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Dream Chair Quilts: 7 Patterns for Whimsical Wallhangings
by Alethea BallardCome In and Sit a SpellCreate playful one-block quilts, or mix and match to make a samplerUse your favorite appliqué method to get dramatic effect with little effortPerfect for focus fabrics featuring large-scale prints Inspired by the cozy comfort of your favorite spot to relax, these appliqué quilt patterns showcase exciting fabric choices and unique settings. Make these art quilts to hang wherever you want a dream chair, from the library to the boudoir.
Pain Free for Life: The 6-Week Cure for Chronic Pain—Without Surgery or Drugs
by Scott Brady William ProctorMore than fifty million Americans suffer today from chronic pain. Dr. Scott Brady was one of them.Doctors told him he would live with his back pain for the rest of his life. Having exhausted all options offered by conventional medicine, Dr. Brady overcame his pain using a mind-body-spirit approach'in an incredible four weeks. In 2000, he founded the Brady Institute, where more than 80 percent of his patients have achieved 80-100 percent pain relief, without surgery or drugs. In Pain Free For Life, Dr. Brady sets a clear course for readers to diagnose what is really causing their pain 'autonomic overload syndrome, which is brought on by the repression of harmful negative emotions with profiles of pain-prone personalities and an innovative spiritual health inventory. He reveals the techniques behind his remarkably effective recovery plan, including the practice of depth journaling and prescriptions to boost the power of personal belief. Dr. Brady's approach has helped his patients overcome such conditions as chronic back pain, nagging neck and shoulder pain, migraine or tension headaches, muscle pain, irritable bowel syndrome, insomnia, and many other chronic pain-associated ailments. The principles and techniques described in Pain Free For Life will be illustrated by in-depth case studies. His proven 6-week program produces results in as little as thirty minutes a day.
Flourish on the Vine: Swirling Designs to Appliqué
by Kathy K. WylieNow you can make this award-winning quilt! For this heirloom-quality quilt, the vines and branches were inspired by wrought ironwork, and the bordering swags were imagined from festoons of fruit, as seen in Roman Empire temples. You can make the quilt as shown, or mix and match the elements to create your own design. Kathy gives you plenty of preparation guidelines to ensure success, whether you use her needle-turn method or choose a different appliqué technique. • This graceful and sophisticated quilt is divided into twelve sections, making it easier to complete • Luxurious, intricate details offer a challenge for experienced quilters, and comprehensive instructions with template tips make it approachable for ambitious beginners • Full-size pattern sheets are included for this quilt inspired by the bible verse, "I am the vine, you are the branches..." —John 15:5
China and the WTO: Why Multilateralism Still Matters
by Petros C. Mavroidis Professor Andre SapirAn examination of China’s participation in the World Trade Organization, the conflicts it has caused, and how WTO reforms could ease them China’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001 was rightly hailed as a huge step forward in international cooperation. However, China’s participation in the WTO has been anything but smooth, with China alienating some of its trading partners, particularly the United States. The mismatch between the WTO framework and China’s economic model has undermined the WTO’s ability to mitigate tensions arising from China’s size and rapid growth. What has to change? China and the WTO demonstrates that unilateral pressure, by the United States and others, is not the answer. Instead, Petros Mavroidis and André Sapir show that if the WTO enacts judicious reforms, it could induce China’s cooperation, leading to a renewed confidence in the WTO system.The WTO and its predecessor, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, are predicated on liberal domestic policies. They managed the previous accessions of socialist countries and big trading nations, but none were as large or powerful as China. Mavroidis and Sapir contend that for the WTO to function smoothly and accommodate China’s unique geopolitical position, it needs to translate some of its implicit principles into explicit treaty language. To make their point, they focus on two core complaints—that Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) benefit from unfair trade advantages, and that domestic companies, private as well as SOEs, impose forced technology transfer on foreign companies as a condition for accessing the Chinese market—and they lay out specific proposals for WTO reforms.In an age of global trade disputes, China and the WTO offers a timely exploration of unprecedented challenges to the current multilateral system and fresh ideas for lasting solutions.
