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Rosanna Hertz is the Class of 1919 50 Professor at Wellesley College , where she has taught Sociology and Women s and Gender Studies since 1983. She chaired the Women s and Gender Studies Department from 2000 2008 and was president of the Eastern Sociological Society from 2009 2010. ref http www.wellesley.edu PublicAffairs Profile gl rhertz.html ref Professor Hertz is the author of Single by Chance, Mothers by Choice How Women Are Choosing Parenthood without Marriage and Creating the New American Family Oxford University Press, 2006 and More Equal Than Others Women and Men in Dual Career Marriages 1986 , as well as numerous sociological articles. ref http www.rosannahertz.com bio.html ref References reflist http www.wellesley.edu PublicAffairs Profile gl rhertz.html http www.rosannahertz.com bio.html Category American sociologists Category Wellesley College ... more details
Infobox book name A Chance to Make History translator image File Achancetomakehistorycover.jpeg image caption author Wendy Kopp illustrator cover artist country United States language English language English series subject Education genre Nonfiction publisher PublicAffairs release date 2011 english release date media type pages isbn preceded by followed by A Chance to Make History What Works and What Doesn t in Providing an Excellent Education for All ISBN 158648740X is a book by Wendy Kopp , CEO and Founder of Teach For America, that was published by PublicAffairs in January 2011. ref cite web author Amazon year 2011 url http www.amazon.com dp 158648740X title A Chance to Make History What Works and What Doesn t in Providing an Excellent Education for All accessdate 2011 03 27 ref In A Chance to Make History , Kopp draws on examples of effective teachers, as well as schools and entire districts to demonstrate what she believes is needed to provide all children with a transformational education. ref http www.publicaffairsbooks.com publicaffairsbooks cgi bin display?book 9781586487409 ref ref http www.teachforamerica.org ref A Chance to Make History is the second book by Wendy Kopp. Her first book, titled One Day, All Children One Day, All Children The Unlikely Triumph of Teach for America and What I Learned Along the Way , was published in 2003 by PublicAffairs. Wendy Kopp Wendy Kopp is the founder and Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Teach For America. Wendy came up with the idea for the organization in her 1989 undergraduate research thesis. She is also the co founder and CEO of Teach For All , a global network of organizations working to end educational inequity around the world. Recognition A Chance to Make History was named a Washington Post bestselling book in April 2011. ref cite news url http www.washingtonpost.com blogs political bookworm post political bestsellers april 24 2011 2011 04 21 AFbG76JE blog.html work The Washington Post date 2011 04 21 r ... more details
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orphan date December 2010 COI date December 2010 The U.S. Army Community Relations Division CRD , headquartered at the Pentagon building Pentagon , serves as the Army s senior outreach activity for the http www.army.mil info institution publicaffairs Office of the Chief of Public Affairs OCPA . Through events and relationships with a wide spectrum of businesses, organizations, and local community and education leaders, CRD communicates Soldiers stories through a variety of mediums and brings the Nation closer to the Soldiers who serve them. With hundreds of thousands of Soldiers serving in today s Army, CRD matches the right Soldiers and families to tell specific stories at public events, celebrations, parades, military expositions, and other public venues. CRD also coordinates media events and writes feature articles for placement in publications and provides expertise and consultation for feature films, documentaries, and books to ensure the Army s Soldiers and their families are accurately portrayed to the American people. The division also provides executive level media training to senior Army leaders, ensuring the Army s story is told effectively to the media and other audiences around the world. Organization CRD is directed by an active duty colonel . It is one of four other divisions at OCPA, the others being Media Relations, Online and Social Media, Strategic Communications and Planning, and Resources Management. CRD is organized into several teams and regional offices. The teams comprise Community Outreach, Community Relations, and Executive Communications. With regional offices in http www.army.mil info institution publicAffairs ocpa midwest index.html Chicago , http www.army.mil info institution publicAffairs ocpa west Los Angeles , and http www.army.mil info institution publicAffairs ocpa northeast New York City , the division conducts outreach efforts and serves as a positive Army presence in these regions. In addition to these offices, CRD s network in ... more details
