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Living Well with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need to Know - PDF
نویسندگان: خلاصه: From the author of Living Well With Hypothyroidism, a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia--vital help for the millions of people suffering from pain, fatigue, and sleep problems. Recent studies indicate that 3 to 6 million Americans suffer from fibromyalgia--a chronic disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, and multiple tender points. This terrible condition is often accompanied by chronic fatigue syndrome, a persistent and debilitating sense of exhaustion that is estimated to affect 800,000 Americans--twice the number of people with multiple sclerosis. Yet there are no official blood tests of diagnostic procedures that can confirm that yes, you definitely have these conditions, and in fact, a whole segment of the medical world doesn't even believe these two diseases actually exist. In addition, the few books that are on the market tend to focus on single solutions or eschew conventional and pharmaceutical approaches, which could alienate readers who use conventional medicine in whole or part. In her trademark accessible, easy-to-follow style, patient advocate Mary J. Shomon integrates the latest findings regarding these misunderstood conditions. Highlighting the pros and cons of the antibiotic, metabolic/endocrine, hormonal, musculoskeletal, and many other approaches to treatment, Shomon explores the fads and viable alternatives--both conventional and alternative--and provides helpful, clear solutions to help sufferers of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. At various points since 1995, Mary J. Shomon has been diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia. Since then, she has transformed her health challenges into a mission as a nationally-known patient advocate. She has worked for more than 20 years in writing, advertising, public relations, and communications and is the founder and editor-in-chief of several thyroid, autoimmune, and nutrition newsletters, as well as the internet's most popular thyroid disease website, www.thyroid-info.com.
You and Your Action Research Project - PDF
نویسندگان: خلاصه: This book gives practical guidance on doing an action research project as part of an award-bearing course. Packed with useful advice, it takes the practitioner-researcher through the various stages of a project, from action planning to writing the report. It deals comprehensively with gathering and interpreting the data, and also with issues concerning the criteria by which action research reports are judged. This book is thoroughly practical, and will encourage readers to try out new strategies for improving their work.Action research is firmly established on award-bearing courses in INSET and Continuing Professional Development. This book is essential reading for resource managers in schools, college and higher education who are responsible for providing courses and support.
So You've Been in an Accident, Now What?: Everyone's Guide to Personal Injury Law - PDF
نویسندگان: خلاصه: Most people feel two things after they’ve been in a car accident--or any accident: Fear and anger. As a result, they don’t always make good decisions about how to act and what to say in the aftermath. Lawyers and insurance companies know this--and take advantage of the confusion. In this book, an attorney with a successful personal injury practice gives ordinary consumers an insider’s advice on what to do and what to say. The book follows a chronological path from the moment an accident takes place through the final settlement of any legal disputes that follow. It deals with various scenarios--most importantly, whether the accident was your fault or someone else’s. And it considers the many matters that aren’t legal--but just as important to someone recovering physically, emotionally and financially from an accident.