A Flock of Feathered Stars: Paper Pieced for Perfection
by Carolyn Cullinan McCormickI have always been so amazed by feathered star quilts, especially the quilts that were made in the 1800s. e quilter from the 1800s did not have the “tools” of today. ey made those fabulous quilts using a template made of whatever was available along with their fabric, needle, thread and scissors. My dear friend, Diane Donnelly, and I share a passion for old quilts. In 2009, she gave me a book called Quilts eir Story and How to Make em, written by Marie D. Webster in 1915. Seeing how excited I was with that book, she gave me another later that year called Romance of the Patchwork Quilt in America written by Carrie A. Hall and Rose G. Kretsinger in 1935. at was all the inspiration I needed to write a book on how to paper piece feathered stars. ( at is the only way to make a feathered star quilt … right?) Some of the designs in the books used pieces that nished at 1" or less, and I have to admit some of them were quite a challenge to dra . I wanted to get as many designs as possible into one quilt along with a border block (I had to have a border block) that I had seen on one of the quilts without making the book so big you couldn’t li it. I hope you like the selection of feathered star blocks I have chosen to include. Some of the blocks you may have seen before but others are designs that I think will be a pleasant surprise.
Twilight Garden Quilts
by Deborah KemballA floral vision You'll be tempted to gather all of these vibrant flowers into a luscious bouquet! Juxtaposed against dark backgrounds, the florals featured on these two patterns pop. Create a variety of lovely silk or cotton quilts with 2 full-size appliqué patterns featuring curving blooms, petals, and vines. Plus, you can use the blocks individually from the 9-block quilt to make pillows, table runners, smaller quilts…wherever you want to dazzle with a jewel tone flower show. • Complete instructions and 2 full-size patterns for wallhanging quilts • 22 floral elements linked in flowing elegance • Use any appliqué method you choose: hand or machine, turned-edge, or raw edge. Instructions are given for hand appliqué using freezer paper templates
Whimsical Designs Coloring Book
by FunStitch StudioColoring has never been this creative. Get inspired with 18 different designs you can color or draw or paint all day. Add your own flair with pens, pencils, crayons, markers or paint. Learn how colors go together and try out a new color theory today. • Keep yourself busy in the car, while waiting for friends - anywhere you go • Decorate your room, your binder, or your locker with finished pages, or give them to friends • Collect the whole series! Each book features designs by different quilt artists Whimsical Designs has 18 whimsical birds, animals, and flowers to color, plus fun facts about appliqué. *Free table-top display available with purchase of 12 coloring books! (Wholesale minimum: 3 units.)
Swirling Designs Coloring Book
by Geta GramaColoring has never been this creative. Get inspired with 18 different designs you can color or draw or paint all day. Add your own flair with pens, pencils, crayons, markers or paint. Learn how colors go together and try out a new color theory today. • Keep yourself busy in the car, while waiting for friends - anywhere you go • Decorate your room, your binder, or your locker with finished pages, or give them to friends • Collect the whole series! Each book features designs by different quilt artists Swirling Designs has 18 intricate geometric patterns to color, plus fun facts on combining colors so they look good together. *Free table-top display available with purchase of 12 coloring books! (Wholesale minimum: 3 units.)
Embellishing with Felted Wool: 16 Projects with Appliqué, Beads, Buttons & Embroidery
by Mary StoriWild About Wool? You'll Love Making & Embellishing These Cozy Accessories • 16 delightful, decorative wool projects small enough to take with you and work on anywhere • Easy-to-work wool felt - no fraying, no appliqué edges to turn - is even easier with Mary's innovative, foolproof construction and edging methods • Styles and colors include traditional, folk art, contemporary, hip, and cute as a button These charming designs inspired by wool Penny Rugs are simple to put together and fun to embellish. The 16 projects include wallhangings, table toppers, pillows, small purses, scissors sheaths, and business card cases.
Fast, Fun & Easy Fabric Ficklesticks: Art Sticks to Bend, Wrap, Weave & Wear
by Diana TaylorTurn Fabric Strips Into Fun and Funky Adornments • 9 quick and engaging jewelry projects, plus an inspiring gallery of stick figures, baubles, bouquets, belts & bows • Stitch a Ficklestick in just minutes from an assortment of fabrics, pieced and unpieced, and finish with easy-to-find supplies • Create Ficklesticks in any length, from tiny 1" posies, to 36" wall hangings Who says art has to be serious? Ficklesticks are pure fabric fun. Sew up a batch in no time, then roll them, twist them, or weave them into anything from an outrageous corsage to a tiny posable pirate. Go over the top with this easy, endlessly adaptable technique. *Important Note about PRINT ON DEMAND Editions: This title will be printed after purchase and will arrive separately from any in-stock items. Please allow approximately 2 weeks for USA delivery, with an additional 2 weeks for international shipments. Expedited shipping is not available on POD Editions. The printing quality in this copy will vary from the original offset printing edition and may look more saturated due to printing on demand by a high-quality printer on uncoated (non-glossy) paper. The information presented in this version is the same as the most recent printed edition. Any pattern pullouts have been separated and presented as single pages.
