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In today's highly competitive business world, people are the critical - sometimes only - difference between success and failure. As technology evolves, businesses must train employees, clients, and even customers more quickly and more often. In this rapidly changing climate, almost anyone can be called upon to be a trainer. Some relish the role, but most view it with trepidation. The Professional Trainer provides both full-time trainers and those who train only occasionally with the tools and techniques needed to rise to the challenge. A basic primer covering the entire training process, the book can also be used as a troubleshooting guide, with chapters on how to determine what skills and knowledge to include in a training program and the development of on-the-job lesson plans, checklists for progress evaluation, and information on when and how to use media support, and tools for making the learning process effective and attractive.

Evaluating Human Resources, Programs, and Organizations (Professional Practices in Adult Education and Human Resource Development)

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Evaluating Human Resources, Programs, and Organizations
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Evaluating Human Resources, Programs, and Organizations (Professional Practices in Adult Education and Human Resource Development)
Byron R. Burnham
Manufacturer: Krieger Pub Co
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Binding: Hardcover

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Evaluating Human Resources, Programs, and Organizations.......2006-03-31

Evaluating Human Resources, Programs, and Organizations was written for professionals, involved in adult education, who are looking for new ways or more information about evaluating adult education programs. The purpose of this text is to examine ways to evaluate people, programs, and organizations. The author discusses evaluations that are completed by an outside evaluator, someone who is not a part of the organization, and information is also given about evaluations completed by someone from within the organization.
Currently I am a 4-H Program Associate, or a youth development educator in Wyoming. A major part of my responsibilities is to create, present, and evaluate programs. Throughout my life I have been involved in a variety of program planning situations while a 4-H member myself, in college, and at past jobs; however, looking back I realized that there was only one situation, that I can remember, that an evaluation was given as a part of the program. Due to my lack of knowledge in this area I thought it would be interesting to take a closer look at evaluations. The text was very interesting, and very beneficial in my search for understanding the evaluation process.
Evaluating Human Resources, Programs, and Organizations is broken down into three major sections. The introduction gives some basic information about evaluations and organizations and the conclusion helps sum up the text, the meat of this text is broken into three parts two chapters each on evaluating people, programs, and organizations. Burnham has written this text based upon personal experiences and observations in the field of program evaluations. He is a program evaluator; he travels from organization to organization and evaluates people, programs, and organizations. Burnham backs up his personal experiences with scientific facts that he has located through a variety of sources.
The goal of the text is to give the reader some tools needed to successfully evaluate programs, people, and organizations. The text discusses the challenges that might arise when completing an evaluation from the political and leadership perspectives. The author then goes into detail on ways to measure or evaluate programs, people, and organizations. Each section discusses different models used to evaluate these three different sectors, and how to analysis your finding, and make presentations depending on a variety of circumstances described. These circumstances included such things as who the evaluator is, were organization members involved in the evaluation process, who are the stakeholders, and what will the results of the evaluation effect.
Personally, after reading the text I feel that the author did a good job of reaching his goals. He did an outstanding job of providing models to be used during evaluations, and he discussed in detail some problems that evaluators might encounter, and what to do in these situations. The author did a great job of introducing evaluations and I walked away from this book with more knowledge, and more confidence in my abilities to evaluate a program and my organization.
Two major factors influenced my reaction to this text they were. First, the author describes a way to evaluate employees using "job descriptions, work performed, evidence of that work, the assessors, the criteria, and a weighing criteria." (19) This hit home because this is how I am evaluated. The author discusses the importance of stakeholders input, and my organization allows input in the evaluation process as well. After reading about this type of evaluation in the first chapter, the credibility of the author really stuck out. I knew that the author had real world experience and that his examples and ideas were going to be true to life, something useful in my program. Learning about personal evaluations will help me in my job to evaluate volunteers, and I am already brain-storming ways to use this evaluation method to help me to involve my volunteers in the evaluation of the county program as well as their personal clubs.
The second reason that I found this book useful and creditable was it's symmetry to the class text. The first chapter discusses formative and summative evaluations. "Formative is used to guide the implementation and management of an evaluation. Summative is often conducted at the end of the program and is used to make some judgment about how well the program did and how worthwhile it was." (5) The author goes into detail and discusses both types of evaluations thoroughly, helping me to understand the differences.
Another symmetry, between the class text and Evaluating Human Resources, Program, and Organization was the discussion on objectives. The course text discusses at length the importance of aligning the objectives and the evaluation. The purpose of the evaluation is to see if the program was effective, if it was effective then the objectives should have been met. Burnham discusses in the section on evaluating people "The newest age of performance appraisal is based on how well established objectives have been met." (18) In other words even in performance appraisals organizations are moving toward looking at objectives.
The class text discusses evaluations at length, and what to include when evaluating programs. Burnham also discusses the importance of instrument design. The author states "Only gather information that will be used." (75) I think this is the most important aspect of evaluations. Gather data that is useful, that will be beneficial to the program, and will help to move the organization forward.
In conclusion, I am highly involved in program planning and believe that this text would be very beneficial to anyone who is planning programs. This text is also beneficial for those who are asked to do formal performance appraisals because it gives ideas about what the evaluator is looking for. In other words, the text could be beneficial in many different avenues and I would highly recommend it to anyone who is involved in program management, program planning, or human resources. The author does a fantastic job of illustrating the practices of evaluations in ways that are beneficial to professionals in adult education.

