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Mississippi African-American Catholic (and all the suffering that would entail) turns liberal revolutionary (and all the disillusionment that would entail) turns Orthodox seeker (That means satisfied fulfilled servant of the Lord). got this as a present 12-25-02, sat down and read it in it's entirety on 12-28-02. Recommend it highly for us 'children of the 60s' and spiritual seekers, touches the reader on so many different levels it is amazing. A short, quick, engaging read that packs a mighty wallop. For a WASP from the South coming to terms with many of the issues Raboteau went through, this was a marvelous book. Thanks! Raboteau's other works are superb as well.

Want to go veg and go abroad, but afraid what you'll be offered? Fear not, savvy traveller. Geon lays it on the line for you. He tells you about regions to avoid (most former Soviet republics that end in "-stan") and where a vegetarian's heaven on earth is (hint: rhymes with "Mindia".)
It'd be nice if there were a tape to accompany this, as phonetic transliteration doesn't always cut it. Other than that, a very handy resource.

My study group and I used these cards to study for our anatomy test (Gross Anatomy) in med school. This is a very valuable source for any students taking Gross Anatomy or undergrad anatomy and physiology. However, our study group also used
Spinal Anatomy Study Guide: Key Review Questions and Answers by Patrick Leonardi, which we also purchased on amazon.com. Both of these sources (flashcards and study guide) helped us achieve A's and B's in our Gross anatomy classes. My advice get both books.

Bryan Manly has written several very nice elementary texts on statistical design and methodology for both statisticians and practitioners. He has introduced permutation, bootstrap and Monte Carlo methods in one of his bestselling books.

This text is designed to introduce the statistical methodology that is most used in environmental problems. It is intended for the practitioner and assumes little mathematics and only the very basics of probability and statistics. He makes the text self-contained by including an Appendix A that covers basic summary statistics, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing.

The book starts off with an overview of the role of statistics in environmental science and includes a number of real examples including the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

Chapter 2 covers the standard survey sampling techniques and includes unequal probability sampling that is specialized to sampling proportional to size (a very common technique with environmental data). The approaches are clearly explained along with the reasons for their use. Formulas for estimation of population means and the estimates of the variances of these estimators are provided.

Manly then provides in Chapter 3 on "Models for Data", descriptions of various discrete and continuous probability distributions along with their statistical properties. He carefully chooses those commonly used in environmental statistics (commonly called environmetrics these days). He then goes on to discuss linear regression, analysis of variance and generalized linear models.

Chapter 4 "Drawing Conclusions from Data" is rather unique. He talks about the difference between observational studies and experiments and also describes quasi-experiments where treatments or interventions are placed on an existing process and changes are looked for at the time of intervention. He also introduces randomization (also called permutation) methods and the bootstrap. He looks at randomization for hypothesis testing and the bootstrap for confidence intervals. The bootstrap percentile t method is illustrated to obtain an approximate 95% confidence interval for the distribution of chlorophyll-a concentrations in 25 lakes. The data is very non-normal and hence bootstrap analysis is more suitable than applying the normal approximation intervals. Other interesting topic in this chapter include meta-analysis, Bayesian methods and multiple testing issues.

Chapter 5 deals with environmental monitoring where change-points can be detected through various types of control charts. Each technique is illustrated with several real examples.

Chapter 6 deals with impact assessment where before-and-after control impact designs are decribed. In these designs a site is chosen for an intervention and another similar site is picked for a control. The process is charted for both sites from before and after the intervention. Various designs are given along with examples.

Chapter 7 deals with the assessment of site reclamation. Here the tricky topic of bioequivalence is explained very well including the sometimes confusing two one-sided t tests due to Schuirmann. Software packages to perform these tests including EquivTest and PASS are mentioned. The package nQuery produced by Statistical Solutions the company that also distributes EquivTest provides sample size determination for equivalence testing.

Time Series analysis is introduced gently in Chapter 8. Manly concentrates on simple useful models and provides tests for serial correlation including the Durbin-Watson test.

Especially important in environmental analysis is the analysis of spatial data. This is also covered rather gently in Chapter 9 concentrating on Kriging methods and the variogram in the examples.

The remaining two chapters cover censored data and Monte Carlo Risk Assessment. By censoring Manly means that the values are truncated if they are above the upper limit of the measurement device (right censoring) or they are left censored if the measurement is below the smallest scale unit. In survival analysis, these same concepts are applied, but refer to time to event data where right censoring predominates. In the Monte Carlo Risk Assessment Chapter, Manly describes two software packages that provide add-ons to spreadsheets to do the Monte Carlo repetition within the spreadsheet and provide sumamry information using bar charts and tables from the spreadsheet software itself. This is a macro-type application in a spreadsheet. Manly illustrate the results for one example using one of these tools.

