathematics Education

By: Rik Pinxten

This book defends that math education should systematically start out from the diverse out-of-school knowledge of children and develop trajectories from there to the Academic Mathematics tower of knowledge. Learning theories of the sociocultural school (Vygotsky and on) are used here, and ethnographic knowledge from around the world is shown to offer a rich and varied base for curricula. The book takes a political stand against the exclusively western focus in OECD analyses and proposals on math education. This book aims at agents in education and social actions in every cultural environment. But it is also attractive to mathematicians, anthropologists and other specialists. It offers a broad and scholarly view of knowledge and culture and a very original transcultural and transdisciplinarian approach to education. Ubiratan D'Ambrosio, UNICAMP/Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil

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Springer

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3319262556

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9783319262550

Singing Palms of Cuba

By: Rik van Boeckel

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Singing Palms of Cuba

By: Rik van Boeckel

Since 2000, this traveling journalist/poet/musician and writer went to Cuba in search of the music of the Caribbean Islands. He took lessons from a Cuban master. His encounters with musicians, Afro-Cuban percussionists and rappers, brought him close to the “real” Cuba. His love for Cuban music and percussion instruments comes to life this book. The book also includes never before published photographs of Che Guevara.

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America Star Books

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1681227665

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9781681227665

Reinvention

Poems

By: Rik Emmett

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Reinvention

Poems

By: Rik Emmett

Poetry from beloved lead guitarist of the multi-platinum record selling legendary band Triumph Reinvention is a largely autobiographical collection of poetry — a project that followed on the heels of Rik Emmett retiring from a touring musician’s and college educator’s life in early 2019. Inside all of the slashes that define him — singer/songwriter/guitarist/rock star/teacher/columnist — writing has always been his strongest avocation, and the poetic style of “Ultra Talk,” in particular, offered a welcome spark for a songwriter’s freedom of expression. This creative license is organized under seven headings – The Humanities, Life & Death, There’s Politics in Everything, Double Helix, Soapbox Sermonettes, Time Time Time, and Ars Nova 2020. Rik’s poetry (literally) reinvents his own retirement, and it’s not just some aging dilettante’s bucket list fancy. He discovered a sincere way to tie up a lot of loose ends, fulfill dormant promise, and eschew show biz tangents. Reinvention, his first book, makes some sense of a life that always went in a lot of different directions at once. Finally, he’s given himself permission to chase a mode of self-expression with less commercial potential … than jazz guitar recordings.

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ECW Press

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1773058428

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Worldviews, Science and Us

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Worlds, Cultures and Society: Leo Apostel Center, Brussels Free University, August 2009; July 2007, September 2010

By: Diederik Aerts,Bart D'Hooghe,Rik Pinxten

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Worldviews, Science and Us

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Worlds, Cultures and Society: Leo Apostel Center, Brussels Free University, August 2009; July 2007, September 2010

By: Diederik Aerts,Bart D'Hooghe,Rik Pinxten

This volume is part of the ?Worldviews, Science and Us? series of proceedings and contains several contributions on the subject of worlds, cultures and society. It represents the proceedings of several workshops and discussion panels organized by the Leo Apostel Center for Interdisciplinary studies within the framework of the ?Research on the Construction of Integrating Worldviews? research community set up by the Flanders Fund for Scientific Research, over the period of time between 2005 to 2010. Further information about this research community and a full list of the associated international research centers can be found at http: //www.vub.ac.be/CLEA/res/worldviews/

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World Scientific

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9814355054

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An Introduction to Medieval Theology

By: Rik van Nieuwenhove

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An Introduction to Medieval Theology

By: Rik van Nieuwenhove

This book is essential reading for anyone interested in medieval thought, be they students of theology, philosophy or literature.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521897548

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Fishy Business

Salmon, Biology, and the Social Construction of Nature

By: Rik Scarce

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Salmon, Biology, and the Social Construction of Nature

By: Rik Scarce

This text offers different ways for regarding human interactions with other species, from appealing ones like wolves to less popular ones like snail darters. Society struggles to decide what parts of nature matter and why. Ultimately, it argues, nature is a social product: what shall we make of it?

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Temple University Press

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1566397294

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Monotheism and Fundamentalism

Prevalence, Potential, and Resilience

By: Rik Peels

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Monotheism and Fundamentalism

Prevalence, Potential, and Resilience

By: Rik Peels

This Element explores the relation between monotheism and fundamentalism. It does so from both an empirical perspective and a more theoretical one that combines theological and philosophical insights. The empirical part addresses how as a matter of fact, particularly quantitively, monotheism and fundamentalism relate to one another. The more theoretical part studies the relation between the two by considering the doctrine of God and the issue of exclusion, theories of revelation, and ethics. Finally, the book considers whether monotheism has particular resources that can be employed in mitigating the consequences of or even altogether preventing fundamentalism. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009309676

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9781009309677

Essentials of Neuropsychological Assessment

Treatment Planning for Rehabilitation, Second Edition

By: Rik Carl D'Amato,Lawrence C. Hartlage, PhD

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Essentials of Neuropsychological Assessment

Treatment Planning for Rehabilitation, Second Edition

By: Rik Carl D'Amato,Lawrence C. Hartlage, PhD

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Springer Publishing Company

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0826144713

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Introduction to Medieval Theology

By: Rik Van Nieuwenhove

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Introduction to Medieval Theology

By: Rik Van Nieuwenhove

This classic book, now in a second, expanded edition, is an invitation to think along with major theologians and spiritual authors, men and women from the time of St Augustine to the end of the fourteenth century, who profoundly challenge our (post-)modern assumptions. Medieval theology was radically theocentric, Trinitarian, Scriptural, and sacramental, yet it also operated with a rich notion of human understanding. In a post-modern setting, when modern views on 'autonomous reason' are increasingly questioned, it is fruitful to re-engage with pre-modern thinkers who did not share our modern and post-modern presuppositions. Their different perspective does not antiquate their thought; on the contrary, it makes them profoundly challenging and enriching for theology today. This survey introduces readers to key theologians of the period and explores themes of the relationship between faith and reason; the mystery of the Trinity; soteriology; Christian love; and the transcendent thrust of medieval thought.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108865194

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9781108865197

The Art of Verbal Warfare

By: Rik Smits

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The Art of Verbal Warfare

By: Rik Smits

A funny and fascinating exploration of our reliance upon swear words, insults, and the artfully placed expletive, damn it. We use salty or artful language to win arguments, slander, cheat, and bully, as well as to express feelings of joy or frustration by swearing or “blowing off steam.” Rik Smits delves into the magic of oaths and profanity, art and advertising, the lure of fake news and propaganda, as well as invective and off-color jokes the world over. This book shows why conversation dies in crowded elevators and what drives us to curse at our laptops. The Art of Verbal Warfare is, when all is said and done, the story of how we can get through life without coming to physical blows.

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Reaktion Books

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1789145937

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9781789145939

Learning Neo4j

By: Rik Van Bruggen

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Learning Neo4j

By: Rik Van Bruggen

This book is for developers who want an alternative way to store and process data within their applications. No previous graph database experience is required; however, some basic database knowledge will help you understand the concepts more easily.

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Packt Publishing Ltd

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1849517177

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9781849517171

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