Gutchess Metropolitan Business College was a business college in Detroit that began in 1896 and was still operating in 1920. ref Neil Baldwin . The Mass Production of Hate Henry Ford and the Jews . New York PublicAffairs, 2001 p. 24 ref ref Patterson s American Education , Vol. 17 1920 , p. 837. ref ref citeweb url http books.google.com books?id SRoVAAAAYAAJ&pg PA128&lpg PA128&dq 22Gutchess Metropolitan 22&source bl&ots SM3KOSJ3Jb&sig dsNYXCS GcHD1wk ABo6Zk4 Y50&hl en&ei 3vgGS8zFH4fgnAfqrqTCCw&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 6&ved 0CBcQ6AEwBQ v onepage&q 22Gutchess Metropolitan 22&f false title The Book of Detroiters author Albert Nelson Marquis, ed. page 128 accessdate 2011 08 24 ref References reflist Category Education in Detroit, Michigan ... more details
orphan date December 2009 K Blows Top A Cold War Comic Interlude, Starring Nikita Khrushchev, America s Most Unlikely Tourist 2009, ISBN 978 1 58648 497 2 is a book by Peter Carlson published by PublicAffairs describing the 1959 visit of Nikita Khrushchev to the United States . Khrushchev s visit took him to New York City , Los Angeles , San Francisco , Iowa , Pittsburgh , and Washington, DC , and included visits to Twentieth Century Fox , the Mark Hopkins Hotel , an Iowa farm, a Pittsburgh steel mill, and Camp David . Highlights also including meeting Shirley MacLaine and Frank Sinatra on the set of Can Can film Can Can , visiting a Quality Foods supermarket in San Francisco, and meeting Harry Bridges , fiery labor leader, movie star Marilyn Monroe , and hostess Perle Mesta , among many other Americans, famous and not so famous. What a joy it was to read Peter Carlson s K Blows Top . With vivid detail, crisp language, subtle wit, and admirable new research, Carlson recounts Khrushchev s notorious bungling around America in 1959. A truly fine piece of writing and Cold War scholarship. Douglas Brinkley , professor of history, Rice University Peter Carlson s K Blows Top is an utterly hilarious and un putdown able story about one of the strangest episodes of the Cold War Khrushchev s 1959 visit to the U.S. Someone has to make this into a movie. I insist Christopher Buckley novelist Christopher Buckley , author Thank You for Smoking novel Thank You for Smoking This book recreates in vivid detail one of the most astonishing figures in our recent history. The Communist leader s storming of America can be enjoyed by everyone, but especially those with memories of that singular episode of the Cold War. Daniel Schorr , National Public Radio External links http www.publicaffairsbooks.com publicaffairsbooks cgi bin display?book 9781586484972&cover hc K Blows Top at PublicAffairs http www.washingtonpost.com wp dyn content article 2009 06 08 AR2009060803751.html Review in The Wa ... more details
Lisa Rogak is an United States American author , primarily of biographies and other nonfiction books. She is also a freelance magazine writer. Barack Obama In His Own Words , which Rogak edited, hit the New York Times bestseller list. ref http www.nytimes.com 2008 11 23 books bestseller bestpapernonfiction.html Barack Obama in His Own Words on the NY Times Bestseller List ref Her biography of Stephen King , Haunted Heart , was nominated for a 2010 Edgar Award for Best Critical Biographical Work. ref http www.theedgars.com edgarsDB index.php Edgars Database ref Rogak grew up in Glen Rock, New Jersey and now lives in Berkeley, California . Partial Bibliography Pretzel Logic A Novel , Williams Hill Publishing, 1999 Howard Dean In His Own Words , St. Martin s Griffin Thomas Dunne Books , 2003 Death Warmed Over Funeral Food, Rituals, and Customs from Around the World , Ten Speed Press , 2004 Stones and Bones of New England A Guide to Unusual, Historic, and Otherwise Notable Cemeteries , Globe Pequot , 2004 The Man Behind the Da Vinci Code An Unauthorized Biography of Dan Brown , Andrews McMeel Publishing , 2005 Barack Obama In His Own Words , PublicAffairs , 2008 A Boy Named Shel The Life and Times of Shel Silverstein , St. Martin s Griffin Thomas Dunne Books , 2009 Michelle Obama In Her Own Words , PublicAffairs , 2009 Haunted Heart The Life and Times of Stephen King , St. Martin s Griffin Thomas Dunne Books , 2010 And Nothing But the Truthiness The Rise and further rise of Stephen Colbert , St. Martin s Griffin Thomas Dunne Books , 2011 Dogs of War The Courage, Love, and Loyalty of Military Working Dogs, St. Martin s Griffin Thomas Dunne Books , 2011 References references External links http www.lisarogak.com Lisa Rogak s Website http us.macmillan.com author lisarogak Lisa Rogak on the Macmillan Website DEFAULTSORT Rogak, Lisa Category American biographers Category Edgar Award winners Category Living people Category Writers from New Jersey ... more details