Valuable in both educational and business organizations........1999-03-20

Discusses the process of evaluation and issues relating to the role of the evaluator. Chapters discuss: personnel evaluation; evaluating programs, program planning, and human resource development outcomes; and evaluation of organizations in such areas as morale, structure, administration, functions, and strategic planning. Tends to focus on educational environments but has value for application in business.

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Crop Responses to Environment discusses the principles, theories, and experimental observations concerning plant responses to environment that are particularly relevant to developing improved crop cultivars and management methods. The book illustrates the importance of considering emergent plant properties as well as reductionist approaches to understanding plant function and adaptation. Dr. Hall explains many practical applications to plant breeding, agronomy, and horticulture. He examines plant physiological and developmental responses to light and temperature as well as plant water-relations. He also describes climatic zone definitions based on temperature, rainfall, and evaporative demand in relation to plant adaptation and the prediction of crop water use. Irrigation management and crop responses to salinity and toxic levels of boron and aluminum are considered. Numerous figures and tables illustrate the climates of major agricultural zones, giving a thorough knowledge of which crop species and production systems are effective in different climates. The book concludes with an analysis illustrating the relevance of crop responses to environment to plant breeding. The practical examples in this book, some of them pulled from Dr. Hall's research, show your students the principles provided by Crop Response to Environment can be used in developing improved crop production systems.

Plant Responses to Environmental Stresses: From Phytohormones to Genome Reorganization: From Phytohormones to Genome Reorganization (Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment)

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Plant Responses to Environmental Stresses: From Phytohormones to Genome Reorganization: From Phytohormones to Genome Reorganization (Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment)
Lerner
Manufacturer: CRC
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0824700449

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Emphasizing the unpredictable nature of plant behaviour under stress and in relation to complex interactions of biological pathways, this work covers the versatility of plants in adapting to environmental change. It analyzes environmentally triggered adaptions in developmental programmes of plants that lead to permanent, heritable DNA modifications.

Adaptation of crops to climate change through genotypic responses to mean and extreme temperatures [An article from: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment]

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Adaptation of crops to climate change through genotypic responses to mean and extreme temperatures [An article from: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment]
A.J. Challinor , T.R. Wheeler , P.Q. Craufurd , and Ferro
Manufacturer: Elsevier
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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ASIN: B000PC6IQI

