...In Cold Blood Truman Capote I. The Last to See Them Alive The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call "out there." Some seventy miles east of the Colorado border, the countryside, with its hard blue skies and desert-clear air, has an atmosphere that is rather more Far West than Middle West. The local accent is barbed with a prairie twang, a ranch-hand nasalness, and the men, many of them, wear narrow frontier trousers, Stetsons, and high-heeled boots with pointed toes. The land is flat, and the views are awesomely extensive; horses, herds of cattle, a white cluster of grain elevators rising as gracefully as Greek temples are visible long before a traveler reaches them. Holcomb, too, can be seen from great distances. Not that there's much to see simply an aimless congregation of buildings divided in the center by the main-line tracks of the Santa Fe Rail-road, a haphazard hamlet bounded on the south by a brown stretch of the Arkansas (pronounced "Ar-kan-sas") River, on the north by a highway, Route 50, and on the east and west by prairie lands and wheat fields. After rain, or when snowfalls thaw, the streets, unnamed, unshaded, unpaved, turn from the thickest dust into the direst mud. At one end of the town stands a stark old stucco structure, the roof of which supports an electric sign - dance - but the dancing has ceased and the advertisement has been dark for several years. Nearby is another building...
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...Asbestos and Asbestos Health Effects What is asbestos? Asbestos is the name given to a number of naturally occurring fibrous minerals with high tensile strength, the ability to be woven, and resistance to heat and most chemicals. Because of these properties, asbestos fibers have been used in a wide range of manufactured goods, including roofing shingles, ceiling and floor tiles, paper and cement products, textiles, coatings, and friction products such as automobile clutch, brake and transmission parts. The current federal definition of asbestos is the asbestiform varieties of: chrysotile (serpentine); crocidolite (riebeckite); amosite (cummingtonite/grunerite); anthophyllite; tremolite; and actinolite. What are the health effects of asbestos exposure? Exposure to airborne friable asbestos may result in a potential health risk because persons breathing the air may breathe in asbestos fibers. Continued exposure can increase the amount of fibers that remain in the lung. Fibers embedded in lung tissue over time may cause serious lung diseases including: asbestosis, lung cancer, or mesothelioma. Smoking increases the risk of developing illness from asbestos exposure. Three of the major health effects associated with asbestos exposure include: • Asbestosis – Asbestosis is a serious, progressive, long-term non-cancer disease of the lungs. It is caused by inhaling asbestos fibers that irritate lung tissues and cause the tissues to scar. The scarring makes it hard for oxygen...
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...In Cold Blood Truman Capote I. The Last to See Them Alive The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call "out there." Some seventy miles east of the Colorado border, the countryside, with its hard blue skies and desert-clear air, has an atmosphere that is rather more Far West than Middle West. The local accent is barbed with a prairie twang, a ranch-hand nasalness, and the men, many of them, wear narrow frontier trousers, Stetsons, and high-heeled boots with pointed toes. The land is flat, and the views are awesomely extensive; horses, herds of cattle, a white cluster of grain elevators rising as gracefully as Greek temples are visible long before a traveler reaches them. Holcomb, too, can be seen from great distances. Not that there's much to see simply an aimless congregation of buildings divided in the center by the main-line tracks of the Santa Fe Rail-road, a haphazard hamlet bounded on the south by a brown stretch of the Arkansas (pronounced "Ar-kan-sas") River, on the north by a highway, Route 50, and on the east and west by prairie lands and wheat fields. After rain, or when snowfalls thaw, the streets, unnamed, unshaded, unpaved, turn from the thickest dust into the direst mud. At one end of the town stands a stark old stucco structure, the roof of which supports an electric sign - dance - but the dancing has ceased and the advertisement has been dark for several years. Nearby is another building...
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...Metrology Laboratory MECN3003 - Aeronautical Laboratory Deepa Daya Student number: 473706 Supervisor: Mr. R. Paton A project report submitted to the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Engineering. Johannesburg, March 2014 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg School of Mechanical, Industrial & Aeronautical Engineering INDIVIDUAL DECLARATION WITH TASK SUBMITTED FOR ASSESSMENT I, the undersigned, am registered for the course MECN3003 - Aeronautical Laboratory in the year 2014. I herewith submit the following task ”Metrology Laboratory” in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the above course. I hereby declare the following: • I am aware that plagiarism (the use of someone else’s work without their permission and / or without acknowledging the original source) is wrong; • I confirm that the work submitted herewith for assessment in the above course is my own unaided work except where I have explicitly stated otherwise; • This task has not been submitted before. either individually or jointly, for any course requirement, examination or degree at this or any other tertiary educational institution; • I has followed the required conventions in referencing the thoughts and ideas of others; • I understand that the University of the Witwatersrand may take disciplinary action against me if it can be shown...
