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 Sports Management and Administration By David Watt 1998 | 268 Pages | ISBN: 0419196404 | PDF | 1 MB Sport is a rapidly expanding business and a key sector of the national economy. Better training for sports administrators and managers and improved standards of sports organisation are essential if this growth is to be sustained. This practical, ground-breaking handbook examines key issues previously unexplored in a sport context. By outlining management principles and procedures it aims to improve the knowledge of those studying or working in sport. Sports Management and Administration will be of benefit to those working in the voluntary or private sectors, in local or national agencies, as well as those employed by local authorities. It will be particularly useful for sport development officers, sports administrators and managers, and those working for governing bodies of sports and national or local sports councils.  Douglas S. Massey, Stefanie Brodmann, "Spheres of Influence: The Social Ecology of Racial and Class Inequality" English | 2014 | ISBN: 0871546434 | EPUB | pages: 451 | 6.8 mb The black-white divide has long haunted the United States as a driving force behind social inequality. Yet, the civil rights movement, the increase in immigration, and the restructuring of the economy in favor of the rich over the last several decades have begun to alter the contours of inequality. Spheres of Influence, co-authored by noted social scientists Douglas S. Massey and Stefanie Brodmann, presents a rigorous new study of the intersections of racial and class disparities today. Massey and Brodmann argue that despite the persistence of potent racial inequality, class effects are drastically transforming social stratification in America. This data-intensive volume examines the differences in access to material, symbolic, and emotional resources across major racial groups. The authors find that the effects of racial inequality are exacerbated by the class differences within racial groups. For example, when measuring family incomes solely according to race, Massey and Brodmann found that black families' average income measured $28,400, compared to Hispanic families' $35,200. But this gap was amplified significantly when class differences within each group were taken into account. With class factored in, inequality across blacks' and Hispanics' family incomes increased by a factor of almost four, with lower class black families earning an average income of only $9,300 compared to $97,000 for upper class Hispanics. Massey and Brodmann found similar interactions between class and racial effects on the distribution of symbolic resources, such as occupational status, and emotional resources, such as the presence of a biological father―across racial groups. Although there are racial differences in each group's access to these resources, like income, these disparities are even more pronounced once class is factored in. The complex interactions between race and class are apparent in other social spheres, such as health and education. In looking at health disparities across groups, Massey and Brodmann observed no single class effect on the propensity to smoke cigarettes. Among whites, cigarette smoking declined with rising class standing, whereas among Hispanics it increased as class rose. Among Asians and blacks, there was no class difference at all. Similarly, the authors found no single effect of race alone on health: Health differences between whites, Asians, Hispanics, and blacks were small and non-significant in the upper class, but among those in the lower class, intergroup differences were pronounced. As Massey and Brodmann show, in the United States, a growing kaleidoscope of race-class interactions has replaced pure racial and class disadvantages. By advancing an ecological model of human development that considers the dynamics of race and class across multiple social spheres, Spheres of Influence sheds important light on the factors that are currently driving inequality today.
 Speed Reading: How to Read a Book a Day - Simple Tricks to Explode Your Reading Speed and Comprehension by Ryan James English | August 22, 2019 | ISBN: 1951030966 | 96 pages | EPUB | 0.21 Mb Accelerated Learning Series Book #2  Snake (Object Lessons) by Erica Wright English | 2020 | ISBN: 150134871X | 161 Pages | PDF | 3.66 MB  Smart Materials And Structures: New Research By Peter L. Reece 2007 | 304 Pages | ISBN: 1600211070 | PDF | 7 MB 'Smart' materials respond to environmental stimuli with particular changes in some variables. For that reason they are often also called responsive materials. Depending on changes in some external conditions, 'smart' materials change either their properties (mechanical, electrical, appearance), their structure or composition, or their functions. Mostly, 'smart' materials are embedded in systems whose inherent properties can be favourably changed to meet performance needs. Smart materials and structures have widespread applications in: Materials science - composites, ceramics, processing science, interface science, sensor/actuator materials, chiral materials, conducting and chiral polymers, electrochromic materials, liquid crystals, molecular-level smart materials, biomaterials; sensing and actuation - electromagnetic, acoustic, chemical and mechanical sensing and actuation, single-measurand sensors, multiplexed multimeasurand distributed sensors and actuators, sensor/actuator signal processing, compatibility of sensors and actuators with conventional and advanced materials, smart sensors for materials and composites processing; and, optics and electromagnetics - optical fibre technology, active and adaptive optical systems and components, tuneable high-dielectric phase shifters, tuneable surface control. It also have applications in: structures - smart skins for drag and turbulence control, other applications in aerospace/hydrospace structures, civil infrastructures, transportation vehicles, manufacturing equipment, repairability and maintainability; control - structural acoustic control, distributed control, analogue and digital feedback control, real-time implementation, adaptive structure stability, damage implications for structural control; and, information processing - neural networks, data processing, data visualisation and reliability. This book presents leading research from around the globe in this field.  Singing Grammar: Teaching Grammar through Songs (Cambridge Copy Collection) By Mark Hancock 1999 | 98 Pages | ISBN: 0521625424 | PDF | 12 MB Singing Grammar is part of the Cambridge Copy Collection. It is a resource book of supplementary materials for the teaching of grammar through the medium of song. It contains eighteen songs, each with a specific grammar focus, and is suitable for students from elementary to intermediate level. For each of the songs there is a clear page of teachings notes followed by a motivating song worksheet, a grammar exercise page and a fun grammar game for classroom use. The material is especially suitable for younger learners but could also be used successfully with adults.* songs specifically written for different age groups and levels* variety of musical styles* step-by-step instructions and tips for teachers* range of exercise types* photocopiable worksheets and games* useful pop music glossary* alternative karaoke or slow version for each song* Songbook containing lyrics and chords  Simplified Sheet Metal Concepts & Design by Ashok Kumar English | 2020 | ASIN: B08LSHBQBP | 341 Pages | PDF | 46 MB  Annette Miae Kim, "Sidewalk City: Remapping Public Space in Ho Chi Minh City" English | 2015 | ISBN: 022611922X | PDF | pages: 263 | 49.6 mb For most, the term "public space" conjures up images of large, open areas: community centers for meetings and social events; the ancient Greek agora for political debates; green parks for festivals and recreation. In many of the world's major cities, however, public spaces like these are not a part of the everyday lives of the public. Rather, business and social lives have always been conducted along main roads and sidewalks. With increasing urban growth and density, primarily from migration and immigration, rights to the sidewalk are being hotly contested among pedestrians, street vendors, property owners, tourists, and governments around the world.
 Show Me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication (Routledge Communication Series) By Chris Roush 2004 | 451 Pages | ISBN: 0805849548 | PDF | 28 MB Show Me The Money wins on substance. A bit daunting to the eye (this is very much an in-depth text), the book covers the full range of the business journalist -- covering companies, understanding terms, finding source information, getting a grip on the Wall Street marketplace and even understanding economics. The final chapter on internet sources of information is worth the price by itself. My quibbles are minor: the published news stories that are quoted in the book are perhaps unnecessarily long (but readily skimmed) and the writing style occasionally trips the light pedestrian. Those aside, I found this book to be a superb primer. For any early-career business journalist, this substitutes nicely for many hours in either the classroom or the woodshed with your editor.  Sharing Her: 10 New Erotic MFM Short Stories by Candy Quinn English | 2018 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B079YCPK78 | 183 pages | AZW3 | 0.42 Mb I always wanted to have two men at once... |
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