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This digital document is a journal article from Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The importance of temperature in the determination of the yield of an annual crop (groundnut; Arachis hypogaea L. in India) was assessed. Simulations from a regional climate model (PRECIS) were used with a crop model (GLAM) to examine crop growth under simulated current (1961-1990) and future (2071-2100) climates. Two processes were examined: the response of crop duration to mean temperature and the response of seed-set to extremes of temperature. The relative importance of, and interaction between, these two processes was examined for a number of genotypic characteristics, which were represented by using different values of crop model parameters derived from experiments. The impact of mean and extreme temperatures varied geographically, and depended upon the simulated genotypic properties. High temperature stress was not a major determinant of simulated yields in the current climate, but affected the mean and variability of yield under climate change in two regions which had contrasting statistics of daily maximum temperature. Changes in mean temperature had a similar impact on mean yield to that of high temperature stress in some locations and its effects were more widespread. Where the optimal temperature for development was exceeded, the resulting increase in duration in some simulations fully mitigated the negative impacts of extreme temperatures when sufficient water was available for the extended growing period. For some simulations the reduction in mean yield between the current and future climates was as large as 70%, indicating the importance of genotypic adaptation to changes in both means and extremes of temperature under climate change.

Growth response of the saltbush Atriplex nummularia L. to inoculation with the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices [An article from: Journal of Arid Environments]

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Growth response of the saltbush Atriplex nummularia L. to inoculation with the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices [An article from: Journal of Arid Environments]
C. Plenchette , and R. Duponnois
Manufacturer: Elsevier
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000RR323I

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This digital document is a journal article from Journal of Arid Environments, published by Elsevier in 2005. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Plantlets of Atriplex nummularia were inoculated with the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Glomus intraradices in a pot experiment. Plants were grown in a low P soil. Highly significant growth response of a Chenopodiaceae was recorded for the first time. Mycorrhizal colonization of roots was well developed, internal hyphae and vesicles were observed, but not arbuscules. These observations suggest that arbuscules are not necessary to obtain significant growth stimulation from mycorrhizal inoculation. Atriplex nummularia is already used as forage crops, its high mycorrhizal dependency offers possibilities to develop this production and revegetation strategies.

Ozone risk assessment for agricultural crops in Europe: Further development of stomatal flux and flux-response relationships for European wheat and potato [An article from: Atmospheric Environment]

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Ozone risk assessment for agricultural crops in Europe: Further development of stomatal flux and flux-response relationships for European wheat and potato [An article from: Atmospheric Environment]
H. Pleijel , H. Danielsson , L. Emberson , and M Ashmore
Manufacturer: Elsevier
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000PDYO68

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This digital document is a journal article from Atmospheric Environment, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Applications of a parameterised Jarvis-type multiplicative stomatal conductance model with data collated from open-top chamber experiments on field grown wheat and potato were used to derive relationships between relative yield and stomatal ozone uptake. The relationships were based on thirteen experiments from four European countries for wheat and seven experiments from four European countries for potato. The parameterisation of the conductance model was based both on an extensive literature review and primary data. Application of the stomatal conductance models to the open-top chamber experiments resulted in improved linear regressions between relative yield and ozone uptake compared to earlier stomatal conductance models, both for wheat (r^2=0.83) and potato (r^2=0.76). The improvement was largest for potato. The relationships with the highest correlation were obtained using a stomatal ozone flux threshold. For both wheat and potato the best performing exposure index was AF"s"t6 (accumulated stomatal flux of ozone above a flux rate threshold of 6nmol ozone m^-^2 projected sunlit leaf area, based on hourly values of ozone flux). The results demonstrate that flux-based models are now sufficiently well calibrated to be used with confidence to predict the effects of ozone on yield loss of major arable crops across Europe. Further studies, using innovations in stomatal conductance modelling and plant exposure experimentation, are needed if these models are to be further improved.