As You Like It (Shakespeare in Production) - PDF
نویسندگان: خلاصه: Of this play the fable is wild and pleasing’, wrote Samuel Johnson of As YouLike It.1 The play in performance has sometimes veered towards the ‘wild’side, appearing a dangerously subversive work that exposes the instabilityof traditional values. At other moments it has been simply ‘pleasing’, astalwart demonstration of conventional social mores; this aspect promptedGeorge Bernard Shaw to accuse Shakespeare of ‘exploit[ing] the fondnessof the British Public for sham moralizing and stage “philosophy”.’2 Theplay’s ability to encompass these extremes tells an interesting story aboutchanging cultural and theatrical practices. Tracing the history of As YouLike It in the theatre and on film shows the extent to which a playscript is anevolving document that can be radically shaped in performance. Directors,actors, and venues are obviously central to this shaping process, and thecurrent incarnation of As You Like It bears the imprint of various theatricalfigures and general alterations in styles and playing places. Perhaps even moresignificant in following how the play has been evoked is a consideration ofthe wide and shifting context of social codes, gender norms, and attitudestowards the arts, especially theatre. The production history of As You LikeIt affords us a focused view of major social, political, and aesthetic changesover the past four centuries.At the same time, the performance history of As You Like It testifies to theparticular artistic poise of this comedy, written in 1600 when Shakespearewas at the height of his powers. A mode of refreshment and regeneration,Shakespearean comedy does not merely entertain by providing diversion,but seeks to accommodate viewers to the world in which they live. Towardsthis end, As You Like It addresses and seeks to manage a number of tensionsof social life, and achieves success through its ‘power to express conflictand order it in art’.3 Its formal balance does not eradicate the importanceof the play’s historical context, however. Because As You Like It seeks toorder specifically social ills, it draws on and develops changing conceptionsof how people relate to one another, individually and in groups. In otherwords, the interrelation of diachroni
You Can't Fight Tanks with Bayonets: Psychological Warfare against the Japanese Army in the Southwest Pacific (Studies in War, Society, and the Militar) - PDF
نویسندگان: خلاصه: In November 1944, during a lull in the intense fighting so characteristic of the Pacific War, a Japanese sol-dier made the following entry in his diary: ‘’I won’t go so far as to say it is absolutely impossible but I don’tthink we can win the war with Japanese spirit alone.” 1 Although the average GI would have found these wordsof little interest or importance, they were immensely heartening to Allied propagandists charged with the taskof inducing demoralization among enemy combatants. For this seemingly insignificant diary entry and manyothers akin to it provided evidence that soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA ) were losing confidencein their ability to win the “Greater East Asia War” and recognizing the vital importance played by materialfactors in wartime. Similar statements proffered by Japanese prisoners of war (POWS ) and found in documentsretrieved from battlefields throughout the Pacific were important sources of intelligence for psychologicalwarfare personnel, whose job it was to hasten Japan’s defeat by waging a propaganda campaign to diminishJapanese confidence in their ability to achieve victory.Historians have written hundreds of volumes about World War II. Many of them analyze various aspects ofthe Pacific War, and some examine the subject of psychological warfare (psywar), but rarely do these twolines of scholarly inquiry intersect. The bulk of the studies of psychological operations in World War II per-tain to the European Theater of Operations (ETO). John W. Dower’s War without Mercy: Race and Power inthe Pacific War assesses the impact of racial hatred, cultural stereotypes, and psychological factors on theconduct of the Pacific War. Yet his treatment of wartime atrocities, Japanese adherence to “death before disho-nor,” and Americans “obsessed with the task of slaughter” reveals only part of the story. 2 Although he refersto the surrender of demoralized Japanese soldiers, the subject is peripheral to his work. This is understanda-ble given his focus, yet one is left with a very clear impression that such occurrences were extraordinarily rareand insignificant events. More problematic is Dower’s assertion that Americans in decision-making positionswere so singularly unimpressed with the idea of waging a serious propaganda campaign against the Japanesethat “such ideas had little impact.”3 In fact, this is not the case. Psywar was not an afterthought on the part ofAllied military commanders, nor was it always perceived as some ‘’impractical plaything of effete civilians.”4In their attempts to demoralize Japanese troops Allied propagandists in the Southwest Pacific alone dissemi-nated nearly 400 million propaganda leaflets and witnessed the capture of approximately 19,500 Japanese pri-soners.
