How to bind your own Hardback Book The art of book binding is an ancient craft, but actually it is not very difficult to do and with almost no practice you can get really awesome results. If you are on the lookout for fun craft projects or quick ways of making nice presents and gifts, then this could be the project for you. I know that there are other Instructables on the art of book binding but this project is meant to be a simple quick project that will give a very acceptable finish, and a book that looks like it has been professionally made, yet without the need for any special equipment. All you will need is: Some paper Minimum really is about 32 A4 or US Letter sized sheets, to make a half A4 (half US Letter sized book), although smaller books can be made as can ones with more pages. You can use tracing paper, thick or thin paper and of course colored or even preprinted or written on paper. Some stiff cardboard or corrugated (fluted) cardboard Some fabric or leather Any old stuff will do for the cover.
Business cycles: Stabilise that certain something IN ADDITION to using my colleague's post as a jumping-off point for broad economic foreboding, I'd like to borrow it in making a much narrower observation about monetary policy. He rightly notes that the American economic picture is the most perplexing. The fundamentals seeem to be lined up nicely: deleveraging has proceeded surprisingly quickly, housing markets are rapidly clearing, petrol prices are subdued, manufacturing workers are once again globally competitive, and so on. Yet once again, the American recovery is losing a step. Is it any wonder that the marginal investor or business would prefer to hold Treasury bonds or sit on cash? This dynamic is clearly important. At its heart, the Federal Reserve ostensibly makes policy on what you might call an "inflation-targeting plus" basis. One can envision an alternative policy approach, however. Now in practice, one has to nail this model of the economy to a support structure of policy tools.
Kevin Ward – Writing an Academic book – Some Thoughts Posted by Sarah-Louise Quinnell Following on from my appearence on the panel at RGS Postgraduate Forum – Annual Conference Training Symposium (PGF-ACTS) last week I present the first of three posts from the speakers on publishing. Todays post looks at writing and academic book and is brought to you by Professor Kevin Ward. So, you’ve decided that you are going to write an academic book. 1. - Does the publisher produce the type of book that you want to write in your field? - Are hardback and paperback versions of the book published simultaneously? - What marketing and distribution system does the publisher have? - Does the publisher send out copies to academic journals for review? - Does the publisher attend large academic conferences and participate in book exhibitions? 2. 3. - What are the strengths and weaknesses of the proposed book? - Who is going to read it and who is going to buy it? - Is the author/editor the best person to produce this book? 4. 5. share
Why Start-up Culture Is Bad for Creativity Something is happening to the start-up culture—and I'm not sure I like what it's doing to me. For a couple of years now, one of the core start-up mantras has been "release early and release often"—or, even more pithy, "fail fast." There's nothing wrong with this idea on the face of it. But combine it with the romanticized notion of working day and night narrowly focused on your start-up, and you have an entrepreneurial culture that's fast-paced on a whole new level. Most days, this is exciting and it is what's required to keep up with the pace of innovation in the tech community. But more and more, I'm starting to think that the constant pressure to go-go-go may be killing more organizations than it's helping. Where 'Aha' Moments Really Come From I've been reading Imagine: How Creativity Works by Jonah Lehrer. Think about the most creative companies: Apple doesn't iterate on the fly. According to Lehrer, we need the right mix of focus and freedom from pressure to be at our most creative.
10 Words You Should Remove From Your Resume Right Now Are you a "creative" and "effective" job candidate? News flash: you're also "predictable," like a lot of other applicants using these same buzzwords. LinkedIn released their annual list of the most overused buzzwords on their 187 million profile pages this week, with "creative" taking the dubious honor for the second year in a row. Words commonly used on LinkedIn are also likely to appear on resumes, meaning the list outlines the buzzwords you should be avoiding when formatting and writing your own resume. LinkedIn's top 10 repetitive words for the profiles of U.S. professionals were as follows (with some helpful translations): 1. The lack of creativity in using the word "creative" to describe qualifications isn't confined to the U.S. -- it was also the most overused buzzword in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Singapore, Sweden, and the Netherlands. Still, removing the unoriginal buzzword entirely can be difficult. Loading Slideshow Ridiculous Resumes & Cover Letters 1 of 22
Economic Theory Doesn't Say That Small Business Owners Maximize Profits Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/GettyImages Adam Davidson profiles the small business owners of the Greenwich Village neighborhood where we both grew up, and finds that many of them are still plugging away even though it would have been more profitable to sell their leases to big national chains that can better take advantage of the currently upscale state of the neighborhood. It's a good piece, but I did want to clarify something. The conceit seems to be that it's somehow surprising or shocking that a business owner would be "disavowing economic theory and not trying to maximize her profits." The thing is to the best of my knowledge there is no economic theory that says small business owners maximize profits. Where profit maximization enters into the picture is precisely with the widely held large business. It's interesting to inquire into the extent that that actually happens.
Idaho Observer: How to remove mercury and other heavy metals from your body – safely and inexpensively From the September 2007 Idaho Observer: How to remove mercury and other heavy metals from your body – safely and inexpensively Due to the enormity of the problem of heavy metal poisoning in today’s world, and the fact that entire books have been written on this subject, this column will attempt to bring to light some of the methods people have successfully employed to regain their health without going bankrupt in the process. By Ingri Cassel In the July, 2007, Back to Basics column we covered the devastating effects of mercury poisoning and the fact that many Americans experience the effects of mercury being slowly released on a daily basis from dental fillings. Simply removing them is NOT a safe method. This is undoubtedly the most expensive part of detoxing from mercury—removing the source that is in your mouth. To check for the presence of heavy metals, many people still go by hair analysis. Chemistry professor Dr. Dr. Dr. The following is from Dr. Dr. www.autism.com www.toxicmetals.info
Jobs: Hiring Process Increasingly Automated by Companies As most anyone who has recently applied for a job knows, hiring has changed dramatically in recent years. The Internet has replaced job advertisements in newspapers, one of the key factors driving the financial decline of the latter, and software has replaced most recruiters. Because job applications are done online, applicants rarely talk to anyone, even by e-mail, during the hiring process. One upside of this automation is that applying for jobs has been made considerably easier, an outcome that was intended in the 1990s, when these systems were born and employers were competing to attract applicants. (MORE: How to Buy a House) Once job requirements have been settled on, however haphazardly, they are then built into the hiring software that screens applications. Once it’s in the software, each requirement, critical or trivial, essentially becomes something like a hurdle that applicants have to clear to become a qualified candidate. (MORE: Your Global Economic Mess is Now Being Served)
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