E-book Analysis of Gasoline Octane Costs

This report was prepared by Baker & O’Brien, Inc. (Baker & O’Brien) using its own models and analysis. The opinions and findings in this report are based upon Baker & O'Brien's experience, expertise, skill, research, analysis, and related work to date. Forecasts and projections contained in this report represent Baker & O'Brien's best judgment utilizing its skill and expertise and are inher…

E-book Avocado Production in California : A Cultural Handbook for Growers

Avocado is native to the New World, originating in southern Mexico, Central America and the West Indies. The fruit has long been used as a food by Native Americans in these regions and was know by the Aztecs as “ahuacatl”. Avocado was first mentioned in print in the report Suma de Geographia by Martin Fernandez de Enciso, published in Spain in 1519 (Popenoe and Zentmyer 1997). He observed t…

E-book The Job Ladder : Transforming Informal Work and Livelihoods in Develop…

In classical accounts of economic development, economic growth is seen to beaccompanied by a decline in informal employment.¹ Yet, in most developingcountries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia and less so in EastAsia and Latin America, informal forms of economic activity remain a persis-tent phenomenon in spite of rapid economic growth in recent decades (Kanbur2017). Informal …

E-book Umami : Taste for Health

Umami is now commonly identified as the fifth “basic” taste quality, joining sweet, salty, sour, and bitter. It must be emphasized that the term taste quality refers to human (and perhaps other species) psychological representations, not to the ligands that elicit those representations; for example, NaCl elicits a salty taste in humans, but sodium chloride itself is not …

Berperang Demi Tuhan

Fundamentalisme. Inilah fenomena paling mengejutkan di akhir abad ke-20, yang melanda tradisi keagamaan dunia. Ekspresinya terkadang mengerikan. Kaum fundamentalis menembaki jamaah yang sedang salat di masjid, membunuh para dokter dan perawat dalam klinik aborsi, membunuh presiden, dan bahkan menggulingkan pemerintahan yang kuat. Maka, bagi banyak orang, gerakan ini mengancam kedamaian dan harm…

E-book The Brain: What Everyone Needs To Know®

What is the principle purpose of a brain? A simple question, but the answer has taken millennia for us to begin to understand. So critical for our everyday existence, the brain still remains somewhat of a mystery. Gary L. Wenk takes us on a tour of what we do know about this enigmatic organ, showing us how the workings of the human brain produce our thoughts, feelings, and fears, and answering …

E-book Obsidian Across the Americas : Compositional Studies Conducted in the …

For the past two decades, the Field Museum of Natural History has been a leader in the analysis, conservation, and preservation of archaeological and museum collections. There are an immeasurable number of researchers who have walked the museum’s halls, collaborated with museum scientists and curators, and advanced our understanding o…

E-book Communicating Climate Change : A Guide for Educators

Climate change education and climate change communication share sim-ilar goals and desired outcomes, and their definitions reflect these similari-ties. Climate change education, or climate change environmental education, encompasses a range of “interdisciplinary learning opportunities that people of all ages need to develop the competencies, disposi…

E-book A Jewel in the Crown II : Essays in Honor of the 90th Anniversary of t…

Meliora is the motto of the University of Rochester. It translates to “ever better.” We have chosen Meliora as the theme of this volume and the title of this section. In the one essay in this section, Carlos Stroud documents how from its very incep-tion The Institute had a mission that was different from that of a usual academic department in a…

E-book Foucault: A Very Short Introduction

From aesthetics to the penal system, and from madness and civilization to avant-garde literature, Foucault was happy to reject old models of thinking and replace them with fresh versions that are still being debated today. A major influence on Queer Theory and gender studies (he was openly gay and died of an AIDS-related illness in 1984), he also wrote on architecture, history, law, medicine, l…

E-book Animal Death

Animal death is a complex, uncomfortable, depressing, motivating and sensitive topic. For those scholars participating in Human-Animal Studies, it is – accompanied by the concept of 'life' – the ground upon which their studies commence, whether those studies are historical, archaeological, social, philosophical, or cultural. It is a tough subject to face, but as this volume demonstrates, on…

E-Book Pre-Colonial and Post-Contact Archaeology in Barbados

This volume provides one of the most comprehensive overviews of the archaeology of a single Caribbean island yet published. Drawing together scholars from the Caribbean, north America and Europe, all working from a range of disciplines within the broader scope of archaeology, and drawing upon recent and innovative fieldwork, the collected papers touch upon a wider variety of archaeological case…

E-book Sunflower Production Guide

Three primary types of sunflower are grown: (1) oilseed for vegetable oil production, (2) nonoilseed for human food and bird food markets and (3) Conoil, which can be used for the dehull confection, oil or bird food markets. The oilseed hybrids may be of three fatty acid types: linoleic, mid-oleic (NuSun) or high oleic. They are usually black seeded and have a thin hull that adheres to the kern…

E-book Waterlands : Prehistoric Life at Bar Pasture, Pode Hole Quarry, Peterb…

Waterlands: Prehistoric Life at Bar Pasture, Pode Hole Quarry, Peterborough recounts a decade-long archaeological investigation at Bar Pasture Farm, Pode Hole Quarry, Peterborough, and represents one of the most significant landscape excavations carried out in recent years. The 55-hectare archaeological dig was the scene of human activity on the fenland edge from the Mesolithic through to the L…

E-book The Art of Parenting : Training Guide

The principle of investing in children rarely evokes controversy. However we look at it, to invest in a child is to invest in our common future: The world of tomorrow will inherit the children of today. Whether nations grow and prosper will depend heavily on the survival, health, education and protection of their citizens, particularly the youngest. There are several compelling reasons to inves…

Sejarah Tuhan

Sejarah Tuhan adalah kajian lengkap tentang Tuhan yang paling populer sejak publikasi pertamanya pada dekade terakhir abad ke 20. Ditulis oleh Karen Armstrong, komentator masalah agama terkemuka asal Inggris. Buku ini melacak persepsi dan pengalaman manusia tentang Tuhan sejak zaman Nabi Ibrahim hingga masa kini. Selain memerinci sejarah tiga agama monoteistik: Yahudi, Kristen, dan Islam. Buku…

A Survivor's Story

Lance Armstrong tengah berada di puncak impiannya. Atlet balap sepeda kelas dunia, dengan sebuah rumah mewah di tepi Danau Austin, kunci mobil Porsche, kontrak kerja senilai jutaan dolar, dan kekasih cantik yang meramaikan hari-harinya. Namun hanya selang beberapa pekan setelahnya, dia menerima kabar yang meruntuhkan dunianya: "Kau terkena kanker, stadium lanjut". Menghadapi vonis itu, dengan …

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This voice in my heart : Kisah seorang yang selamat dalam pembantaian etnis d…

Gilbert Tuhabonye adalah seorang yang selamat. Lebih dari sepuluh tahun yang lalu, ia terkubur di bawah tumpukan tubuh yang terbakar. Pertempuran berabad-abad antara suku Hutu dan Tutsi telah datang ke sekolah Gilbert. Dipicu oleh kebencian, Hutus memaksa lebih dari seratus anak Tutsi dan guru ke sebuah ruangan kecil dan menggunakan parang untuk memukul sebagian besar dari mereka sampai mati. Y…

The power of intuition : Mendayagunakan intuisi untuk meningkatkan kualitas k…

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