Soil quality response to long-term nutrient and crop management on a semi-arid Inceptisol [An article from: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment]

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Soil quality response to long-term nutrient and crop management on a semi-arid Inceptisol [An article from: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment]
R.E. Masto , P.K. Chhonkar , D. Singh , and A.K. Patra
Manufacturer: Elsevier
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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ASIN: B000PC0F12

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This digital document is a journal article from Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The soil quality concept provides a tool to help quantify the combined biological, chemical and physical response of soil to crop management practices. Our objective was to quantify effects of 10 fertilizer and farm yard manure (FYM) treatments applied for 31 years to a rotation that included maize (Zea mays), pearl millet (Pennisetum americanum), wheat (Triticum aestivum) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) on an Inceptisol at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi, India. A soil quality index (SQI) based on six soil functions (i.e. the soil's ability to: accommodate water entry, facilitate water movement and storage, resist surface degradation, resist biochemical degradation, supply plant nutrients and sustain crop productivity) was derived for each treatment using bulk density, water retention, pH, electrical conductivity (EC), plant-available nutrients, soil organic matter (SOM), microbial biomass, soil enzymes and crop yield. SQI ratings ranged from 0.552 (unfertilized control) to 0.838 for the combined NPK fertilizer plus manure treatment. Comparisons among treatments indicated that SQI increases associated with the combined (NPK+manure) treatment were distributed as follows: N (7.1% increase), P (7.8%), K (14.4%), Zn (4.8%) and manure (15%). The control (-11.4%) and N alone (-5.1%) resulted in degradation compared to a reference soil (no fertilizer/manure, no crop), and NP alone or sub-optimal rates of NPK were on the verge of degradation. Hand weeding and sulphur application had no measurable effect on SQI. High K fixing capacity was a limiting factor for these soils, even when FYM was applied. The lower SQI rating associated with N or NP-only treatments suggests that two of the most common fertilizer management practices in India may not be sustainable. The SQI was calculated without the weighting factors too, which revealed that the weighting factors did not affect the relative ranks of individual treatments.

A synthesis of AOT40-based response functions and critical levels of ozone for agricultural and horticultural crops [An article from: Atmospheric Environment]

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A synthesis of AOT40-based response functions and critical levels of ozone for agricultural and horticultural crops [An article from: Atmospheric Environment]
G. Mills , A. Buse , B. Gimeno , V. Bermejo , and Holland
Manufacturer: Elsevier
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000PDYKNU

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This digital document is a journal article from Atmospheric Environment, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Crop-response data from over 700 published papers and conference proceedings have been analysed with the aim of establishing ozone dose-response functions for a wide range of European agricultural and horticultural crops. Data that met rigorous selection criteria (e.g. field-based, ozone concentrations within European range, full season exposure period) were used to derive AOT40-yield response functions for 19 crops by first converting the published ozone concentration data into AOT40 (AOT40 is the hourly mean ozone concentration accumulated over a threshold ozone concentration of 40ppb during daylight hours, units ppmh). For any individual crop, there were no significant differences in the linear response functions derived for experiments conducted in the USA or Europe, or for individual cultivars. Three statistically independent groups were identified: ozone sensitive crops (wheat, water melon, pulses, cotton, turnip, tomato, onion, soybean and lettuce); moderately sensitive crops (sugar beet, potato, oilseed rape, tobacco, rice, maize, grape and broccoli) and ozone resistant (barley and fruit represented by plum and strawberry). Critical levels of a 3 month AOT40 of 3ppmh and a 3.5 month AOT40 of 6ppm h were derived from the functions for wheat and tomato, respectively.

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Crop Responses to Environment
A. E./ Hall, Anthony E. Hall
Manufacturer: CRC Pr I Llc 01/1//2000
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000MBUOSK

Plant growth in controlled environments in response to characteristics of nutrient solutions (NASA contractor report)

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Plant growth in controlled environments in response to characteristics of nutrient solutions (NASA contractor report)
C. David Raper
Manufacturer: NASA Ames Research Center
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B00072QJPQ

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This volume of proceedings deals with a wide variety of topics — both in theory and in experiment — in particle physics, such as electroweak theory, tests of the Standard Model and beyond, heavy quark physics, nonperturbative QCD, neutrino physics, astroparticle physics, quantum gravity effects, and physics at the future accelerators.