This book is an excellent reference and could also be used for an introductory course either undergraduate or graduate. However as a text it does not contain any homework exercises.

A nice feature is a summary reminder of the important points covered in each chapter. In each chapter these points are listed as bullet points in the last section titled "Chapter Summary".

Sometimes when studying time series for environmental factors, we are interested in minimum or maximum levels(or extreme order statistics). Maximum levels are important when looking at exposure to pollutants. For climate changes we might be interested in the minimum or maximum temperatures observed in a particular region. Manly uses data on minimum temperatures in Uppsala Sweden during the month of July for the years from 1900 to 1981. He uses a runs test to see if the behavior is random versus the alternative of an increasing trend.

More detailed analyses of these extreme order statistics can be done based on the asymptotic theory for extremes for stationary stochastic processes. Such material can be found in specialized texts such as the one by Leadbetter, Lindgren and Rootzen that Manly cites.

Environmental statistics has been a topic of research since at least the early 1970s. Back then, I was doing my thesis on extreme values based on research work to control pollutants, particularly those emitted from automobiles. There is now a wealth of research articles, particularly on spatial data analysis (which is also studied for geological or astronomical applications). Manly's book is the first statistics text that provides a good overview of environmetrics. He also has references to the related specialized journals that cover it including the Journal of Agricultural Biological and Environmental Statistics that he edits. Chapter 12 is a brief one page summary where Manly describes general references including the Encyclopedia of Environmetrics and the Handbook of Statistics Volume 12 Environmental Statistics. There he also speculates on future research directions.

An excellent text on spatial data analysis is the text by Noel Cressie that Manly does not cite.

Still Loving Your Long-Distance Relationship is a collection of some of my favourite stories that I have received throughout the last two years from my readers and also from those just wanting to share their feelings about their relationship. They have been my inspiration and connection to people who refused to let distance devalue their relationship. They have made writing Loving Your Long-Distance Relationship one of the most special and rewarding things that I have ever done in my life. Whether you are entering into a long-distance relationship, in one presently, or supporting someone who is facing being apart from a loved one, I hope you find these stories as inspiring as I have. I hope they make you feel that there are others like you across the world who have faced the same challenge and won. I hope they instill in you the belief that love transcends geography. Finally, I hope these stories show that relationships are what make life special, and that ones built on love & understanding are always worth preserving, regardless of the miles that may separate two people.

The vividly colored illustrations add to the enchantment of this tale adapted from Southern Nigeria about Ma Sheep Thunder and her Son Ram Lightning. The words loll along in a rhythm that will remind the reader of a storytelling festival held beneath the stars around a tribal fire. Not only does the folk tale explain why thunder and lightning occurs, the moral of the story will remind children of the importance of listening to and obeying their parents.

I am teaching art based on literature. I just added this book to my art library. The illustrations are wonderful, perfect for a class on African art or working with chalks. The text is as lively as the illustrations and the kids just love the three animal characters

Okay, as much as the next person I like maps too, and while this guide didn't have any, that doesn't matter cuz the level of detail in the walkthrough was good enough for me!

The amount of time they took to put this guide together makes this a very good guide. They were very content on helping you get started in a section dedicated to completely helping you learn the basics. They explain the use of items. The explain all the enemies and ways to defeat them.

The walkthrough was very good. While it didn't have maps who cares? The other two guides had maps and they weren't even the best! What made the walkthrough good was that they had a quick reference guide in the back and that was only to help you find mushrooms, ace coins, and yoshi eggs if you wanted to get through the level in a hurry. Crystal clear screenshots basically dominated.

The secrets were well done while I still was able to find some tricks that I was stupidly trying out to see if they worked (and did but hey they were stupid), they actually told me what would happen if I got all the Ace coins in the game, they actually TOLD me what would happen if I collected all the yoshi eggs too.

They completely covered the Super Mario Bros. classic very easily. The guide was so detailed. I have to recommend this guide out to anyone there is. While it still isn't the best its better than the other two I saw. Keep this in mind because the guide is very decent and well put together.

This book is the transcript of Bryan Magee's BBC Television series where he interviews various modern thinkers about their philosophies. 15 of the interviews are included in this book. Many outstanding people are here, including Noam Chomsky, John Searle, W.V. Quine, Herbert Marcuse, William Barrett, and Ronald Dworkin. Subjects covered include Marxism, Heidegger/Existentialism, linguistics (Chomsky, Searle, Bernard Williams, and Anthony Quinton talking about Wittgenstien) as well as science, politics and literature. This book makes some very complicated ideas accessable and is quite easy to read. Very enjoyable.

This book have a very good balance between theory and real world cases. Is good for Engineers that want to go deeper in the telecommunications and for all those guys that are not Engineers and want to get in the digital communications. Personally I use it as text book with a very good result
enjoy it