Gender Trials: Emotional Lives in Contemporary Law Firms

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This engaging ethnography examines the gendered nature of today's large corporate law firms. Although increasing numbers of women have become lawyers in the past decade, Jennifer Pierce discovers that the double standards and sexist attitudes of legal bureaucracies are a continuing problem for women lawyers and paralegals.
Working as a paralegal, Pierce did ethnographic research in two law offices, and her depiction of the legal world is quite unlike the glamorized version seen on television. Pierce tellingly portrays the dilemma that female attorneys face: a woman using tough, aggressive tactics--the ideal combative litigator--is often regarded as brash or even obnoxious by her male colleagues. Yet any lack of toughness would mark her as ineffective.
Women paralegals also face a double bind in corporate law firms. While lawyers depend on paralegals for important work, they also expect these women--for most paralegals are women--to nurture them and affirm their superior status in the office hierarchy. Paralegals who mother their bosses experience increasing personal exploitation, while those who do not face criticism and professional sanction. Male paralegals, Pierce finds, do not encounter the same difficulties that female paralegals do.
Pierce argues that this gendered division of labor benefits men politically, economically, and personally. However, she finds that women lawyers and paralegals develop creative strategies for resisting and disrupting the male-dominated status quo. Her lively narrative and well-argued analysis will be welcomed by anyone interested in today's gender politics and business culture.

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This is a valuable resource for any woman in C.J........1998-12-08

GENDER TRIALS offers secretaries, paralegals, and lawyers a new "take" on relationships in the courtroom, the office, and the break room. Pierce's use of specific examples and her having been a paralegal herself provide good context for theoretical discussions--hers and ours. This is a must-read for all new female lawyers!

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"The Survival Guide" is designed to provide practical and comprehensible information to International Students coming to US law schools.

Do you know the answers to these questions?

Â• Do you know what to do before you come to law school?
Â• Do you know what to do when you get to law school?
Â• D you know how to organize for classes?
Â• Do you know you how to participate in class discussions?
Â• Do you know how to brief a case?
Â• Do you know how to outline and study for exams?
Â• Do you know how to attack writing papers?
Â• Do you know how to prepare for oral arguments?

If the answer is "NO" then you need "The Survival Guide".

Â“Rachel Gader-Shafran has written an indispensable guide for law graduates of international universities. She writes with clarity and the authority that comes from having graduated from a leading US law school and teaching International students for many years. I would advise international law graduates interested in studying in US law schools to read this book. Your investment in it will be repaid many times.Â”

Â—Thomas O. Sargentich, Professor of Law
Director, LLM Program on Law and Government
American University, Washington College of Law

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Economics of the U.S. Commercial Airline Industry: Productivity, Technology and Deregulation illustrates the impact of upstream technological change in capital goods (aircraft and aircraft engines) on demand, productivity, and cost reduction in the U.S. airline industry for the years 1970-1992. The aim is to separate supply-side technology push from demand pull in determining investment in aircraft in the US airline industry. The focus of inquiry in this study is at the company level, so the measures are sensitive to company differences such as financial costs, payload, and existing aircraft inventory rather than industry averages. This monograph builds on the new developments in econometric modeling and has a substantial technical component. The quantitative results lead to implications for understanding technology and its impact on the airline industry, as well as for formulating regulatory policy.

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How do you explain the popularity of horoscopes' The Magic 8-Ball' Tarot cards' Fortune-tellers' All attempt to provide answers to the curious who are searching for knowledge of the future.The Lucky Book: Fun Predictions for Your Future offers a new avenue for destiny seekers who want to have some fun, too. The mind-exercise volume contains 100 potential questions, such as "Will I be rich'" "What will lead me to happiness'" "What do people think of me'" You can use this book as a goofy, crowd-pleasing game, or you can suspend belief in the rational and the scientific and see if the book is prophetic and wise. Does it reveal the truth' Or does it just supply endless hours of fun' Either way, The Lucky Book will provide you with many laughs and a possible glimpse into what the future holds.

Customer Reviews:

It's OKaaaaay.......2001-07-02

When I got this book I took it to a sleepover with my friends and it was a lot of fun.We were cracking up for hours.But you shouldn't take it to seriously because after all it is just a book and I seriously doubt it has mystical powers.But over all if you just want to play around and are interested in predictions and that type of thing you should enjoy it.