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Theory predicts that half of the individuals produced by sexually reproducing species will be male. But in a sizable minority of organisms, females greatly outnumber males, and there are cases in which more males than females are produced. Here a respected geneticist explains why, introducing the strange world of male-killers, parthenogenetic reproduction, and ultra-selfish genes. Written for a broad audience of biologists and students and incorporating a tremendous variety of fascinating examples, this book is the first to synthesize what we know about sex ratio distorters and their evolutionary effects.

Michael Majerus begins by characterizing our theoretical and empirical understanding of sexual difference, determination, and conflict. He then focuses on inherited elements that flout the normal Mendelian rules, particularly inherited microorganisms that influence their hosts' sex ratios for their own survival and replication. The Wolbachia bacterium, for example, can turn some male moths into fully functional females. In other species, such as ladybird beetles, ultra-selfish symbionts kill male but not female hosts. And some inherited microorganisms induce their hosts to reproduce without sex, leading certain wasp and other species to forsake males altogether. Majerus explains how and why such mechanisms distort population sex ratios and describes the consequences for organisms' genetics, ecology, and reproductive behavior.

Accessibly integrating a great quantity of research, this book makes the information on sex ratios and their distortion available to researchers and students across biology. It will be welcomed as both text and reference.

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Fascinating look at the biology of sex ratios.......2007-07-18

A fascinating read! I was given this title as an introduction to the field of parthenogenesis and sex ratio distortion, before starting a postdoc in the field. However, it is suitable, I believe, for a lay audience moderately educated in biology. (More specifically, you will probably need to have taken and understood a college-level basic biology course in order to be able to read and enjoy this book.) It delves into the questions of why sex exists, why most (but not all) species have males, and the evolutionary roots of equal numbers of males and females in most populations. It also opens up the world of sex-ratio distorting endosymbionts and the "arms race" between the endosymbionts (trying to move towards an all female strain to maximize their transmission to the next generation) and the hosts (trying to achieve a stable male-female sex ratio). The book is well written and full of astonishing examples, making it an entertaining read as well as a solid introduction to the dynamic and often "stranger than fiction" ecology of sex.

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A whole new way to learn to ski. NO DORKY WEDGE TO UN-LEARN

Tested 7 years

Great tutorial book

For us (ahem!) seasoned skiers

Awesome ski instruction system

Anyone Can Be an Expert Skier 1: The New Way to Ski (Includes Bonus DVD)
Harald Harb
Manufacturer: Hatherleigh Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Anyone Can Be an Expert Skier 2: Powder, Bumps, and Carving (Includes Bonus DVD)

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The Essential Guide to Skiing: 201 Things Every Skier Must Know

Ski Flex: Flexibility, Fitness, and Conditioning for Better Skiing (Sports Flex Series)

ASIN: 1578261775
Release Date: 2004-11-05

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Achieve Your Skiing Potential with Legendary Ski Instructor Harald Harb.

All it takes to be an expert skier are the correct movements and the right equipment. Join Harald Harb as he helps you learn these movements and to pick the equipment that's right for you.

Anyone Can Be an Expert Skier 1 features Harald Harb's truly innovative Primary Movements Teaching System (PMTS) that is a complete teaching system suitable for beginners and experts. Whatever your current ability level, you'll learn expert technique, and you'll learn to recognize and avoid the dead-end movements that keep you stalled at the intermediate level.

Now with a 45 minute bonus instructional DVD, in no time you will be mastering the slopes with Anyone Can Be an Expert Skier 1. 100 b/w photos, DVD.

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A whole new way to learn to ski. NO DORKY WEDGE TO UN-LEARN.......2007-04-08

Ugly cover. Great book.
Be sure to get the video, too.

Tested 7 years.......2006-12-24

I participated at list 1 camp every year (some years 2 camps) and private lessons with HH and his team for last 7 years
I literally learned to ski from Harald and Diana (I started skiing 1999 spring)

Info contained in this book and exercises described have been tested on me
and me alike. They do work and work brilliantly!