The book For God And Country , by James Yee , was published in 2005 by PublicAffairs. James Yee was a US Army Muslim chaplain serving in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp Guantanamo Bay prison. ref name JamesYeeBook cite news url http books.google.ca books?id ocffRA39NI8C&pg PA74&lpg PA74&dq 22James Yee 22 22Adolph McQueen 22&source bl&ots DOHe96SbDI&sig Rialmyd02YKyo3wtX qwQoeemD4&hl en&ei RTNVS4 tD4G0tgeQgIH6DQ&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 3&ved 0CA0Q6AEwAg v onepage&q McQueen&f false isbn 9781586483692 title For God and country faith and patriotism under fire publisher Perseus Books Group date 2005 10 10 author James Yee , Aimee Molloy accessdate 2010 01 18 ref This book details his experiences both as a chaplain, and later as a detainee at the prison. References references nonfiction book stub Category 2005 books ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Primarysources date January 2009 Infobox Company company logo Image company name JUSTICE work company type Charity foundation 2006 homepage http www.justiceatwork.ca http www.justiceatwork.ca JUSTICE work Justice at work is a legal aid program serving workers in Ontario , Canada . ref 1 ref ref 2 ref The program provides summary legal advice, brief legal service, and representation to low income workers. The program is sponsored by the Community Legal Clinic Simcoe, Haliburton, Kawartha Lakes and the Law Foundation of Ontario. law stub References references Connecting Across Language and Distance Linguistic and Rural Access to Legal Information and Services pg. 42 http www.lawfoundation.on.ca pdf linguistic rural report dec2008 final.pdf OBA Task Force on Wrongful Dismissal Litigation p. 6 http oba.org en publicaffairs en pdf oba wrongful dismissal task force final 28apr09.pdf External links http www.justiceatwork.ca JUSTICE work http www.lawfoundation.on.ca Law Foundation of Ontario Category Legal aid Category Non profit organizations based in Canada ... more details
The Tiananmen Papers was first published in English in January 2001 by PublicAffairs . The extended Chinese version of this book was published in April that same year under the title Pinyin Zh nggu Li s Zh nxi ng , translated as June Fourth The True Story by Mirror Books in Hong Kong . The book is presented as a compilation of selected secret Chinese official documents relating to the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 . ref Zhang Liang. The Tiananmen Papers . New York PublicAffairs, 2001. ISBN 978 1 58648 122 3. pp. xxxv xxxvi . ref The documents used in both books are said to have been made available by a Chinese compiler under the pseudonym Zhang Liang author Zhang Liang , whose identity is hidden to protect the individual from potential persecution. ref Zhang Liang. The Tiananmen Papers . New York PublicAffairs, 2001. ISBN 978 1 58648 122 3. p. xxxix . ref The English version of the book was edited and translated by Andrew J. Nathan , Perry Link , and Orville Schell , who claim to place full trust in the compiler. ref Zhang Liang. The Tiananmen Papers . New York PublicAffairs, 2001. ISBN 978 1 58648 122 3. p.473. ref Speculations about the authenticity of the book have nevertheless been fervent, as the editors were never given the actual physical documents, but rather a reformatted version of the material. ref Zhang Liang. The Tiananmen Papers . New York PublicAffairs, 2001. ISBN 978 1 58648 122 3. p.472. ref Contents The Tiananmen Papers combines various government documents with editor s notes and footnotes to illustrate the situation within the Chinese Communist Party surrounding the time of the protests. The documents are arranged in a chronological manner, starting in the beginning of April until late June 1989. It portrays a sense of factionalism and power ... Papers . New York PublicAffairs, 2001. ISBN 978 1 58648 122 3. pp. li lii . ref In the end he sides ..., Autumn 2001. ref ref Zhang Liang. The Tiananmen Papers . New York PublicAffairs, 2001. ISBN 978 1 ... more details
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Gaby Kennard born 1944, Melbourne East Melbourne , Victoria, Australia was the first Australian woman to circumnavigate the globe by airplane. In 1989, she began her journey, following Amelia Earhart Amelia Earhart s route as much as possible. The trip took 99 days and covered 29,000 nautical miles 54,000 km . In recognition of this achievement, she received the Harmon Trophy . The trip made Kennard a celebrity and she used this status to raise funds for the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia . She is married to Neville Kennard and has a daughter and son. Qantas has recently announced that they will be naming one of their Airbus A380 s after Gaby Kennard in recognition of her contribution to the aviation industry and particularly of her achievement. ref http www.qantas.com.au regions dyn au publicaffairs details?ArticleID 2008 nov08 3852 ref References references http www.pilotweb.aero content travel view article.aspx?id 951 Pilotweb External links http www.gabykennard.biz Official Site Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Kennard, Gaby ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1944 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Kennard, Gaby Category 1944 births Category Living people Category Australian aviators Category Harmon Trophy winners Category Aviators from Melbourne Australia bio stub es Gaby Kennard ... more details
