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1000 tulosta hakusanalla Stephen Frailey
Inspired by John Szarkowski’s 1973 Looking at Photographs, and paying homage to the concept of the one hundred images and a page of text for each, Stephen Frailey now updates this classic with significant works of photography from early 80s to the present. Looking at Photography covers all genres of photography, and through discussing the process of the individual works Frailey – as photographer, editor and educator - articlulates the themes and sensibilities of contemporary photography. The book is illustrated with major works by acclaimed artists such as Tina Barney, Jeff Wall, Steven Meisel, Nan Goldin, Helmut Newton, Martin Parr, Tim Walker, Wolfgang Tillmans, among others.
Global Sport Leadership
Stephen Frawley; Laura Misener; Daniel Lock; Nico Schulenkorf
Routledge
2020
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This book explores the global developments in sport leadership and practice.Drawing on the vast and ever-growing leadership literature, the book examines advances in leadership theory and practice in the context of the challenges faced by those working in global sport management positions. It explores the various dimensions of leadership, with a particular focus on the development of leadership theory. It also looks at the operational and contextual elements of leadership in a global sport environment and finally reflects on the status quo, and explores future challenges and research opportunities for leadership and global sport management.
Global Sport Leadership
Stephen Frawley; Laura Misener; Daniel Lock; Nico Schulenkorf
Routledge
2019
sidottu
This book explores the global developments in sport leadership and practice.Drawing on the vast and ever-growing leadership literature, the book examines advances in leadership theory and practice in the context of the challenges faced by those working in global sport management positions. It explores the various dimensions of leadership, with a particular focus on the development of leadership theory. It also looks at the operational and contextual elements of leadership in a global sport environment and finally reflects on the status quo, and explores future challenges and research opportunities for leadership and global sport management.
Managing Global Sport Events
David M. Herold; Greg Joachim; Stephen Frawley; Nico Schulenkorf
Emerald Publishing Limited
2022
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Logistics are a critical element in the planning and realization of any large-scale event. Managing Global Sport Events: Logistics and Coordination provides a critical look behind the scenes of these large-scale sport events by combining the previously separate but inextricably bound areas of sport, logistics and coordination management. The coordination and logistics activities behind global sports events such as the Olympic Games or Formula 1 Championships are unparalleled, but have largely been ignored by scholars around the world. Managing Global Sport Events presents the latest developments in this intriguing area of study, offering insights from a team of experts across sport, event, and logistics management. This first volume of the ground-breaking Sports Management series enters unchartered territory and advances our inter-disciplinary knowledge across sport, event and logistics studies, informing both contemporary sport management theory and practice.
The Supreme Art and Science of Raja and Kriya Yoga
Stephen Sturgess; David Frawley
JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
2022
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Stephen Sturgess draws on decades of study and practice to present a comprehensive and engaging account of Raja and Kriya Yoga. These authentic forms represent true Yoga, and their practice provides spiritual seekers with the ultimate pathway towards self-realisation, inner freedom and ineffable peace and joy. The book begins by providing a complete view of Yoga and its spiritual dimensions, including an account of the history and philosophy of all Yoga traditions. It then covers Raja and Kriya Yoga in depth, with instruction on the asanas, breathing techniques and meditations of each tradition. With a glossary and an introduction to Sanskrit, this book provides everything a truth-seeker needs to embark on the journey to spiritual awakening. A complete guide to Raja and Kriya Yoga, this book is an incomparable resource that will be a valued addition to the shelves of yoga practitioners and yoga teachers as well as anyone with an interest in yogic or Vedic traditions.
A Monte Carlo Primer
Stephen A. Dupree; Stanley K. Fraley
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
2001
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The mathematical technique of Monte Carlo, as applied to the transport of sub-atomic particles, has been described in numerous reports and books since its formal development in the 1940s. Most of these instructional efforts have been directed either at the mathematical basis of the technique or at its practical application as embodied in the several large, formal computer codes available for performing Monte Carlo transport calculations. This book attempts to fill what appears to be a gap in this Monte Carlo literature between the mathematics and the software. Thus, while the mathematical basis for Monte Carlo transport is covered in some detail, emphasis is placed on the application of the technique to the solution of practical radiation transport problems. This is done by using the PC as the basic teaching tool. This book assumes the reader has a knowledge of integral calculus, neutron transport theory, and Fortran programming. It also assumes the reader has available a PC with a Fortran compiler. Any PC of reasonable size should be adequate to reproduce the examples or solve the exercises contained herein. The authors believe it is important for the reader to execute these examples and exercises, and by doing so to become accomplished at preparing appropriate software for solving radiation transport problems using Monte Carlo. The step from the software described in this book to the use of production Monte Carlo codes should be straightforward.