If you still don't have a book please buy and buy more than one give support to Harb Ski Systems . They priced this book way low! In my opinion it worth at least $4200

I got 4...

Slava G.

Great tutorial book.......2006-11-16

This book has what you need to make progress as a skier. The photo sequences are highlighted to point out the objective. Any individual lesson or exercise can be used independently - so you can pick one as a refresher to practice on. The lessons are well sequenced with accurate and detailed descriptions of exercises. The book is readable and coherent.

There are a few of defenders of Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA) and other ski instruction books that have posted here and given what I think are unfair low ratings. I think they are somewhat narrow in their criticism. They seem to focus on the fact that he is not preaching the "approved" PSIA method. So what? Is there only one way to teach someone how to ski?

I personally used this book and advanced my ski skill and confidence in a few weeks, after having stagnated for a couple of years. I had taken numerous lessons from PSIA intructors and progress was slow. My opinion is that most self-motivated skiers could benefit from the lessons in this book (at a low price). Give it an honest try and then go pay $75 for a PSIA "approved" lesson and see which one gave you more insight and advancement. Oh my, Mr. Harb challenged the Ski Instructors PSIA church!

For us (ahem!) seasoned skiers.......2006-04-08

I've been skiing for over thirty years so I know everything right? Ha! My first time on modern shaped skis was pretty well...interesting.
I would strongly recommend this to anyone particularly those of us who have to "unlearn" some of the things we've become accustomed to doing in order to get the most out of modern skis. At the very least, we won't be giving our kids outdated advice!

Awesome ski instruction system.......2006-03-22

I have experienced first hand instruction with this system. I have also taken the PSIA lessons offered at many ski areas. If you don't want to be stuck in the wedge forever then have a look at this. Harald Harb's PMTS is a systematic approach that will get you skiing better than 90% of the people you see skiing on any given day. Don't beleive the hype about out of the mainstream. They have something here. Believe it, this system works. If you want to carve and rip this is it!

Anyone Can Be an Expert Skier 1: The New Way to Ski, Revised Edition

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Great instruction book, well organized and written.
This is the way to expert skiing
Well written
Don't buy the hype.
Not a good book to learn how to ski

Anyone Can Be an Expert Skier 1: The New Way to Ski, Revised Edition
Harald Harb
Manufacturer: Hatherleigh Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Anyone Can Be an Expert Skier 2: Powder, Bumps, and Carving (Includes Bonus DVD)

ASIN: 1578261538
Release Date: 2003-08-22

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Achieve your skiing potential with pioneer ski instructor Harald Harb.

All it takes to be an expert skier are the correct movements and the right equipment. Join Harald Harb as he helps you learn these movements and offers advice on how to pick the equipment that's right for you. Anyone Can Be an Expert Skier 1 features Harald Harb's innovative Primary Movements Teaching System (PMTS), a complete teaching system suitable for beginners and experts. Whatever your ability, you'll learn expert technique and how to recognize the dead-end movements that keep you stalled at the intermediate level.

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Great instruction book, well organized and written........2006-12-12

This is the way to expert skiing.......2005-12-02

Anyone Can Be An Expert Skier 1 is the first in a series that describes a fully modern, systematic instruction method and approach to skiing that, unlike traditional ski area teaching, takes full advantage of the most modern equipment. With a scientific understanding of the actual (bio)mechanics of skiing and clear, simple, powerful instruction, this book (and book 2) has finally brought true expert skiing within my reach.

After (too) many seasons working with traditional or mainstream PSIA instructors, some of them friends, with few results other than frustration at their obvious lack of understanding of their own sport (and a smaller bank account), I began looking at other ski teaching systems, starting with the very good Breakthrough on Skis by Lito Tejada-Flores. But when I found Harald Harb's books and videos, and his Primary Movements Teaching System, that's when my skiing really began to take off. Why? Because Harb's approach, besides displaying a great depth of knowlege of skiing dynamics, offers simple explanations of simple yet powerful movements of specific body parts, explained clearly as to their function and execution, that immediatly began to transform my skiing.