unreferenced date June 2008 Infobox Book name Blind Man s Bluff The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage image Image BMBcover.jpg 250px image caption author Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew with Annette Lawrence Drew country USA subject Cold War submarine history genre non fiction publisher PublicAffairs release date November 1998 media type hardback pages 352 isbn 0 06 103004 X oclc 42633517 Blind Man s Bluff The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage ISBN 0 06 103004 X , published in 1998 by Sherry Sontag , Christopher Drew , and Annette Lawrence Drew , is a non fiction book about United States Navy U.S. Navy submarine operations during the Cold War . Several operations are described in the book, such as the use of USS Parche SSN 683 6 to tap Soviet Union Soviet undersea communications cables and USS Halibut SSGN 587 6 to do the same in Operation Ivy Bells . The book also contains an extensive list of submarine collisions and U.S. submarine awards. Category 1998 books Category Naval warfare Category Non fiction books about espionage hist book stub fi Blind Man s Bluff The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage ... more details
Infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Lipstick Jihad title orig translator image image caption author Azadeh Moaveni illustrator cover artist country United States language English series subject Iranian American women genre Biography publisher PublicAffairs Public Affairs pub date 2005 english pub date media type pages 249 isbn 1 58648 193 2 dewey 305.48 89155073 092 B 22 congress E184.I5 M63 2005 oclc 56617255 preceded by followed by Lipstick Jihad ISBN 1 58648 193 2 is Iranian American writer Azadeh Moaveni s first book, published on February 4, 2005. The book tells the story of her first person experiences in Iran where she worked as a reporter after living in the United States her whole life. The book is part of a growing movement of female writers within the Iranian diaspora , including such other authors as Marjane Satrapi , Firoozeh Dumas , and Nahid Rachlin . Category 2005 books Category Iranian books Category American non fiction books Category Books about Iran ... more details
The Defense Intelligence Operations Coordination Center DIOCC is a United States Department of Defense organization under the Defense Intelligence Agency that is responsible for integrated intelligence operations and collection. Located in the Defense Intelligence Analysis Center DIAC the DIOCC integrates into a single organization the functions of DIA s Defense Joint Intelligence Operations Center DJIOC and the United States Strategic Command s Joint Functional Component Command for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance JFCC ISR . The DIOCC also serves as the Defense Department s focal point to interface with the newly established National Intelligence Coordination Center NIC C under the Director of National Intelligence DNI . ref name DIA 20071003 Press Release http www.dia.mil publicaffairs Press press020.pdf DIA Update Defense Intelligence Operations Coordination Center, DIA Press Release, October 3, 2007 ref See also United States Department of Defense Defense Intelligence Agency Joint Functional Component Command for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance National Intelligence Coordination Center Director of National Intelligence Secretary of Defense References references Category Defense Intelligence Agency Category United States Department of Defense agencies Category Military intelligence agencies Category United States intelligence agencies ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Jumpsoles are weighted platforms that attach to your shoes. ref name blackbelt citation author1 Active Interest Media, Inc title What s new in Martial Arts Training? newspaper Black Belt date June 1996 url http books.google.com ?id JNoDAAAAMBAJ&pg PA137&dq jumpsoles PPA134,M1 accessdate 2009 01 05 page 135, 137 ref Although invented primarily for basketball players, the platforms are now used by athletes in other sports. ref name witt citation last Witt first Katarina author link Katarina Witt last2 Swift first2 Edward McKelvy title Only with Passion Figure Skating s Most Winning Champion on Competition and Life publisher PublicAffairs year 2005 isbn 9781586482749 page 88 ref Users stand with their heel off the ground and practice jumping for a short time, often no more than 20 minutes. ref name witt The exercises, according to Black Belt Magazine , are supposed to build fast twitch muscle fibers, which are integral to developing explosive power and quickness . ref name blackbelt They can improve the user s vertical leap by convert 5 in cm to convert 10 in cm and build calf and thigh muscles. ref name blackbelt References reflist Category Shoes shoe stub de Jumpsoles ... more details
Rita Burak , Order of Ontario O.Ont is the current Chair of the Board of Hydro One and a former Canadian public servant and independent consultant. ref http www.glendon.yorku.ca studypublicaffairs burak.html Glendon web site ref Public service From 1995 2000, Ms Burak served as Secretary of the Cabinet for the Government of Ontario. http www.ccaf fcvi.com english conferences national 2001 speakers.html Previously she served as Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and as Assistant Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Housing. Rita Burak is a graduate of Atkinson College, York University BA 1977 . Awards Ms Burak is a recipient of the Order of Ontario 2001 and the Canadian Public Policy Forum s Annual Testimonial Award 2004 . External links http www.energy.gov.on.ca index.cfm?fuseaction archives.news2&body yes&news id 31 Government of Ontario News release http www.glendon.yorku.ca publicaffairs profiles burak.html Glendon School of Public Affairs Biography http www.ccaf fcvi.com english conferences national 2001 speakers.html CCAF Speakers List http www.ppforum.ca en speeches index.asp?theme all&year 2000 Public Policy Forum Speech References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Burak, Rita ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Burak, Rita Category Members of the Order of Ontario Category Living people Category Ontario civil servants canada gov bio stub ... more details