Stop. Go. Quilt. Sew!: Make 12 Fun Projects for Boys to Enjoy
by Angela YostenObserving the rules of the road Boys of all ages love their cars-celebrate their devotion to all things transit and stitch up some fun things for them to wear and use. Learn a new style of "scrap appliqué" using raw edge and reverse appliqué techniques. From toddlers to teens, boys (and girls too!) will love showing off these cool street sign and traffic signal designs. • Share your love of hand-sewn keepsakes with the boys in your life, too! • Full-sized patterns for a quilt, pillows, shirts, messenger bag, shower curtain, towels & more • Combine projects to create a fun traffic theme in any room
Opulent Bazaar Coloring Book: 3 Books in 1
by Valori Wells Paula Nadelstern Bethany Pease Sheets55+ intricate designs to color your cares away. Coloring has never been this creative! Get inspired with designs by Paula Nadelstern, Valori Wells, and Bethany Pease Sheets. These illustrations, printed on high-quality, heavyweight paper, are ideal for framing and perfectly suited to coloring with colored pencils, fine tip markers, and even watercolors. There are funky and mesmerizing kaleidoscopic designs, flowery and exotic designs, and freeform doodle designs. Coloring even a few minutes a day can help you relieve stress and infuse much-need creativity into your busy life! • Printed on heavyweight, high-quality uncoated paper with perforated edges for easy framing in an 8" × 10" frame • With a wide variety of designs from three illustrators, there’s something for everyone • Great value: 3 coloring books in 1! (Wholesale minimum: 3 units)
100+ No-Sew Fabric Crafts For Kids
by Mary LinkToo Cute! No-Sew Children's Games, Toys, Gifts, and Decorations • 100+ fun, no-sew toys, games, and other small treasures • Have fun creating them with children and for children • Includes dozens of projects with coordinating patterns, plus photo gallery with lots more ideas • Use your favorite novelty fabrics Need a quick party favor? A rainy-day game? A gift for a baby or child? You'll find all those and much more in this charming book of no-sew children's projects - bookmarks, coasters, mobiles, games and toys, party goods, room décor, and holiday goodies.
Verkaufen, Flirten, Führen: Persuasive Kommunikation – ein Überblick
by Klaus SchönbachWie und warum gelingt es uns, andere davon zu überzeugen, etwas zu kaufen, uns zu helfen, sich (ver)führen zu lassen? Und was können wir dafür von der Werbung lernen? Ein umfassender Überblick über die Erkenntnisse zur persuasiven Kommunikation - von einem der auch international bekanntesten deutschen Kommunikationswissenschaftler, auf der Erfahrung mit Forschung, Seminaren, Vorlesungen und Kursen aus mehr als 40 Jahren aufgebaut und auf dem neuesten Stand der Wissenschaft. Praktisch, aber mit gründlichem theoretischen Hintergrund. Mit allen Quellenangaben zum Weiterlesen. Für die sechste Auflage wurde der Band aktualisiert und überarbeitet.
Careers in Africa: Trends, Opportunities and Challenges
by Oluwatimilehin Temitope Ologunoye Chima Mordi Olatunji David AdekoyaAs Africa continues to rise as a global economic and cultural force, more scholarly attention must be paid to the diverse and dynamic world of careers and professional development on the African continent. This edited volume presents a collection of studies written by some of the most prominent career research scholars in Africa, shedding light on the multidimensional and ever-evolving landscape of careers across the African continent. The book advocates for a greater focus on the institutionalist approach to studying career dynamics in Africa and also offers recommendations and directions for future career studies. It motivates future scholars to contribute to cross-cultural research on career dynamics by providing an African perspective. The narrative explores historical and current practices in career guidance and counselling in Africa by addressing pressing matters such as minimum wage policies, equity, social justice, labour market, gender dynamics, disability and employment, intellectual capital, and educational development. This book will be of great interest to scholars and students of careers and employment, HRM, international business and African business more generally, as well as practitioners and policymakers working on the continent.
