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How Canadians Communicate III: Contexts of Canadian Popular Culture

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:36:49 +0800

How Canadians Communicate III: Contexts of Canadian Popular Culture
Publisher: UBC Pre
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 2009-12-15
ISBN-10: 1897425597
ISBN-13: 9781897425596

The contributors to this third volume of How Canadians Communicate focus on the question "What does Canadian popular culture have to say about the construciton and negotiation of Canadian national identity?" They show how popular culture is negotiated across the different terrains where a sense of national identity is built, by producers and audiences, government and industry, history and geography, ethnicities, and citizenships. Canada does indeed have a popular culture distinct from other nations, and these contributors are out to prove it. About the Editors Bart Beaty is an associate profe...

The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:31:19 +0800

The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery
Publisher: Microsoft Research
Number of Pages: 284
Published: 2009-10-16
ISBN-10: 0982544200
ISBN-13: 9780982544204

This book presents the first broad look at the rapidly emerging field of data-intensive science, with the goal of influencing the worldwide scientific and computing research communities and inspiring the next generation of scientists. Increasingly, scientific breakthroughs will be powered by advanced computing capabilities that help researchers manipulate and explore massive datasets. The speed at which any given scientific discipline advances will depend on how well its researchers collaborate with one another, and with technologists, in areas of eScience such as databases, workflow managemen...

Dreamwork

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:28:13 +0800

Dreamwork
Publisher: University of Washington Pre
Number of Pages: 120
Published: 1969-12-31
ISBN-10: 1897425708
ISBN-13: 9781897425701

Part of a series of books of poetry on dream and its relation to actuality, Dreamwork is an exploration of the then and there, here and now, of landscapes and inscapes over time. The poems explore past, present, and future in places from Canada through New Jersey, New York, and New England to-- England and Europe as part of the speaker’s journey. A typology of home and displacement, of natural beauty and industrial scars unfold in the movement of the book. ...

South-south Migration and Remittances (World Bank Working Papers)

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:14:50 +0800

South-south Migration and Remittances (World Bank Working Papers)
Publisher: World Bank Publicatio
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2007-05-02
ISBN-10: 0821370723
ISBN-13: 9780821370728

South-South Migration and Remittances reports on preliminary results from an ongoing effort to improve data on bilateral migration stocks. It sets out some working hypotheses on the determinants and socioeconomic implications of South-South migration. Contrary to popular perception that migration is mostly a South-North phenomenon, South-South migration is large. Available data from national censuses suggest that nearly half of the migrants from developing countries reside in other developing countries. Almost 80 percent of South-South migration takes place between countries with contiguous bo...

A Portrait of LOUISIANA: Louisiana Human Development Report 2009

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:04:17 +0800

A Portrait of LOUISIANA: Louisiana Human Development Report 2009
Publisher: ebookdb.org
Number of Pages: 98
Published: 2009-09-17
ISBN-10: EBDB097908
ISBN-13:

• A human development index for Louisiana, using post-Katrina data, with rankings by parish groups, ethnicity and gender. The index reveals that while some groups within the state enjoy levels of well-being that surpass those of first-ranked Connecticut, others experience health, education, and income levels of the rest of the country thirty, forty, even fifty years ago; • First-ever 2007 life expectancy calculations for all Louisiana parishes and for whites and African Americans in each parish; • Reliable international comparisons of groups within Louisiana to well-being measures in o...

Structures of Participation in Digital Culture (A Columbia / SSRC Book)

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:57:50 +0800

Structures of Participation in Digital Culture (A Columbia / SSRC Book)
Publisher: Social Science Research Council
Number of Pages: 284
Published: 2008-02-19
ISBN-10: EBDB097907
ISBN-13:

Digital technologies are engines of cultural innovation, from the virtualization of group networks and social identities to the digital convergence of textural and audio-visual media. User-centered content production, from Wikipedia and YouTube to Open Source, has become the emblem of this transformation, but the changes run deeper and wider than these novel organizational forms. Digital culture is also about the transformation of what it means to be a creator within a vast and growing reservoir of media, data, computational power, and communicative possibilities. We have few tools and models ...

The Poor House

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:31:07 +0800

The Poor House
Publisher: CreateSpace
Number of Pages: 204
Published: 2009-09-31
ISBN-10: B002QHWOP4
ISBN-13:

This fictional delight is about the healing and abundant life that comes when we learn to submit ourselves entirely to God and God’s kingdom in this life. Anthony Perry uses real life experiences in a fictional backdrop to create a life changing and transforming work. This book will challenge and stretch your view and beliefs about what it means to be a Christian....

Universal Sense: The Blueprint For Success

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:21:05 +0800

Universal Sense: The Blueprint For Success
Publisher: ebookdb.org
Number of Pages: 62
Published: 2009-12-31
ISBN-10: UX10020800
ISBN-13:

The essence of our existence on this planet is survival – the struggle to lead secure, productive, and gratifying lives in a constantly changing and complex world. In times marked by rising unemployment and cost of living, a fragile economy, and global competition for limited resources, the quest for survival becomes even more challenging. It is therefore a breath of fresh air to discover a method of success that requires only applying specific principles and strategies to one’s life – the principals and strategies of Universal Sense. Universal Sense: The Blueprint for Success is a pract...

2008 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:17:20 +0800

2008 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic
Publisher: World Health Organizatio
Number of Pages: 350
Published: 2009-02-01
ISBN-10: 9291737119
ISBN-13: 9789291737116

"Knowing your epidemic" is essential for everyone involved in the response to HIV. Extensively illustrated with graphs and charts, this biennial report presents concise but comprehensive summaries of major issues in the global AIDS response. Annexes provide HIV estimates and data 2001 and 2007, and also country progress indicators. ...

Professional ASP.NET MVC 1.0 (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:04:42 +0800

Professional ASP.NET MVC 1.0 (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)
Publisher: Wrox
Number of Pages: 456
Published: 2009-04-01
ISBN-10: 0470384611
ISBN-13: 9780470384619

This book begins with you working along as Scott Guthrie builds a complete ASP.NET MVC reference application. He begins NerdDinner by using the File->New Project menu command within Visual Studio to create a new ASP.NET MVC Application. You’ll then incrementally add functionality and features. Along the way you’ll cover how to create a database, build a model layer with business rule validations, implement listing/details data browsing, provide CRUD (Create, Update, Delete) data form entry support, implement efficient data paging, reuse UI using master pages and partials, secure the applic...