Robert Ward

This book traces the history of Foster & Tetley Ltd, clothiers and outfitters, who traded in Goole, Yorkshire, from 1922 to 1982. As well as having a shop, the firm travelled the nearby villages supplying clothing to farming communities, mainly on credit, repaid in weekly instalments. They witnessed many social changes, serving two, sometimes three generations of the same families, sharing their joys and their sorrows as their children grew up to become customers themselves. The book has the following sections: The Early Days; The Stock; The Vehicles; The Village Rounds; From Church Street to Aire Street; The End. Appendices: Foster and Tetley staff; Customers on the 1963 Saturday round to Cowick, Snaith and Drax; Bruce Ward's list of acquaintances who have died.

This is a scanned copy of a thesis successfully submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Psychology, University of Hull, U.K. in 1987. We learn language by using it. Interaction with others through language is essential for normal language development. Children with delayed or impaired language may therefore benefit from additional experience of interacting through language in structured situations. This thesis explores how computers might help provide this experience. It reports a project in which programs were developed to hold written dialogues about screen objects, and observed in use by deaf and other language-impaired children. This version is published through www.lulu.com who should be able to supply it at the best price, and from where it can also be downloaded more cheaply in electronic form.

Originally a dissertation for the degree of Master of Science in the Department of Computation, UMIST (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology), U.K., 1981. This is a scanned copy of the original, January 2010. The dissertation specifies a set of computer programs to allow learners to interact with a computer through written language. It sets out the computational foundations for an approach later investigated in a Ph.D. thesis, "Natural Language, Computer-Assisted Learning and Language-Impaired Children", by the same author, at the Department of Psychology, University of Hull, U.K., in 1987.

This illustrated volume provides a biographical account of a multi-talented, eighteenth-century Scotsman, Robert Mylne, whose friends included Smeaton, Watt and Boulton. Mylne achieved fame in his twenties as a bridge builder, architect and engineer. Born in Edinburgh, educated in architecture in Rome, he won the St Luke's design competition before returning to London where he won the prize of designing Blackfriar's bridge. He was surveyor to St Paul's Cathedral, and the Royal Hospital at Greenwich, the engineer to London's biggest waterworks, architect to many houses and bridges, surveyer on rivers, canals and harbours and was an F.R.S. and a founding member of the Society of Civil Engineers and the Architects' Club. He even prepared the sarcophagus for Nelson's coffin! This is the first biography of an important and interesting man.

This book shows how to use options to increase your investment returns while reducing your risks. In the options market, it always comes down to you versus them. Thing is, they've been at it a lot longer than you, and have years of hands-on experience navigating the tricks and traps of profitable options trading. Before you take your place at the table, it's in your best interest to discover how options really work, and how they can work for you."Options and Options Trading" translates the foreign language of options into plain English. Based on Robert Ward's experience as a Merrill Lynch head trader as well as his popular New York University trading and options course, this step-by-step primer explains what options are, introduces basic valuation and trading concepts, and demystifies this versatile trading vehicle. Look to "Options and Options Trading" to learn: how to use options to increase profits or offset risks, and hazards to watch out for; the 8 most popular options strategies - how and why they work (and sometimes don't!); key options definitions, formulas, abbreviations, techniques, and more. Knowledge on Wall Street rarely comes cheap, and the options market can be a particularly expensive tutor. Let "Options and Options Trading" provide you with the insight you need to understand what is happening and why, and give you a head start on making options a low-risk, high-return part of your overall portfolio."There is a difficult, complex way to learn options (one that requires a Ph.D. in math) and an easier, more basic way for those of us who don't consider ourselves math geniuses. This book is about learning options the easy way..." - From Chapter 1. Options trading can look simple from afar. And frankly, the basics aren't all that difficult to grasp. But while this seeming simplicity has helped a few lucky traders garner fast fortunes, it is far more common to see inexperienced traders wearing bullsyes - with market veterans gladly lining up and taking aim. "Options and Options Trading" will open your eyes to the potentials and realities of real-world options trading.Written by Robert Ward, a former head trader who has devoted his career to both introducing options neophytes to the ways of the markets, this no-nonsense book provides today's best introduction to the complex options arena. Every important aspect of buying, selling, and profiting from options is introduced and explained, including: similarities and differences between using options for income and using them to hedge risks; methods for assessing the "fair value" of any option based on its expected returns; a generic framework for building a workable option pricing model Black-Scholes - how to understand and implement this ingenious and invaluable option formula; everything you need to know about price risk, and techniques traders use to manage that risk; how to understand and implement the Greeks - Delta, Gama, Vega (Kappa), Theta, and Rho; basic statistics knowledge you must have to become an effective trader; and all about volatility - the key to options trading success.Options are one of today's most versatile and valuable tools for traders and investors of every type and budget. Those who take the time to learn their intricacies generally find that options are ideal for increasing their odds of success. Traders and investors who don't invest the time required to get truly comfortable with the realities of options trading, however, soon find themselves back on the sidelines - licking their wounds and wondering where they went wrong. Before you enter the tricky world of options trading, get the foundation of knowledge you need to minimize surprises and compete with the best. "Options and Options Trading" takes you by the hand and walks you through today's most intuitive analysis of options. Mathematically straightforward and refreshingly unbiased, it is today's most clear-eyed look at the tumultuous world of derivatives trading - and will give you the solid foundation you need for success in the profitable yet perilous world of options trading.

In the late 1870s, Jefferson County, Alabama, and the town of Elyton (near the future Birmingham) became the focus of a remarkable industrial and mining revolution. Together with the surrounding counties, the area was penetrated by railroads. Surprisingly large deposits of bituminous coal, limestone, and iron ore--the exact ingredients for the manufacture of iron and, later, steel--began to be exploited. Now, with transportation, modern extractive techniques, and capital, the region's geological riches began yielding enormous profits.A labor force was necessary to maintain and expand the Birmingham area's industrial boom. Many workers were native Alabamians. There was as well an immigrant ethnic work force, small but important. The native and immigrant laborers became problems for management when workers began affiliating with labor unions and striking for higher wages and better working conditions. In the wake of the management-labor disputes, the industrialists resorted to an artificial work force--convict labor. Alabama's state and county officials sought to avoid expense and reap profits by leasing prisoners to industry and farms for their labor. This book is about the men who worked involuntarily in the Banner Coal Mine, owned by the Pratt Consolidated Coal Company. And it is about the repercussions and consequences that followed an explosion at the mine in the spring of 1911 that killed 128 convict miners.