Utopia Parkway : The Life and Work of Joseph Cornell

Utopia Parkway : The Life and Work of Joseph Cornell by Deborah Solomon
English | 2015 | ISBN-10: 1590517147 | 448 pages | ePUB | 10 MB

No artist ever led a stranger life than Joseph Cornell, the self-taught American genius prized for his disquieting shadow boxes, who stands at the intersection of Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism and Pop art. Legends about Cornell abound–as the shy hermit, the devoted family caretaker, the artistic innocent–but never before “Utopia Parkway” has he been presented for what he was: a brilliant, relentlessly serious artist whose stature has now reached monumental proportions. Cornell was haunted by dreams and visions, yet the site of his imaginings couldn’t have been more ordinary: a small house he shared with his mother and invalid brother in Queens, New York.

Re-Engage: How America"s Best Places to Work Inspire Extra Effort in Extraordinary Times (Repost)

Leigh Branham, Mark Hirschfeld, “Re-Engage: How America’s Best Places to Work Inspire Extra Effort in Extraordinary Times”
English | 2010 | ISBN: 0071703101 | 368 pages | PDF | 3 MB

WHY SHOULD I WORRY ABOUT KEEPING WORKERS HAPPY IN A TIME OF RISING UNEMPLOYMENT?

Because you can’t afford not to. In an eye-opening survey of 10,000 employers in 43 states, the Best Places to Work are not only the most engaging work environments for employees—they are also the most efficient, productive, and successful. Even in the toughest economic times.

WHAT SEPARATES THE “BEST” FROM THE REST?

These companies understand and utilize the six “universal drivers” of employee engagement:

1.Caring, Competent, and Engaging Senior Leaders

2.Effective Managers Who Keep Employees Aligned and Engaged

3.Effective Teamwork at All Levels

4.Job Enrichment and Professional Growth

5.Valuing Employee Contributions

6.Concern for Employee Well-Being

HOW CAN I GET THE “BEST” FROM MY EMPLOYEES, MY COMPANY, AND MYSELF?

Simple. Re-engage them.

Praise for Re-Engage

“Authors Leigh Branham, SPHR, and Mark Hirschfeld delve into how the best places to work keep employees at all levels engaged and productive, and offer lessons on how to revitalize your own employees’ engagement.”

—SHRM/HR Magazine

Honore Lannuier, Cabinet Maker from Paris: The Life and Work of a French Ebeniste in Federal New York (Repost)

Peter M. Kenny, “Honore Lannuier, Cabinet Maker from Paris: The Life and Work of a French Ebeniste in Federal New York”
English | 1998 | ISBN: 0870998358 | PDF | pages: 273 | 38,9 mb

Although his brief but productive career as a cabinetmaker in New York lasted a mere sixteen years, the French-born maître ébéniste Charles-Honoré Lannuier (1779–1819) was a leading figure in the development of a distinctive and highly refined style of furniture in the Late Federal period. A contemporary of the renowned master Duncan Phyfe, Lannuier, like him, made fashionable gilded card tables, marble-topped pier tables, bedsteads, and seating furniture for wealthy clients numbering among the mercantile and social elite of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Richmond, and Savannah.

Honoré, one of ten children, spent his formative years in France. From his much older brother Nicolas, a Parisian cabinetmaker who had attained the rank of master in 1783, he undoubtedly learned the “art and mystery” of cabinetmaking firsthand, honing His skills for a decade before departing for America in 1803. Not long after Honoré heralded his arrival with an advertisement in The New York Evening Post, he established his own workshop and wareroom at 60 Broad Street, and, by 1804, was listed in the New York City Directory. One of his most important commissions, seating furniture for the Common Council Chamber in New York’s new City Hall among the most imposing 19th-century public buildings in the United States—would be completed in 1812 and much of it still remains in situ.

Lannuier traded on his French background and the cachet that it implied with the handsomely engraved bilingual label that he applied to his finished pieces, which emphasized that he was transmitting directly to America the Greco-Roman revival style popularized in Republican and Early Empire France. This near-obsessive labeling of his work has permitted scholars to appreciate the extent of his considerable legacy of classical style furniture and its impact on the New York cabinetmaking establishment. While his career was cut short by his untimely death, at age 40, when he was at the height of his creative powers, Lannuier’s reputation continues to this day. with documented examples of his furniture in the permanent collections of the foremost museums, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, the Winterthur Museum, and The White House.

