Book review: Ecotourism in appalachia: marketing the mountains [A book review from: Tourism Management]

Book review: Ecotourism in appalachia: marketing the mountains [A book review from: Tourism Management]
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Book review: Ecotourism in appalachia: marketing the mountains [A book review from: Tourism Management]
B. Young
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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Ecotourism in Appalachia: Marketing the Mountains

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Ecotourism in Appalachia: Marketing the Mountains
Albert J. Fritsch , and Kristin Johannsen
Manufacturer: University Press of Kentucky
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0813122880

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Tourism is the world's largest industry, and ecotourism is rapidly emerging as its fastest growing segment. As interest in nature travel increases, so does concern for conservation of the environment and the well-being of local peoples and cultures.

Appalachia seems an ideal destination for ecotourists, with its rugged mountains, uniquely diverse forests, wild rivers, and lively arts culture. And ecotourism promises much for the region: protecting the environment while bringing income to disadvantaged communities. But can these promises be kept?

Ecotourism in Appalachia examines both the potential and the threats that tourism holds for Central Appalachia. The authors draw lessons from destinations that have suffered from the "tourist trap syndrome," including Nepal and Hawaii. They conclude that only carefully regulated and locally controlled tourism can play a positive role in Appalachia's economic development.

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You have an intense deep-seated interest in something, be it sporting goods or public relations or ice cream or rock music. You grit your teeth, amass the requisite funding, purchase a computer and other necessary equipment, and start a business that will allow you to sell your passion to others. You know everything there is to know about your chosen product or service. But you know nothing about budgeting, strategic planning, tax rules, cost-benefit analysis, payroll, and the other financial fine point of business. You need Herbert Spiro's Finance for the Non-Financial Manager, now available in a completely revised fourth edition.

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Finance for the Nonfinancial Manager, Fourth Edition.

If you're a manager, odds are you're playing a larger and more important role in the financial matters of your company. As today's marketplace becomes increasingly competitive, it's essential that all managers have a basic understanding of the tools, objectives, and functions of finance if they are to stay ahead of the competition. Covering the gamut of the "numbers" end of management, Finance for the Nonfinancial Manager helps you develop a sound basis for carrying out strategic financial planning and decision-making responsibilities.

This comprehensive reference has served as an indispensable guide for executives, managers, and small business owners for almost two decades. Now in its fourth edition, this classic has been updated to reflect the latest federal tax and regulatory legislation, and it is filled with new charts, tables, and examples suitable for the needs of today's manager. From basic economic concepts to accounting conventions, the broad range of topics examined in Finance for the Nonfinancial Manager include: cash flow management, banking relationships, security markets, credit policies, and capital acquisition. You'll also find practical guidelines for such important skills as how to:

Interpret balance sheets.
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Now more than ever, being a manager in the competitive marketplace requires a solid understanding of key aspects of finance. This revised and expanded edition of Finance for the Nonfinancial Manager shows you how to get a handle on the basic concepts and principles you need to run and maintain a successful business.

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During the last two decades the judiciary has come to play an increasingly important political role in Latin America. Constitutional courts and supreme courts are more active in counterbalancing executive and legislative power than ever before. At the same time, the lack of effective citizenship rights has prompted ordinary people to press their claims and secure their rights through the courts. This collection of essays analyzes the diverse manifestations of the judicialization of politics in contemporary Latin America, assessing their positive and negative consequences for state-society relations, the rule of law, and democratic governance in the region. With individual chapters exploring Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela, it advances a comparative framework for thinking about the nature of the judicialization of politics within contemporary Latin American democracies.

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I waiting for my book.......2007-05-23

I can't review "The Judicialization of Politics in Latin America" because i'm waiting the mail everyday. Almost 1 month!