Integrierte Business-Informationssysteme: Vernetzte Unternehmensprozesskette ERP, SCM, CRM, BI, Big Data Analytics, und wie künstliche Intelligenz sie beeinflusst
by Klaus-Dieter GronwaldEnterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship (CRM), Business Intelligence (BI), und Big Data Analytics sind unternehmerische Aufgaben und Prozesse, die durch standardisierte Softwarelösungen realisiert werden. Methoden der künstlichen Intelligenz wie Machine Learning, generative KI und Computer Vision beeinflussen und steuern diese Prozesse. Dieses Lehrbuch lässt Studierende aus der Businessperspektive erfahren, wie diese Methoden vernetzt sind, wie sie sich gegenseitig beeinflussen und wo ihre Grenzen sind. Dadurch wird managementorientiertes Denken und Handeln vermittelt, das für Informatiker, die sich mit geschäftsprozessorientierten IT-Lösungen befassen, unerlässlich ist.
Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Blockchain: Fourth International Research Conference, IRCICD 2023, Chennai, India, April 28–29, 2023, Proceedings (Communications in Computer and Information Science #2385)
by Kannadhasan Suriyan Prasanna Devi Sivakumar Paavai Gopalan Anand Durgadevi PalaniThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of Fourth International Research Conference on Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Blockchain, IRCICD 2023, held in Chennai, India, during April 28–29, 2023. The 9 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 147 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: machine learning; deep learning; and block chain.
Achieving Professional and Institutional Success as an Academic Dean (Springer Texts in Education)
by Robert S. FlemingThis book addresses the numerous challenges that academic deans need to understand and address throughout a successful career in academic administration. It provides essential guidance regarding the various aspects of professional and institutional success, including what academic deans need to know and the role that each topic plays in contributing to professional and institutional success. Each of the nine chapters considers essential aspects of becoming and remaining a successful, transformational, and resilient academic dean including: (1) contemporary higher education; (2) the academic deanship; (3) roles and responsibilities of an academic dean; (4) working with stakeholders; (5) career advancement and success; (6) preparing yourself; (7) preparing your people; (8) preparing your organization; and (9) ensuring continued professional and institutional success. The mission of the book is to contribute to the success of readers throughout their careers as academic deans and enhance not only their professional success and resilience, but also that of the institutions that they manage and lead as transformational and visionary leaders. It prepares individuals for career success as an academic dean through equipping them with the knowledge, skills, and confidence that enables them to ensure the present and future success, resilience, and survival of institutions that they have the privilege to manage and lead as academic deans. The book is intended for both those who aspire to these positions as well as those currently serving as academic deans, associate deans, assistant deans, or in related leadership positions.
Emerging Women’s Livelihood Collectives in India: Cases Depicting Agency, Accomplishments and Challenges (Sustainable Development Goals Series)
by H. S. ShylendraWith an overarching conceptual framework and a synthesis of findings, this book is a unique collection of the experiences of twenty diverse cases of women’s collectives, holding critical lessons for livelihood enhancement and women’s empowerment. The book is the result of a collaborative project between the development organisation viz, PRADAN, working to strengthen women-led collectives under the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), and a group of development and management scholars hailing from the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA). Based on the documented cases using immersive methods and a feminist perspective, the book provides a critical analysis of the agency displayed by women and their collectives with the potential to induce changes in the socio-economic status of women hailing from disadvantaged sections. Inclusion, governance and leadership, financial intermediation, livelihoods, and social action are the major outcome dimensions of the collectives examined in the book, as highlighted under SDG-5 which calls for ensuring women’s effective participation and leadership and reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources. While the conceptual framework helps unravel the complex interlinkages visualised between women, livelihoods, and collectives, the cases in themselves and the synthesis objectively depict the lessons and challenges encountered by the collectives given the entrenched gender relations and the neoliberal policy narratives. This book serves as a source of real case studies for teaching and training, a reference work for researchers, and a guidance book for policymakers and practitioners.
Liminality and the City in Contemporary New York Fiction
by Alina StocklövThis book explores liminal spaces and states in New York City literature after 2000. The concept of &“liminality&” refers to a transitional state where people, places, or ideas exist between two clearly defined conditions. In this ambiguous &“in-between state&”, uncertainty, indeterminacy, and change prevail, temporarily suspending traditional norms and allowing for complex identity formation and social reordering. Liminality offers a multifaceted, interdisciplinary approach to urban literature, as the city itself is defined by both temporal and spatial thresholds. The study examines the interplay between liminality, the city, and postmodernism, as well as the literary representation and narrative depiction of these relations. Drawing on key anthropological works by Arnold van Gennep and Victor Turner, and engaging with the writings of Jacques Derrida, Henri Lefebvre, Carl Gustav Jung, Michel Foucault, Walter Benjamin, and Homi K. Bhabha, this study investigates the development of the concept of liminality in the humanities. It then proceeds with comparative literary analysis of selected texts by canonical authors such as Don DeLillo, Jonathan Safran Foer, Joseph O'Neill, and Teju Cole, focusing on urban mobility, liminal spaces, and New York as a place of memory and trauma in the post-9/11 literary landscape.