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Making Music Make Money will educate songwriters, as well as aspiring music business entrepreneurs in the basics of becoming an effective independent music publisher. Topics include a discussion of the various roles a publisher plays in the music business: collection, administration, protection, exploitation and evaluation. A major emphasis is placed on the exploitation process, and the importance of creating a sound business model for a new publishing venture. Eric Beall is a Creative Director for Zomba Music Publishing, as well as a former songwriter and record producer. In his role at Zomba, Eric has signed and developed top writers including Steve Diamond, KNS Productions, and Riprock and Alex G. and has coordinated and directed Zomba writers in the development of material for Jive Records pop superstars like Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, Britney Spears and Aaron Carter. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Berklee College of Music.

Customer Reviews:

Well Worth Reading!.......2006-10-19

This book is a must read for anyone that's serious about starting their own music publishing business. It's full of good advice on how to become a music publisher and the roles that a music publisher fills. Eric makes you really think about the course you want your business to take.

I highly recommend it!

Amazon should look into the suspicious previous review!!.......2006-08-13

It's not cool to promote your book at another authors expense.
You be the judge. Check out the "interesting" reviews of the Ty Cohen book the previous reviewer is promoting.
But to be promoting that book here is inapropriate at best.

almost stands up to the standards of ty cohen but not quite!.......2006-05-27

if you wrere to pick this book ioff the shelf and ty cohens "Ty Cohen's Secrets to Making Money in the Music Industry (3-Piece Mega Audio CD Set)" you would drop the first instantly and rush home with it in your child like arms. why? because it is the best damn book known to man kind! and ty can show you this with his excellent pen manship!

Average.......2006-05-19

Everyone wants at some point in life to be independent and the master of his own destiny and if your destiny is the music industry then you're in for a big surprise. The music industry is a secluded and closed world, hard to get in and even harder to keep from getting thrown out. Many small record companies have tried and failed at hitting it of with quality products just because they didn't know many things about this world. The book in question here is a very good Bible for those who don't know all about the music industry and want to refine their tactics or learn some new ones.

Great book.......2006-03-04

Very good and clear book the title states it all. Its a perfect guide for anyone who is trying to become a music publisher

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This book presents the socio-environmental history of black people around Kuruman, on the edge of the Kalahari in South Africa. Considering successive periods--Tswana agropastoral chiefdoms before colonial contact, the Cape frontier, British colonial rule, Apartheid, and the homeland of Bophuthatswana in the 1980s--Environment, Power and Injustice shows how the human relationship with the environment corresponded to differences of class, gender, and race. While exploring biological, geological, and climatological forces in history, this book argues that the challenges of existence in a semidesert arose more from human injustice than from deficiencies in the natural environment. In fact, powerful people drew strength from and exercised their power over others through the environment. At the same time, the natural world provided marginal peoples with some relief from human injustice. Nancy J. Jacobs is Assistant Professor in the Department of Africana Studies and the Department of History at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. She is a recipient of the Alice Hamilton article prize from the American Society for Environmental History.

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This book presents the socio-environmental history of black people around Kuruman, on the edge of the Kalahari in South Africa. Considering successive periods - Tswana agropastoral chiefdoms before colonial contact, the Cape frontier, British colonial rule, Apartheid, and the homeland of Bophuthatswana in the 1980s - Environment, Power and Injustice shows how the human relationship with the environment corresponded to differences of class, gender, and race. While exploring biological, geological, and climatological forces in history, this book argues that the challenges of existence in a semidesert arose more from human injustice than from deficiencies in the natural environment. In fact, powerful people drew strength from and exercised their power over others through the environment. At the same time, the natural world provided marginal peoples with some relief from human injustice.

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Books for the smallest room in the house...
That generate BIG sales

It's clear--people everywhere are sitting and solving! That's why more than 110,000 copies of this amazing series have nearly jumped out of stores. With their amusing shape, great content, and popular price, these compilations are a must-have on every puzzler's shelf. And the quality of the problems, games, and trickery is absolutely superb and fabulously diverse. Go for great word searches, stimulating criss-cross puzzles, brilliant brainteasers; cunning logic games, cannily challenging IQ Tests, mysterious mathamatricks, and lots more.