A Monte Carlo Primer
Stephen A. Dupree; Stanley K. Fraley
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
2004
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In Volume 1, A Monte Carlo Primer - A Practical Approach to Radiation Transport (the "Primer"), we attempt to provide a simple, convenient, and step-by-step approach to the development, basic understanding, and use of Monte Carlo methods in radiation transport. Using the PC, the Primer begins by developing basic Monte Carlo codes to solve simple transport problems, then introduces a teaching tool, the Probabilistic Framework Code (PFC), as a standard platform for assembling, testing, and executing the various Monte Carlo techniques that are presented. This second volume attempts to continue this approach by using both custom Monte Carlo codes and PFC to apply the concepts explained in the Primer to obtain solutions to the exercises given at the end of each chapter in the Primer. A relatively modest number of exercises is included in the Primer. Some ambiguity is left in the statement of many of the exercises because the intent is not to have the user write a particular, uniquely correct piece of coding that produces a specific number as a result, but rather to encourage the user to think about the problems and develop further the concepts explained in the text. Because in most cases there is more than one way to solve a Monte Carlo transport problem, we believe that working with the concepts illustrated by the exercises is more important than obtaining anyone particular solution.
A Monte Carlo Primer
Stephen A. Dupree; Stanley K. Fraley
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
2012
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The mathematical technique of Monte Carlo, as applied to the transport of sub-atomic particles, has been described in numerous reports and books since its formal development in the 1940s. Most of these instructional efforts have been directed either at the mathematical basis of the technique or at its practical application as embodied in the several large, formal computer codes available for performing Monte Carlo transport calculations. This book attempts to fill what appears to be a gap in this Monte Carlo literature between the mathematics and the software. Thus, while the mathematical basis for Monte Carlo transport is covered in some detail, emphasis is placed on the application of the technique to the solution of practical radiation transport problems. This is done by using the PC as the basic teaching tool. This book assumes the reader has a knowledge of integral calculus, neutron transport theory, and Fortran programming. It also assumes the reader has available a PC with a Fortran compiler. Any PC of reasonable size should be adequate to reproduce the examples or solve the exercises contained herein. The authors believe it is important for the reader to execute these examples and exercises, and by doing so to become accomplished at preparing appropriate software for solving radiation transport problems using Monte Carlo. The step from the software described in this book to the use of production Monte Carlo codes should be straightforward.
Cardinal Martini approaches the figure of Stephen, the first martyr, by beginning with what is described in Chapters 6-8 of the Acts of the Apostles, 'an impressive document of a man's retrospective view in the face of death, of himself, the history of salvation, of what Christ has meant for him and the future to which he has been called.' Reflection on the figure of Stephen is important for the entire community of believers; in fact with Stephen 'the Church feels the seriousness of being both witness and servant: It understands that abandoning oneself to God does not save one from death, but it does allow one to pass through death, contemplating the glory of God; it recognises what it is that God saves us and does not save us from and what he prepares us for.'The richness of these meditations lies in this summary of things. It lies in the experience of a man who is approaching the revelation of the proximity of a transcendent and immanent God and at the same time arrives 'at the culmination of his mission as servant witness, ' experiencing the mystery that he proclaims, contemplates and adores, in his very own body.
Stephen Mangham is dead, brutally murdered in his apartment, but George, his father, has no tears to shed, no grief in his heart. He despised his son, despises the mourners, but a stranger in the cemetery, watching from afar, gives him pause for thought, and unsettles him.The Beeches, geriatric wing of a local hospital, is closed for refurbishment. Stan Perkins, a former nurse, is on the verge of marriage, but undecided as to whether or not to return to his career once the renovation is complete. Memories of recent horrors, and the death of a colleague, haunt him. D.C. Robin Coldwell is suspended from active duty and drinking heavily, but husband, Oliver, is sure that solving the Mangham murder would give her purpose and focus.Neither is prepared for the awful truth. Are you?
In 2483, a cyborg attack by the Rouges maroons 3-year-old Stephen on Terra 3. He grows up to eventually lead defense of the small colony thirty years later. Unfortunately, a violent dispute forces him flee to Terra 12 in a rickety starship. There he makes friends with Jack the barkeep, Matou the enhanced tomcat, and Nova, a mysterious young woman with a hidden past. Rouge agents force Stephen and Nova to flee, with cyborg soldiers threatening every step. When a familiar starship from Earth enters the fray, the battle truly begins. Stephen will do everything he can to save his friends, or die trying.
Stephen, an emperor goose in Hope, Alaska, doesn't quite fit in with his family. But more surprisingly he doesn't like the water. What goose doesn't like the water? Find out more in Stephen.
When Stephen Cavendish is injured in a deliberate accident while dirt biking, the beautiful Shanli Cameron comes to his rescue. Injured as she is attacked by Stephen's assailant, neither one of them understand just why or by whom.Friends of longstanding who had drifted apart over the years, Stephen and Shanli join forces to determine who it was that assaulted them not once but many times. Stephen's friends on the security team that he works for as well as their families add their resources to tracked down the culprits.None of them expected the person ultimately proved to be responsible or the why. Stephen and Shanli face him down, their faith in God tested and tried but holding firmer than ever. Their teenage crushes on each other turn into grown-up love as they fight to save their lives and each other.