All those little differences that seem trivial when you're falling in love can become major issues once passion cools with the reality of living together. The Bride and Groom Happiness Test asks hundreds of questions for couples to answer together on topics such as sex, in-laws, having children, pets, cooking, food preferences, exercise and fitness, housecleaning, traveling, household economics, interior decorating, religion and politics. Probing the psyche of one's beloved has never been so enlightening or entertaining.
LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
With wit and thoughtful compassion, Richard Meehan presents one of the mostperplexing of contemporary moral predicaments, one that arises in every attempt to assesspotentially hazardous technologies. He focuses on the longrunning controversy over suspectedearthquake faults near the nation's first corporately owned nuclear test reactor at Vallecitos,California, and uses this account of "the politics of expertise" to probe the nature of scientifictruth and its relationship to the determination of public safety.At Vallecitos, Meehan points out,the opinions of the "experts" were radically divided. Where one group saw clear and ominous evidenceof an earthquake fault in trenches dug at this showpiece site, others saw only the mark of anancient landslide. How did these experts arrive at their opinions? Were they simply representingcorporate, as opposed to environmentalist, points of view? And how are the public regulatoryagencies charged with deciding such issues supposed to balance these seemingly irreconcilableopinions?The Atom and the Fault explores these crucial questions as the issue of the earthquakesafety of nuclear power plants continues to grow into a struggle encompassing government regulatorybodies, public utilities, private industry, engineers, geologists, and citizen activists. It paintscandid portraits of the principal expert players, clarifies the difficult and often delicateinterplay of honesty and loyalties among them, and lucidly explains the technical issues andviewpoints involved.As a professional participant in several environmental controversies in whichso-called scientific facts were represented by opposing points of view, Meehan is uniquely qualifiedto tell this tale. He is a consultant to industry, government agencies, and law firms specializingin forecasting and damage assessment related to earthquakes and land failures, and an adjunctprofessor in the Values, Technology, Science, and Society program at Stanford University. His firstbook, Getting Sued and Other Tales of the Engineering Life was published by The MIT Press in1981.
From the earliest times, humans have enjoyed dining and entertainment with family and friends, from sharing a simple meal to an extravagant feast for a special celebration. In this two-volume set, entries tell the history of wedding and religious customs, holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas, and modern day get togethers such as block parties and Superbowl parties. Providing a worldwide perspective on celebration, entries on topics such as Dim Sum, La Quinceanera Parties, Deepavali, and Juneteenth cover many cultures. In addition, entries on Ancient Rome, Medieval entertaining, and others give an inside view as to what entertaining was like during those times, should readers want to recreate these themes for school projects or club banquets. Whether a student of history or world language class, or an adult planning a theme party, there is something in Entertaining from Ancient Rome to the Super Bowl for everyone.
Originally published in 1914, this text describes L.T. Headland and his wife’s experience in China in the early twentieth century. With a focus on home life this study explores issues such as children, marriage and education as well as food, religion and concubinage as well as presenting anecdotes and personal stories from the families Headland interacted with. This title will be of interest to students of Asian Studies and Anthropology.
More and more women are giving speeches at weddings today - even within the most traditional of cultures. And it's not just a case of "saying a few words." Whether you're the bride, bridesmaid, mother, grandmother, sister, friend or colleague, you want your speech to be meaningful and memorable, something everyone present will cherish forever. Wedding Speeches For Women is any woman's complete handbook to devising and presenting a wedding speech to remember. In it, you'll find all you need to know about how to: - Understand where your speech fits into the day - Prepare and write your speech - Make it work for you, not just the audience - Choose content that's perfect for the occasion and individuals - Pick a speech structure and approach from a selection of ideas - Choose from a wide range of joke concepts - Find good, poignant quotations - Select or even write a poem for the occasion - Overcome nervousness or "stage fright" - Benefit from professionals' presentation tips and tricks