After working with the Harb material for two seasons now it is clear to me that his is the best approach, with absolutly superior results. Harb has more depth, clarity, and detail than Tejada-Flores and is FAR superior to the muddle of tradition and misunderstanding that is mainstream PSIA teaching. My skiing has gone from stuck (frustrated, pissed off) stemming my turns and being uncomfortable with any terrain that wasn't blue groomed to being totaly cool with bowls, bumps, steeps, you name it, and I'm having an absolute blast!.

Skiing isn't hard. With the right movements, it can be incredibly easy. This book and DVD (and book 2) is for anyone of reasonable athletic ability who desires to learn the movements and develop the balance necessary for true expert skiing. I highly recommend it.

Well written.......2005-11-29

The author explains skiing in a straight forward manner and gives you many easy to understand drills that build the foundation for skiing using simple energy efficient movements. The written descriptions are accompanied by step-by-step pictures that show how to do each drill. This is an "action" book. You read the material and then practice what you have learned (there are even tear out cards you bring to the slopes to help remind you of the different drills).

The DVD is a terrific supplement to the written material but it doesn't replace the book. Think of the book as the instructor and the dvd as the ever faithful assistant putting on a demonstration.

I'm not sure why some of the other reviewers don't like this particular system...all I can say is that it has worked well for our family.

Don't buy the hype........2005-11-09

Before you buy this book or any of the videos please be aware that although there is a small group of Harb fanatics, these books and videos preach a method of learning to ski which is out of the mainstream of current modern skiing.

Harb's competition is of course the PSIA (Professional Ski Instructors of America) If you go to any Ski Area, the vast majority of Instructors will be PSIA members and trained in modern skiing technique as taught by the PSIA. The techniques taught by PSIA represent the very best ideas and approaches that the tens of thousands of PSIA ski instuctors have found and developed. PSIA will gladly explore and incorporate any ideas that work. On the other hand, in order to justify why people should spend money on his books, videos, and clinics, Harb needs to present 'new' or 'different' techniques from what is taught by PSIA - he needs to implicitly criticize the PSIA and its methods and claim his system is superior. But think about it, you have a national organization in PSIA with tens of thousands of members all working to develop the best methods for learning to ski - and then you have Harb claiming they are all wrong and he is right. Sure.

In an effort to be unique, many of the 'techniques' that Harb puts forwards are actually quite unsound. For example, Harb recommends lifting the inside ski and tipping it to initiate turns. In general you are better off keeping both skis on the ground, lifting one ski can put you off balance and reduces your stability. Lifting one ski can also cause you to shift your weight up hill to compensate and that is exactly what you do not want to be doing at turn initiation. Lifting the inside ski is a 'gimmick' and an unsound one at that. If doing it 'seems' to help your skiing, it is probably because there are other problems with your alighnment or technique and lifting the inside ski 'compensates' for those issues. Of course, instead of compensation one would be better off fixing the cause of the problem and becoming a more sound skier.

If you want my advice, if you are still learning to ski don't bother with Harb and his PTMS system. If you are already an expert you may find an idea here or there that you can play with, but I wouldn't base my basic skiing style on Harb's gimmicks.

A much better book on Skiing is Mark Ellings "The Expert Skier." Elling teaches accepted modern skiing techiniques that are sound and effective.

I expect the Harb Fanatics will attack this review, but don't buy their hype.

Not a good book to learn how to ski.......2004-11-25

I am such a die-hard ski fan. Usually I eat up anything about skiing. Books? Forget about it. I shred them up in minutes. But this one? Wow, it was hard to digest. The writing is so bad and it was just so boring. Most of it is so repetitious. Way, way, way too long. Did I mention is was too long? One of those useless frame-by-frame books. How many pages do you need to say this: if you lift up one leg, the other leg will start to lilt towards that leg and *voila* edging. Duh. Other key points: Stance foot quiet, free foot steer. Keep stance narrow. Focus on your feet. This book is bad. See my other reviews for better ski books.

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