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Applying a Human Rights Approach to Social Work Research and Evaluation

Applying a Human Rights Approach to Social Work Research and Evaluation: A Rights Research Manifesto
Springer | Social Sciences | November 8, 2015 | ISBN-10: 3319260340 | 99 pages | pdf | 1.91 mb

Authors: Maschi, Tina​​

Introduces a human rights framework that can be applied to social work research
Offers guidance on developing and implementing a rights-based approach to social work research and evaluation
Advances the relationship between human rights and social justice and individual, family, and community well-being​
Provides case examples

This brief introduces a human rights approach to social work research and evaluation, compares it to traditional research approaches, and explains how to apply it in real world social work research. The author draws from a human rights framework that incorporates dignity and respect for all persons, the universality and interrelatedness of rights (political, civil, social, economic, and cultural), nondiscrimination, participation, accountability, and transparency. To advance a human rights approach, it introduces a rights-based model that accentuates the use of mixed methods and participatory research and evaluation. This brief aims to increase competencies in how to apply a rights based approach to research decision-making process from the formulation of research questions, research and practice design, and participatory action strategies that advance human rights.​ It is a call to action for social workers to forge a rights-based research agenda that fosters empowerment.

Number of Illustrations and Tables

9 illustrations in colour

Topics

Social Work

Human Rights

Social Policy, Public Economics

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James Clerk Maxwell: Perspectives on his Life and Work

James Clerk Maxwell: Perspectives on his Life and Work By Raymond Flood, Mark McCartney
2014 | 384 Pages | ISBN: 0199664374 | PDF | 11 MB

James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) had a relatively brief, but remarkable life, lived in his beloved rural home of Glenlair, and variously in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, London and Cambridge. His scholarship also ranged wide – covering all the major aspects of Victorian natural philosophy. He was one of the most important mathematical physicists of all time, coming only after Newton and Einstein.

In scientific terms his immortality is enshrined in electromagnetism and Maxwell’s equations, but as this book shows, there was much more to Maxwell than electromagnetism, both in terms of his science and his wider life. Maxwell’s life and contributions to science are so rich that they demand the expertise of a range of academics – physicists, mathematicians, and historians of science and literature – to do him justice. The various chapters will enable Maxwell to be seen from a range of perspectives.

Chapters 1 to 4 deal with wider aspects of his life in time and place, at Aberdeen, King’s College London and the Cavendish Laboratory. Chapters 5 to 12 go on to look in more detail at his wide ranging contributions to science: optics and colour, the dynamics of the rings of Saturn, kinetic theory, thermodynamics, electricity, magnetism and electromagnetism with the concluding chapters on Maxwell’s poetry and Christian faith.

Martin Graff - Making Internet Dating Work for You [repost]

Martin Graff – Making Internet Dating Work for You

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Genre: eLearning Video / Dating, Relationships, Sex, Psychology

Let Martin help to increase your chances of meeting someone through online dating and Apps! The world of online dating is a dynamic one with things constantly changing. There are now multitudes of online dating sites, including those dedicated to finding partners for casual affairs. It is therefore imperative to keep ahead of the game in online dating.

So how can you maximize your chances of finding a romantic partner online? How do other people actually portray themselves online? How do you come across to others online? This session will answer all of these questions and more.

In this workshop session Dr Graff will also give some practical advice on:• Finding the right dating site or app for you.
• How to construct your dating site profile for maximum effect
• How to interact with others online – the way to approach an online liaison with a potential dating partner.
• The first steps in a first face-to-face meeting.

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The Enlightenment of Work: Revealing the Path to Happiness, Contentment and Purpose in Your Job

The Enlightenment of Work: Revealing the Path to Happiness, Contentment and Purpose in Your Job by Steve Nobel
English | 2012 | ISBN: 1780283814 | 228 pages | EPUB | 0,3 MB

Work can be a source of growth and connection, but all too often it results in anxiety and anger. The Enlightenment of Work offers a simple but liberating philosophy: on-the-job suffering happens–but you can transform that suffering into self-worth, passion, and purpose. In these uncertain economic times, it’s more important than ever to be personally and professionally empowered, and this book, with its groundbreaking fusion of Eastern spirituality and Western business and NLP practices, will help reinvigorate your approach to work . . . and life.