67571The tales of the Heike
The Tales of the Heike provides a dramatic window onto the emerging world of the medieval samurai and recounts in absorbing detail the chaos of the battlefield, the intrigue of the imperial court, and the gradual loss of a courtly tradition. The book is also highly religious and Buddhist in its orientation, taking up such issues as impermanence, karmic retribution, attachment, and renunciation, which dominated the Japanese imagination in the medieval period.
67572The tax treatment of fringe benefits
1. Introduction; 2. A model of fringe benefit provision; 3. Estimates of the demand for fringe benefits; 4. Simulation of alternative polices; 5. Summy and conclusions.
67573The TDR handbook : designing and implementing transfer of development rights programs
The TDR Handbook provides a comprehensive guide to every aspect of TDR programs, from the thinking behind them to the nuts and bolts of implementation-including statutory guidance, model ordinances, suggestions for program administration, and comparisons with other types of preservation programs. In addition, six of its twenty chapters are devoted to case studies of all major uses to which TDR programs have been utilized to date, including recent urban revitalization projects that utilize TDR principles.
67574The teaching portfolio : a practical guide to improved performance and promotion/tenure decisions
Thoroughly revised and updated, this fourth edition of the classic hands-on resource offers a comprehensive review of all the facets developing teaching portfolios. This new edition will contain new perspectives and ideas; an expanded section on web-based electronic teaching portfolios ; a sample of colleges and universities that shows how they have implemented portfolios; real-world teaching portfolios of twenty-one faculty members and a report from a university provost on what he looks for in a portfolios submitted for promotion.
67575The technique of television production
This is a practical book. It not only provides you with " know-how' but explains "why". It discusses not only production mechanics and techniques, but the aesthetics of the medium. It explains the power to persuade and the nature of audience appeal. It encourages experiment and individuality, as well as showing how the various facets of production come together.
67576The technological singularity
Presenting to Routes to artificial intelligence. Whole brain emulation. Engineering AI. Superintelligence. AI and consciousness. The impact of AI. Heaven or hell.
67578The ten faces of innovation
Over the years, IDEO has developed ten roles people can play in an organization to foster innovation and new ideas while offering an effective counter to naysayers. Among these approaches are the Anthropologist—the person who goes into the field to see how customers use and respond to products, to come up with new innovations; the Cross-pollinator who mixes and matches ideas, people, and technology to create new ideas that can drive growth; and the Hurdler, who instantly looks for ways to overcome the limits and challenges to any situation.
67579The texbook
Including: The name of the game; Book printing versus ordinary typing; Controlling TeX; Fronts of type;...
67580The Thái ethnic community in Viet Nam
Giới thiệu những nét chính trong cuộc sống hàng ngày, cũng như phong tục tập quán của cộng đồng từ nền văn học, thực phẩm, ăn uống, nhà ở, trang phục và nghi lễ tôn giáo.