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This comprehensive volume examines the interrelationships of nitrogen and energy nutrition of ruminants. It provides exhaustive coverage of basic concepts, applications, and new research developments.
Rumen microbial activity is emphasized. The author, an expert in animal nutrition, discusses new systems of determining dietary energy requirements, the effect of processing feedstuffs, and stress factors. He reviews the availability of nutrients in grains, distillers' grain residues, oilseed meals, molasses, silages, pastures, crop residues, and aquatic plants. Growth stimulants, nutritional management of ruminants in feedlots and pastures, and the value of feed additives are also among the topics considered.
The scope of coverage provided by this volume will make it the leading reference for teachers, researchers, consultants, livestock producers, feed manufacturers, and all others who are involved in ruminant feeding and nutrition.
From the Preface: This volume covers research on various nitrogen and energy feedstuffs and defines terminology commonly utilized in nitrogen and energy nutrition. The utilization of nitrogen and energy in oilseed meals, fish meals, cereal grains, distillers' residues, molasses, silages, grasses, hays, crop residues, animal waste, and nonprotein nitrogen sources is discussed. Details are given on development and utilization of net energy systems, systems for balancing total nitrogen, and nonprotein nitrogen with total digestible nutrients (TDN) or energy components of ruminant diets. Discussions are presented on metabolism, feedlot, milking, and grazing trials. Growth stimulants, processing of feedstuffs, type of animal, and environmental and management factors that affect feed intake, growth, feed efficiency, and quality of product are reviewed.
Emphasis is given to the contributions of ruminal microbes in upgrading forage and nonprotein nitrogen sources to higher-quality bacterial protein, as well as their ability to downgrade high-quality protein and waste nitrogen when protein is fed in excess of microbial needs. Research is presented on means to increase bypassing of the rumen to prevent nitrogen wastage when ruminants are fed concentrate diets. Contributions of ruminal microbes in utilizing cellulosic materials as lignocellulose and hemicellulose as well as starch and other carbohydrates are discussed.

Energy and Protein Requirements of Ruminants (Cabi Publishing)

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ruminant, poultry, fish

Energy and Protein Requirements of Ruminants (Cabi Publishing)
AFRC Technical Committee on Responses to Nutrients , and B. R. Cottrill
Manufacturer: CABI
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This book is an officially authorized advisory manual that implements the recommendations on the energy and protein requirements of cattle, sheep and goat made by the AFRC Technical Committee on Responses to Nutrients (TCORN) since its establishment in 1982. TCORN has produced a series of numbered reports including No. 5 in 1990 on 'Nutrient Requirements of Ruminant Animals: Energy' and in 1992, No. 9 'Nutrient Requirements of Ruminant Animals: Protein.' The former recommended, with only minor modifications, the adoption of the AFRC's 1980 Technical Review's full recommendations on the energy requirements of ruminants, while the latter recommended the adoption of a protein system based on Metabolisable Protein as the unit. Opportunity has been taken to include material from TCORN Report No. 8, 1991 on the 'Voluntary Intake of Silage by Cattle' and from an unpublished TCORN Report on the 'Nutrition of Goats.' The current volume presents these recommendations in a practical form designed for use by advisors, farmers, lecturers, research workers and students concerned with the nutrition of ruminant animals. The manual includes 45 tables of requirements (incorporating agreed safety margins) and 29 worked example diets.

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ruminant, poultry, fish.......2004-02-11

all animals grup are interesting nutrients and feeds.
which raw material special use for animals.
formulation ruminant, poultry and fish feeds.
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Energy Nutrition in Ruminants
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Energy Nutrition in Ruminants
E.R. Orskov , and M. Ryce
Manufacturer: Chalcombe Publications
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ASIN: 094861739X

Nuclear Techniques for Assessing and Improving Ruminant Feeds: Proceedings (Panel Proceedings Series)
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Nuclear Techniques for Assessing and Improving Ruminant Feeds: Proceedings (Panel Proceedings Series)
International Atomic Energy Agency
Manufacturer: Intl Atomic Energy Agency
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 9201111835

Use of Tritiated Water in Studies of Production and Adaptation in Ruminants (Panel Proceedings Series)
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Use of Tritiated Water in Studies of Production and Adaptation in Ruminants (Panel Proceedings Series)
Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Atomic Energy in Food and Agriculture
Manufacturer: Intl Atomic Energy Agency
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Nitrogen and Energy Nutrition of Ruminants
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Nitrogen and Energy Nutrition of Ruminants
Tony J. Cunha
Manufacturer: Academic Press
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ASIN: B000OHQ922

Tracer studies on non-protein nitrogen for ruminants II: Proceedings of a ... meeting ... organized by the Joint FAO-IAEA Division of Atomic Energy in ... 18-22 February 1974 (Panel Proceedings)
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Tracer studies on non-protein nitrogen for ruminants II: Proceedings of a ... meeting ... organized by the Joint FAO-IAEA Division of Atomic Energy in ... 18-22 February 1974 (Panel Proceedings)

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ASIN: 9201111754

Use of predictive equations for estimating the net energy value of forages (Bulletin / Agricultural Experiment Station, Division of Agriculture, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville)
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Use of predictive equations for estimating the net energy value of forages (Bulletin / Agricultural Experiment Station, Division of Agriculture, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville)
O. T Stallcup
Manufacturer: Agricultural Experiment Station, Division of Agriculture, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
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ASIN: B000721OXI

