Most children aren't fans of rules, but this essential book will reinforce why it is important to respect rules. Young readers are taught to consider the role of rules in our society. They will learn how following the rules makes our communities safer and happier. Readers will learn how citizens create and agree upon different kinds of rules, like laws and professional codes of conduct and what happens when those rules are broken. This key civic virtue will be explained using easy-to-follow terms and real-life examples.
Most children aren't fans of rules, but this essential book will reinforce why it is important to respect rules. Young readers are taught to consider the role of rules in our society. They will learn how following the rules makes our communities safer and happier. Readers will learn how citizens create and agree upon different kinds of rules, like laws and professional codes of conduct and what happens when those rules are broken. This key civic virtue will be explained using easy-to-follow terms and real-life examples.
An accessible guide to understanding what qualifies as sexual harassment and how to combat it, using the simple rules children learn on the playground. One of today’s most hotly discussed topics is sexual harassment in the workplace: what it looks like, how to prevent it, and what to do about it. So many people don’t realize that they have been victims of sexual harassment or that they have a right to speak up and demand different treatment. Many don’t realize that they are committing it, thanks certain behaviors being dismissed, forgiven, or ignored for many years when they should have been corrected long ago. In the heat of today’s #MeToo movement, Brigitte Gawenda Kimichik, JD, and J.R Tomlinson take things back to basics by applying the rules we all learned on the playground to the modern-day workplace, thus making clear to everyone what is and what isn’t OK. Play Nice: Playground Rules for Respect in the Workplace is an indispensable resource—both for empowering those who wish to reassert their boundaries and for teaching allies how to help in this fight. Praise for Play Nice “Chock full of smart, strategic advice to help anyone suffering from toxic behavior in the workplace. When you finish this book, you will realize that equal rights for women is not some far-off ideal but a reality that that soon can be achieved.” —Skip Hollandsworth, Executive Editor, Texas Monthly “For real change to occur, it is imperative that we all start holding ourselves responsible for ensuring everyone is treated respectfully. Play Nice is a giant step in the right direction. This book should be mandatory reading for all organizations and parents.” —Vanessa Fox Corp. VP, Chief Development Officer, Jack in the Box “This is a must-read for any human resources executive, any woman embarking on her professional career, and any bystander (male or female) who is not sure what to do when faced with bad behavior.” —Joel L. Ross, former General Counsel of Trammell Crow Company and retired partner of Vinson & Elkins LLP
As the Video Age returns us to our tribal roots as storytellers, artists and performers, it’s time to re-think what we want to say and learn to say it with a camera. Whether you’re a working professional, an aspiring filmmaker or the home/office paparazzi, the power of the medium—to inform, to entertain and to inspire—flows not from the camera but from the craft: the fine-tuning of a viewer’s perceptions. VIDEO RULES will dramatically shorten your learning curve, showing you how to: COMPOSE IRRESISTIBLE IMAGES HARNESS THE EMOTIONAL FORCE OF AUDIO GET INTERVIEW SUBJECTS TO SPEAK IN COMPLETE SENTENCES PREPARE FOR A WAR ZONE AND LIVE TO TELL THE STORY GROW A BULLETPROOF CAREER Veteran cameraman and producer Dave Lent distills forty years of know-how—shooting news, documentaries, sports, business and entertainment—into a set of simple, easy-to-grasp principles. With passion, practice and VIDEO RULES as your guide, the stories you shoot will be the ones people remember .
The essential reference for anyone who needs to write, spend an invitation, formally introduce, or speak to their local sheriff, pastor, judge, or city councilman.
Routledge Q&As give you the tools to practice and refine your exam technique, helping you to apply your knowledge to maximum effect in an exam situation. Each book contains up to fifty essay and problem-based questions on commonly examined topics, complete with answer plans and fully worked model answers. Our authors have also highlighted common mistakes as well as offering you tips on how to achieve the very best marks. Routledge Q&As are written by lecturers who are also examiners, and the books provide 'notes from the examiner' for each question to give you an exclusive insight into exactly what your marker will be looking for in an answer.
Routledge Q&As give you the tools to practice and refine your exam technique, showing you how to apply your knowledge to maximum effect in an exam situation. Each book contains up to fifty essay and problem-based questions on the most commonly examined topics, complete with expert guidance and fully worked model answers. These books provide you with the skills you need for your exams by: Helping you to be prepared: each title in the series has an introduction presenting carefully tailored advice on how to approach assessment for your subject Showing you what examiners are looking for: each question is annotated with both a short overview on how to approach your answer, as well as footnoted commentary that demonstrate how model answers meet marking criteria Offering pointers on how to gain marks, as well as what common errors could lose them: ‘Aim Higher’ and ‘Common Pitfalls’ offer crucial guidance throughout Helping you to understand and remember the law: diagrams for each answer work to illuminate difficult legal principles and provide overviews of how model answers are structured Books in the series are also supported by a Companion Website that offers online essay-writing tutorials, podcasts, bonus Q&As and multiple-choice questions to help you focus your revision more effectively.
The current book is a combination of number of great ideas, applications, case studies, and practical systems in the domain of Semantics. The book has been divided into two volumes. The current one is the second volume which highlights the state-of-the-art application areas in the domain of Semantics. This volume has been divided into four sections and ten chapters. The sections include: 1) Software Engineering, 2) Applications: Semantic Cache, E-Health, Sport Video Browsing, and Power Grids, 3) Visualization, and 4) Natural Language Disambiguation. Authors across the World have contributed to debate on state-of-the-art systems, theories, models, applications areas, case studies in the domain of Semantics. Furthermore, authors have proposed new approaches to solve real life problems ranging from e-Health to power grids, video browsing to program semantics, semantic cache systems to natural language disambiguation, and public debate to software engineering.
Most people would agree that thoughtful behavior and common decency are in short supply, or simply forgotten in hurried lives of emails, cellphones, and multi-tasking. In Choosing Civility, P. M. Forni identifies the twenty-five rules that are most essential in connecting effectively and happily with others. In clear, witty, and, well...civilized language, Forni covers topics that include: * Think Twice Before Asking Favors * Give Constructive Criticism * Refrain from Idle Complaints * Respect Others' Opinions * Don't Shift Responsibility and Blame * Care for Your Guests * Accept and Give Praise Finally, Forni provides examples of how to put each rule into practice and so make life-and the lives of others-more enjoyable, companionable, and rewarding. Choosing Civility is a simple, practical, perfectly measured, and quietly magical handbook on the lost art of civility and compassion. “Insightful meditation on how changing the way we think can improve our daily lives. ... A deft exploration that urges us to think before speaking.” —Kirkus, Starred Review