Customer Reviews:

Great Puzzle Book.......2005-09-20

While they're all fun to solve, the range of difficulties in this book is pretty wide. Some take < 30 seconds, others I've been thinking about for days. Definitely good for those that love a mental challenge. I've tried 2 other books from this series, and this is the best of those.

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3ds max 7 provides unparalleled character animation functionality, and in this book you will learn how to take advantage of all of these tools. Simple step-by-step tutorials, glorious full-color examples, and an easy-to-understand approach to tricky concepts will have you creating and animating your own characters within hours! Author and award-winning animator Michele Bousquet answers all your questions about character modeling, rigging, and animating in 3ds max -- in the process illuminating the techniques used by game developers, broadcast and film companies, industrial designers, and more. As you complete the book’s projects and exercises -- using the files contained on the companion CD -- you’ll learn the fundamentals of character modeling, character rigging, creating rigs with custom controls, skinning, character animation, and more.

Customer Reviews:

The stepping stone I needed.......2007-06-24

This book is a simple, easy to understand walkthrough of a character. From modeling to final animation including facial expression. I have had max 7 for a couple years now and followed the built in tutorials as best I could, the rest was a lot of "oh thats what that tool does" learning. This book starts where I was familiar and walked me through my problem areas with clear, easy to follow instruction. A must have for the beginner!

It does exactly what it says on the cover!!.......2007-06-16

This book has helped me significantly in creating characters for my final degree animation short.

The step by step guides were very clear and concise.

I was using 3ds max 8, and before I found this book, I had problems rigging fingers, in the book it will help you rig fingers with two bones, but you can adapt the method to apply three bones if need be.

The method of modelling your character in the book helped me tailor my own characters human and animal, which is crucial for the skinning to bones. I also had problems with the morpher modifier to help me animate facial expressions and lip-sync when I was using 3ds max tutorials, this book dealt with this because you are using the same model through out the book and the steps were simpler to understand.

The only problem I had with the book was trying to get looped animation for your character to travel along a direction.

a must-have reference for modeling and animation in 3DS Max7.......2005-08-29

Have you ever thought in creating 3D character? If so, then you must asked yourself the following questions:

1-How do I model my character?
2-How do I enhance my character look with materials?
3-How do I animate my new character?

These questions form the basic steps to bring your character to life. Michele Bousquet has answered them in his book Model RIG Animate with 3DS Max 7.

The first and the second chapters answer the first two questions about modeling and adding materials to the character. Starting with pre-training on the tools used in modeling and adding materials, Michele goes step by step in his tutorial and applies each tool on the example included in the book CD.

The preparation for animation process is covered well in the third, fourth and fifth chapters. Chapter 3 teaches you how to assign bones for the model. Adding RIGs to the bones process is described in chapter 4. After completing the bones, chapter 5 is concerned with associating the bones with the model, which is known as the skinning.

My favorite topic, animating the model, is covered in the last two chapters. Chapter 7 is concerned with the character modeling, when chapter 8 concentrates on the facial animation.

This book is a must-have reference for animators, designers and teachers who want to deliver the modeling and animation with rigging features in 3DS Max7 in a simple focused way.

You want basic you'll get basic........2005-04-24

This is a great book and it's really basic. I got most of the concepts of rigging and modeling from here. Then once you get the hang off it you can start on a more elaborate character.

Super Book for new Character Animators.......2005-04-03

This is a great book for people that are new to character modeling and rigging. There is 80 pages on building a rig step by step. The rig is fully equipped with toe rolls, finger curls, and custom attributes. I highly recommend it.

Modelado, rigging y animacion con 3ds Max 7 / Model, Rig, Animate with 3ds max 7 (Diseno Y Creatividad / Design & Creativity)

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Modelado, rigging y animacion con 3ds Max 7 / Model, Rig, Animate with 3ds max 7 (Diseno Y Creatividad / Design & Creativity)
Michele Bousquet
Manufacturer: Anaya Multimedia
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Binding: Paperback

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MODEL, RIG, ANIMATE WITH 3DS MAX 7
MICHELE BOUSQUET
Manufacturer: New Riders Press
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