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Is talent the only key to scientific success? In fact, the answer is: `No'. Management and organisation do make a real, significant difference between success and failure in science. This book presents a clear survey of the critical success factors in biomedical research laboratories. Based on an international, comparative study of 71 research laboratories in medical faculties, large health research institutes and innovative pharmaceutical companies, ready-to-use guidelines are offered to those who are responsible for the management of research groups.
Dr. Omta is biochemist and has played a key role in the development of the EU Biotechnology Network. He has performed the comparative study for this book in the position of Managing Director of the Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine in Amsterdam. The author has recently been appointed as Associate Professor at the Faculty of Management and Organisation at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
This work is a unique guide for heads, professors, or managers of (biomedical) research laboratories in universities, research institutes and innovative pharmaceutical companies, who are seeking rational tools for increasing the performance and effectiveness of their research groups.

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Important book for coastal - and maritime engineers.......2004-08-23

Safety and reliability engineers responsible for the design of maritime structures can find in Goda's book all necessary background information for the probabilistic description of loads on those structures. No other book currently exists which gives such a complete overview of all methods to describe random sea waves, with particular attention to the extreme waves. This second edition (2000) contains a number of extensions w.r.t. the first edition (1985) and some sections have been rewritten. The reviewer especially enjoyed studying Goda's outline on correlation models between successive wave heights, marginal probability density functions of wave periods, and joint distributions of wave heights and periods of waves with narrow-band spectra.

Approaching Eye Level
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Nice set of essays/musings

As an aspiring writer, this book was a turning point for me

Well worth the fast read if you live alone & are aware of it

Not worth reading!

Approaching Eye Level
Vivian Gornick
Manufacturer: Beacon Press
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In this collection of essays, Vivian Gornick describes battling the unique loneliness that only living alone in a big city can bring. Drawing upon her experience of living on her own in New York after a failed marriage, Gornick characterizes the city's loneliness as, "hot with shame, a loneliness that tells you you're a fool and a loser. Everyone else is feasting, you alone cannot gain a seat at the table." In the essay, "On Living Alone," she writes, "This is a population in a permanent state of intermittent attachment. Inevitably, the silent apartment waits." Recommended reading for anyone who still glamorizes single, metropolitan living.

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"[Approaching Eye Level is] about the day-to-day struggle to face down the brutality of growing loneliness, to accept the limitations of friendship and intimacy, to honor the process of becoming oneself. . . . Vivian Gornick's strength lies in her refusal to give up." -Mary Hawthorne, The New York Times

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Nice set of essays/musings.......2004-01-14

I really enjoyed reading Vivian Gornick's Approaching Eye Level, and I don't even live alone. I didn't read too much into Ms. Gornick's essays; I pretty much took them at face value. Her writing style can be described as a bit rambling but also conversational. She probably write just like she thinks.

My favorite essay was the first one, which discussed her first jobs as a student. I just found them really entertaining, and I guess the one I could relate to the best. The other essays centered a bit around living alone, relationships (both friendships and marriage), and feminism. Overall, this book is a quick and interesting read. I certainly wanted to pick it up throughout the day to read - it wasn't a chore. I'll certainly read more from Ms. Gornick.

As an aspiring writer, this book was a turning point for me.......1999-12-08

This book really connected with me. Gornick is a great storyteller and a thoughful observer. She has a fabulous style of writing. It is clear, but so deep. She writes the most amazing insights about ordinary life. It is eloquent, insightful, but not overly academic like I usually expect books of essays to be. I love reading memoirs that reveal a lot about the author's world. If you like the genre, don't pass up this book.

Well worth the fast read if you live alone & are aware of it.......1999-03-29

Like a sympathetic, merciful glance from your best friend, this book was a quick, potent, and important read. Gornick's intelligent essays are marked by the odd brand of effortlessness born only by writing that penetrates. And, as far as being a book about lonliness (among other themes), I found myself feeling particularly unlonely -- even connected (with lord knows what though...Gornick? myself?) -- after putting this down. If you're on the fence, buy it now.

Not worth reading!.......1999-03-25

Still trying to validate the paper it's printed on. The only thing I liked about the book was the design of the pages. Found the essays not especially well written and am looking forward to discussing it with our book review group to see if they can actually shed some light on the issues. Guess I wasn't lonely enough to want to crawl up with this book....it made me fall asleep.

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Approaching Eye Level
Vivian Gornick
Manufacturer: Beacon Press
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NUNLYE

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