Sustainable Data Management: Navigating Big Data, Communication Technology, and Business Digital Leadership. Volume 1 (Studies in Big Data #171)
by Reem Khamis HamdanThis book dives into a new world of data and technology with the groundbreaking Sustainable Data Management, immerses readers in the realm of big data, and explores how digital technology can revolutionize business leadership. Discover how this book can guide readers through the deep waters of sustainable and efficient data management.
Natural Language Processing: A Textbook with Python Implementation
by Raymond LeeThis textbook provides a contemporary and comprehensive overview of Natural Language Processing (NLP), covering fundamental concepts, core algorithms, and key applications such as AI chatbots, Large Language Models and Generative AI. Additionally, it includes seven step-by-step NLP workshops, totaling 14 hours, that offer hands-on practice with essential Python tools, including NLTK, spaCy, TensorFlow, Keras, Transformers, and BERT. The objective of this book is to provide readers with a fundamental grasp of NLP and its core technologies, and to enable them to build their own NLP applications (e.g. Chatbot systems) using Python-based NLP tools. It is both a textbook and NLP tool-book intended for the following readers: undergraduate students from various disciplines who want to learn NLP; lecturers and tutors who want to teach courses or tutorials for undergraduate/graduate students on NLP and related AI topics; and readers with various backgrounds who want to learn NLP, and more importantly, to build workable NLP applications after completing its 14 hours of Python-based workshops.
Grundlagen der nachhaltigen Entwicklung: SWOT-Analyse und Lösungsstrategien
by Niko RoordaDieses Buch bietet eine umfassende Einführung der nachhaltigen Entwicklung auf der Grundlage eines Gleichgewichts zwischen People - Planet - Profit. Eine Vielzahl von Themen wird behandelt, nicht als getrennte Themen, sondern immer in ihrer Kohärenz. Das Buch bietet eine Kombination aus Theorie und Praxis, die es Studierenden aller Disziplinen ermöglicht, Nachhaltigkeit zu verankern und anzuwenden. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.
Trailblazing Visions of Money in Economic Theory: Essence, Genesis, and Economic Ramifications (Contributions to Economics)
by Biagio BossoneThis book challenges traditional notions and offers a new perspectives on the nature, role and use of money. It offers analyses and proposals aimed at reshaping our comprehension of money, its genesis, and its pivotal role within the economy (in particular, globalized ones). The book is structured into three parts, each tackling various facets of monetary economics, drawing from the author's prior research and confronting such fundamental quandaries as the essence of money, money's genesis by commercial banks, the economic ramifications of banks’ money creation power, the value of money (vis à vis other assets), and the implications of changes in the value of money for the policy space in globalized economies. This book aims to conceptualize innovative solutions to create more resilient and stable monetary systems while taking into account the intricate interplay between money, banks and government budgets in today's globalized economic landscape. Overall, the book strives to provide a thorough and thought-provoking examination of monetary theory, using novel approaches to offer new perspectives. By taking an interdisciplinary view, including accounting, physics and economics, the book challenges conventional wisdom and encourages a re-evaluation of established paradigms.
Linguistics and Language Play
by Roger BerryThis book constitutes a comprehensive study of the field of language play from a linguistic viewpoint, demonstrating how linguistics can throw light on this important, but often under-rated, aspect of language use. It is both theoretical and descriptive in nature. In terms of the former, it proposes a ‘ludic’ function of language: that language is there to be played with, and that this is a universal feature of human activity. It rejects the traditional notion that language play is purely for ‘fun’ or entertainment and stresses the serious nature of certain ludic activities, such as cryptography. It discusses the notion of linguistic creativity, considering this to be inadequate in accounting for all aspects of language play. It assesses the value of popular terms such as ‘pun’ and introduces new terms/concepts such as ‘serendipity’ and ‘internym’ to account for important phenomena. From a descriptive viewpoint, the major portion of the book is devoted to an examination of the various linguistic levels/systems involved in language play (syntax, phonology, morphology, lexis, semantics, discourse and graphology), followed by an extensive study, based on original research, of their application in various fields of linguistic endeavour, for example, advertising, joke-telling, newspaper headlines, secret language, social interaction, etc. A consideration of the human element—in terms of the varying relationships involved—is a constant feature.