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...To protect others from risks arising from the activities of people at work, To control the use and storage of dangerous substances, To control the emissions into the atmosphere of noxious or offensive substances. ● The management of health and safety at work regulations.This is about how health and safety is managed within a care setting including risk assessments, training and ensuring all employees receive the information they need. ● Control of substances hazardous to health regulations, referred to as COSHH. Requires employers to control substances that can harm employees or service users. ● Reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations 2013, referred to as riddor. These regulations require employers to report work related deaths, major injuries, work related diseases and dangerous occurrences. ● The regulatory reform (fire) order 2015 sets out how every workplace must prevent and protect against fire. ● The manual handling operations regulations 1992. Cover the transportation and supporting of any load including people and how to carry them out safely and prevent injury. ● The lifting operations and lifting equipment regulations 1998,...
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...To protect others from risks arising from the activities of people at work, To control the use and storage of dangerous substances, To control the emissions into the atmosphere of noxious or offensive substances. ● The management of health and safety at work regulations.This is about how health and safety is managed within a care setting including risk assessments, training and ensuring all employees receive the information they need. ● Control of substances hazardous to health regulations, referred to as COSHH. Requires employers to control substances that can harm employees or service users. ● Reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations 2013, referred to as riddor. These regulations require employers to report work related deaths, major injuries, work related diseases and dangerous occurrences. ● The regulatory reform (fire) order 2015 sets out how every workplace must prevent and protect against fire. ● The manual handling operations regulations 1992. Cover the transportation and supporting of any load including people and how to carry them out safely and prevent injury. ● The lifting operations and lifting equipment regulations...
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...COMMUNICATION: ADVERTISING COMPENDIUM (C.A.C.) CHAPTER 1 — INTRODUCTION TO ADVERTISING CHAPTER OBJECTIVES 1. Discuss the elements of effective advertising. 2. Define advertising and identify its types and roles. 3. Identify the five players in the advertising world. 4. Explain the evolution of the advertising industry and the current issues it faces. CHAPTER REVIEW Effectiveness is at the heart of companies’ desire to advertise. Though advertising ultimately aids in the sale of products or services, other factors such as price or lack of distribution may influence purchase decisions. Advertising effectiveness tends to be measured in terms of communication impact such as exposure to a message, awareness of a product, attention, and involvement. Most responses can be categorized as perception (seeing), learning (thinking), persuasion (feeling), or behavior (doing). Effective advertising stems from a combination of carefully planned strategy that connects to audience members on an emotional level and that isolates a need the product fulfills, creative that delivers the strategy, and strong, arresting executions. Six components comprise the classic definition of advertising. Advertising is a paid nonpersonal communication from an identified sponsor using mass media to persuade or influence an audience. Advertising can be classified into one of nine types. National consumer or brand advertising focuses on building long-term brand identity...
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...Implementation plan 4e: Methodology for monitoring success Page: 61 5: Business Case 5a: Requirements for resources 5b: Cost benefit analysis 5c: Reference to legislation 5d: Case Page: 72 6: Bibliography Page: 73 7: Appendices Section 1 Executive Summary Following an assessment of the current Health and Safety culture and climate within the business, areas of weakness have been identified that are holding back the progression towards the ultimate aim and objective in Health and Safety – Employee participation creating “Total Ownership". The assessment of the Health and Safety Culture covered such areas as an analysis of the 2009 employee Health and Safety questionnaire, a review of audits carried out, a check on the progress against 2009 objectives and targets and the underlying indicators of our Health and Safety management status, it is concluded that there are areas of concern namely. 1. Line managers and their front line supervisors are not giving the desired level of commitment towards “Total Ownership" as needed to achieve success with an agreed timescale. 2. House-keeping is below industry standards and...
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...Manager: Debbie Ryan Production Project Manager: Clara Bartunek Creative Director: Jayne Conte Cover Designer: Karen Salzbach Cover Art: Getty Images, Inc. Media Editor: Denise Vaughn Media Project Manager: Lisa Rinaldi Full-Service Project Management: Aparna Yellai/PreMediaGlobal Composition: PreMediaGlobal Printer/Binder: Edwards Brothers Annex Cover Printer: Lehigh Phoenix Color Text Font: 10.5/12 Times New Roman Credits and acknowledgments borrowed from other sources and reproduced, with permission, in this textbook appear on appropriate page within the text. Copyright © 2012, 2009, 2006, 2003, 2000. Mary Munter Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Prentice Hall, One Lake Street, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458. All right reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America. This publication...
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...manual accompanies the student manual, Restorative Care. This training is activity based. Participants are encouraged to share in the training process, to talk about relevant experiences if they choose and to ask questions. Making the Most of the Training Program Use this training manual as a guide for training individually or in groups. If you train on an individual basis it will be more effective to brainstorm with them than to use the activities as written. Individual learners will find brain storming less threatening than having to answer questions or carry a discussion without the support of other participants. It can be taught in small blocks of time or over a series of days. The Restorative Care student and trainer materials cover all the content to advance a nurse assistant or home health aide’s knowledge on this...