The World of Animals (Children, Have You Ever Thought?) - PDF
نویسندگان: خلاصه: Dear children,In this book, we will discover the marvels of creation in the living beingssurrounding us. In the following pages, you will set out on a joyful journeyin the company of many loveable living beings who will amaze you withtheir many interesting and astonishing characteristics.While reading this book, you will see that Allah has created all livingbeings in perfect forms and that all of them are only manifestations ofAllah's infinite beauty, power and knowledge."Do you know all the animals?" We can hear you saying, "Not really.Only some of them." Do you know about these creatures' lives? Do youknow how they are born? How they live? How they protect themselves andfind food? You probably have no idea about most of the details of theseanimals' lives. But don't worry! As you read this book, you will learnastounding things about them and be amazed at the various perfectionsand fine qualities Allah has given these living creatures.You are already acquainted with many animals. But in this book, youwill also get to know some other animals' secret and marvellous worlds,11which you have most probably never heardabout or seen. You will like them very much. Asyou continue reading, you will be amazed at theway these animals can accomplish some of the tasksthey do. You will see ostriches–the fastest runners in the world,tigers–some of the best sprinters, sharp-teethed squirrels, eye-catchingpeacocks and, as you meet them, you will come to know them better.Meanwhile, keep in mind that these are only some of the animals that existin the world… Our planet abounds with countless other animal species.While seeing the beauties of these creatures, keep in mind that Allah, theCreator of all these creatures, only wants us to think about the infinitemight and art in His creation, recognise that He has created everythingand that He is the owner of every living being. He also wants us to see thebeauty in these living creatures, to take pleasure from their beauty andthereby love Allah and be grateful to Him because He has created all thesesplendid creatures.The creation of all the universe, all the lovely animals, plants, night andday and everything surrounding you serves a single purpose: to come to beable to see the sublime and flawless creation of Allah. The purpose is simplyto make us, human beings, say, "How graciously Allah has created!"Reading The World of Animals will provide this outlook on the livingcreatures you see around you.Are you ready? Now, turn the page andembark on The World of Animals! There isa whole world of wonderful animalswaiting for you inside!
Typosphere: New Fonts to Make You Think - PDF
نویسندگان: خلاصه: Intheearlyl990s,ahugenumberofgraphicdesignerslaunchedthemselvesintocreatingtypefaces.BoththetechnologicalrevolutionthatprecededtheappearanceofthefirstMacintoshcomputer,in1984,andthedevelopmentofrelativelyuser-friendlytypeface-productionsoftwareencouragedmanydesignerstoenterafieldthatwaspreviouslylimitedtohighlyexperiencedprofessionals.Theappearanceofthecomputerbroughtwithitagreatersenseoffreedom,anditallowedthegraphicdesignworldingeneraltoexploretheapparentlynonexistentlimitsofthisnewtechnology.Largenumbersofcreatorsgeneratedmassesofbizarrepieces,mostlyofanexperimentalnature,andthefreneticrhythmofproductioninevitablyaffectedtheirquality,bothingraphicandtypefacedesign.However,fromthistechnologicalrevolution,likeallrevolutions,arosearelativelyshortperiodofenergetic,large-scaleproduction,whichcametoanendasquicklyasithadstarted.Bytheendofthe1990stheworldofgraphicdesignhadsettleddown.Thoseexperimentingwithtypedesignreturnedtographics;somewentontoWebdesign,thenextrevolution,andtypefacedesignersruledtheroostonceagain.Thisreturntospecializationisdueinparttotheappearanceofmorecomplextypeface-productionsoftware,whichrequiredtech-nicalsophistication.Unicode,forexample,isanencodingsystemwhichcanidentifytheglyphsthateachtypefacecontains.Itlocatesaspecificglyphinatypeface'sdatabase,whenthattypefaceisused.OpenType,aprojectstartedin1995anddevelopedbybothMicrosoftandAdobe,actuallyproducedanewtypefaceformat,which,inreality,isahybridofexistingformatsandnewextensions.OpenTypeisaversatileformat,compatiblewithbothplatforms—MacandPC—whichalsoallowsthedevelopmentoflargecharactersets.Asinglefontmaycontainupto65,000glyphscomparedtoaprevious256.Thisfeaturefavorsthedevelopmentoftypefacesthatcontainvariouswritingsystemswithinasinglefont.Italsoallowsthepro-ductionofcomplexwritingsystems,suchasJapanese,whichusestwosyllabicalphabets,hiraganaandkatakana;oneideographic,kanji;and,inrecentyears,theso-calledromaji,orLatinalphabet.OpenTypealsoallowsuserstoaddotherfeatures,suchassmallcapitals,alternativecharacters,ligatures,OldStylefiguresandothers—attributesthatpreviouslyhadtobeseparatedintodiffer-ent"expert"fonts,whichwereaimedatprofessionalgraphicdesigners.Inshort,thesenewtechnologieshaveonceagainlimitedtypefacedesigntoprofessionalswithanin-depthknowledgeofboththenewtoolsandthetraditionaltechniques.Soanyonecreatingnewfontsthesedaysisdoingmuchmorethanmerelycreatingattractiveshapes.InthewordsofPaulRenner:"Heedthisprofessionals:Typefacedesignistechnology,anditisart."