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...BALANCE YOUR LIFE, BALANCE THE SCALE DITCH DIETING, AMP UP YOUR ENERGY, FEEL AMAZING, AND RELEASE THE WEIGHT JENNIFER TUMA-YOUNG Dedication To the inspirista within every woman Contents Cover Title Page Dedication Introduction Chapter One - We Eat How We Live Chapter Two - B is for Brain Dump and Breathe Chapter Three - A is for Assess and Accept Chapter Four - L is for Let Go and Laugh Chapter Five - A is for Add In and Appreciate Chapter Six - N is for Navigate and Notice Nature Chapter Seven - C is for Confront and Connect Chapter Eight - E is for Engage and Experience Acknowledgments About the Author Back Ad Credits Copyright About the Publisher Introduction Welcome to the most unconventional weight loss book you’ll ever read! Wait—let’s stop there. To be honest, I kind of cringe at the thought of this being a weight loss book, because I firmly believe that we are so much more than numbers and that what really matters in life is who we are, not what we weigh. But I understand that you probably picked this book up because you’d like to be healthier and weigh less. I get it! I am very grateful that you are here, and I am excited to share my story and what I’ve learned from working with thousands of women just like you. So even though we’re not calling this a weight loss book, it definitely is a book that will help you release weight. What’s so unconventional about it is that it will tell you to stop dieting, to eat what you love, to ignore the numbers on...
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...2000. After that date, please go to www.ideavirus.com and get an updated version. You can buy this in book form on September 1, 2000. This book is dedicated to Alan Webber and Jerry Colonna. Of course. Unleashing the Ideavirus 2 www.ideavirus.com STEAL THIS IDEA! Here’s what you can do to spread the word about Unleashing the Ideavirus: 1. Send this file to a friend (it’s sort of big, so ask first). 2. Send them a link to www.ideavirus.com so they can download it themselves. 3. Visit www.fastcompany.com/ideavirus to read the Fast Company article. 4. Buy a copy of the hardcover book at www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0970309902/permissionmarket. 5. Print out as many copies as you like. Unleashing the Ideavirus 3 www.ideavirus.com Look for the acknowledgments at the end. This is, after all, a new digital format, and you want to get right to it! The #1 question people ask me after reading Permission Marketing: “So, how do we get attention to ask for permission in the first place?” This manifesto is the answer to that...
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...Guide to Meteorological Instruments and Methods of Observation WMO-No. 8 Guide to Meteorological Instruments and Methods of Observation WMO-No. 8 Seventh edition 2008 WMO-No. 8 © World Meteorological Organization, 2008 The right of publication in print, electronic and any other form and in any language is reserved by WMO. Short extracts from WMO publications may be reproduced without authorization, provided that the complete source is clearly indicated. Editorial correspondence and requests to publish, reproduce or translate this publication in part or in whole should be addressed to: Chairperson, Publications Board World Meteorological Organization (WMO) 7 bis, avenue de la Paix P.O. Box No. 2300 CH-1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland ISBN 978-92-63-10008-5 NOTE The designations employed in WMO publications and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of WMO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Opinions expressed in WMO publications are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of WMO. The mention of specific companies or products does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by WMO in preference to others of a similar nature which are not mentioned or advertised. Tel.: +41 (0) 22 730 84 03 Fax: +41 (0) 22 730 80 40 E-mail: publications@wmo...
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...Laboratory biosafety manual Third edition World Health Organization Geneva 2004 WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data World Health Organization. Laboratory biosafety manual. – 3rd ed. 1.Containment of biohazards - methods 2.Laboratories - standards 3.Laboratory infection - prevention and control 4.Manuals I.Title. ISBN 92 4 154650 6 (LC/NLM classification: QY 25) WHO/CDS/CSR/LYO/2004.11 This publication was supported by Grant/Cooperative Agreement Number U50/CCU012445-08 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA, USA. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC. © World Health Organization 2004 All rights reserved. Publications of the World Health Organization can be obtained from Marketing and Dissemination, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland (tel: +41 22 791 2476; fax: +41 22 791 4857; email: bookorders@who.int). Requests for permission to reproduce or translate WHO publications – whether for sale or for noncommercial distribution – should be addressed to Publications, at the above address (fax: +41 22 791 4806; email: permissions@who.int). The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning...
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...TABLE OF CONTENTS Author’s Preface ...................................................................................................................... p. 3 Chapter 1 — Introduction ....................................................................................................... p. 9 Chapter 2 — Desire: The Turning Point of All Achievement ................................................. p. 22 Chapter 3 — Faith Visualization of, and Belief in Attainment of Desire ............................... p. 40 Chapter 4 — Auto-Suggestion the Medium for Influencing the Subconscious Mind .............. p. 58 Chapter 5 — Specialized Knowledge, Personal Experiences or Observations ...................... p. 64 Chapter 6 — Imagination: the Workshop of the Mind .......................................................... p. 77 Chapter 7 — Organized Planning, the Crystallization of Desire into Action ........................ p. 90 Chapter 8 — Decision: the Mastery of Procrastination ......................................................... p. 128 Chapter 9 — Persistence: the Sustained Effort Necessary to Induce Faith ........................... p. 138 Chapter 10 — Power of the Master Mind: the Driving Force ................................................. p. 153 Chapter 11 — The Mystery of Sex Transmutation .................................................................. p. 160 Chapter 12 — The Subconscious Mind: The Connecting Link ........................................
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