Retire Secure!: Pay Taxes Later The Key to Making Your Money Last as Long as You Do - Original PDF
نویسندگان: خلاصه: Retire Secure! is written for consumers and advisors who wor-ry about these essential questions: “Will I have enough incomewhen I retire?” and “Will it last as long as I might?” These ques-tions might have additional significance for the wife of a maleretiree because she is statistically likely to survive her husband.Jim has properly identified the three stages of retirementplanning: accumulation, distribution, and estate planning, andreaders will fi nd the organization extremely helpful. They canquickly place themselves along the continuum of the retirementprocess and fi nd excellent recommendations for each stage oftheir journey.Understanding the implications of various retirement plan-ning decisions requires looking at the numbers. There is no get-ting around that. Comparing and contrasting different optionsguides the consumer into making the right choices. Jim takes allthe work out of this by providing numerous comparisons. Gradu-ally the reader is educated and informed—and making the rightchoices becomes easier.An important issue is, “Which account (Roth, IRA, 401(k),403(b), after tax, etc.) is the best to make withdrawals from first?”This is very clearly addressed in the book despite the fact that theexplanation cannot be simple or the response universal. It de-pends on an individual’s particular circumstances, and Jim avoidsgiving the reader the simplified, and often wrong, answer.The mini case studies are a real eye-opener for all readers,both consumers and financial advisors, because they mathemati-cally prove Jim’s assertions. Each comparison and mini case studyis based on several assumptions, which Jim is careful to point outin a clear fashion. I particularly enjoyed Mini Case Study 5.2about the disastrous execution of beneficiary forms and the deci-sion of Junior not to sue the careless estate administrator—hismother
On the Old Testament (A Book You'll Actually Read) - PDF
نویسندگان: خلاصه: Clear, biblical answers to some of the most common questions about the Old Testament-all in one concise book you'll actually read! Packed with big truth, this little book on the Old Testament can be read in roughly one hour, making it a book you'll actually read. Mark Driscoll, one of America's most influential pastors, answers the nine most common questions about the Old Testament-questions about authorship, what Jesus says about the Old Testament, how the Old Testament books were chosen as Scripture, and more-and gives an overview of the various kinds of Old Testament literature. Two appendices include a comprehensive list of further resources and a checklist for reading through the entire Old Testament. On the Old Testament is part of a series of inexpensive and accessible books that give clear, biblical answers to difficult theological questions and controversies. Through this series readers will get a solid and simple introduction to the Bible by investing just a little time.
Will You Still Need Me?: Feeling Wanted, Loved, and Meaningful as We Age - PDF
نویسندگان: خلاصه: Will You Still Need Me?: Feeling Wanted, Loved, and Meaningful as We Age is a touching and incisive book organized around interviews with individuals of various ages who have responded to questions about aging. The interviewees offer their unguarded thoughts about aging with a significant other—or alone. They reveal their self perceptions, their feelings about the future, their self-image as it relates to aging, and their expectations and impressions of aging itself. They also share their concerns that with aging comes not only possible loneliness, but also meaninglessness and even uselessness.Psychotherapist Angela Browne-Miller weaves the findings into a philosophical, research-based overview of cross-generational concerns and feelings about aging. Her book opens a window into the hearts and minds of our parents, our peers, and our children as they look at the aging process and at how individuals, society, and families treat aging. Through the sensitive, up-close-and-personal, bird's-eye view of the people interviewed for this book, aging unfolds into a deeply moving experience, one we all share.آیا کتاب مورد نظر هنوز بر روی سایت قرار نگرفته است؟ جای نگرانی نیست! کافی است بر روی گزینه سفارش کتاب کلیک کرده و درخواست خود را ثبت کنید. در کمتر از چند ساعت کتاب شما را آماده خواهیم کرد.