Orphan date September 2008 Chesterfield Quarterback League is a youth American football football league in Chesterfield County, Virginia and Powhatan County, Virginia . Chesterfield Quarterback League CQL was formed in 1958. The league has four divisions Flag, Minor, Junior, and Senior. It currently has 32 associations, 30 from Chesterfield County and has 2 associations from Powhatan County since 1984. CQL holds the national record for being the association with three National Football League Pro Bowl players. ref http www.chesterfield.gov publicaffairs pressrelease PA releasedisplay.asp?ID 1715 dead link date December 2011 ref Notable players Rudi Johnson National Football League running back for the Detroit Lions James Farrior National Football League linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers William Henderson American football William Henderson former National Football League Fullback American football fullback for the Green Bay Packers References references added above categories infobox footers by script assisted edit External links http www.cqlfootball.com Chesterfield Quarterback League website Category 1958 establishments in Virginia Category American football in Virginia ... more details
BLP sources date September 2011 Expand Polish topic gov date April 2010 Teodor Kufel File Teodor kufel.jpg 150px right Teodor Kufel sometimes known as Teoch born March 6, 1920 in P ock is a former Poland Polish general of the Ludowe Wojsko Polskie . ref name Weiser2005 cite book last Weiser first Benjamin title A secret life the Polish officer, his covert mission, and the price he paid to save his country url http books.google.com books?id NzOhwIN2k7cC&pg PT133 accessdate 27 September 2011 date 2005 05 03 publisher PublicAffairs isbn 978 1 58648 305 0 pages 133 ref He later served as commander of the Internal Military Service from 1964 until 1979. References Reflist iw ref pl Teodor Kufel Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Kufel, Teodor ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1920 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Kufel, Teodor Category 1920 births Category Living people Category Generals of the People s Army of Poland Category Polish communists Category People from P ock Category Polish United Workers Party members Poland mil bio stub pl Teodor Kufel ... more details
Notability 1 Bio date June 2010 Infobox person name Isis Carmen Jones other names Isis J. Jones occupation actress Isis J. Jones sometimes credited as Isis Carmen Jones is the actress who played a young List of minor recurring characters in Star Trek The Next Generation Guinan Guinan in the Star Trek The Next Generation episode Rascals . ref cite book title The Star trek encyclopedia a reference guide to the future author Michael Okuda, Denise Okuda page 180 pages 752 year 1999 publisher Pocket Books ref She later played the young version of Whoopi Goldberg s character in the movie Sister Act . ref cite book title Now in theaters everywhere a celebration of a certain kind of blockbuster author Kenneth Turan page 149 publisher PublicAffairs year 2006 ref References reflist External links IMDb name 0428258 Memoryalpha Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Jones, Isis Carmen ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Jones, Isis Carmen Category Living people Category Child actors Category Year of birth missing living people Category American actors ... more details
James Cox born 5 February 1975 is an American film director. His short film Atomic Tabasco which he made while a student at New York University received an honorable mention at the List of Sundance Film Festival award winners 1999 1999 Sundance Film Festival ref cite web title Five NYU Filmmakers Capture Awards At 1999 Sundance Film Festival url http www.nyu.edu publicaffairs newsreleases b Five .shtml publisher New York University accessdate 19 October 2011 ref and a Bronze Medal at the 1999 Student Academy Awards . Cox then directed Highway 2002 film Highway in 2002 and Wonderland 2003 film Wonderland in 2003. Cox has also directed music videos for Rise Against s Give It All and t.A.T.u. s All About Us . References reflist External links IMDb name 0185063 James Cox Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Cox, James ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Filmmaker DATE OF BIRTH 5 February 1975 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Cox, James Category Film directors from New York City Category Living people Category 1975 births Category New York University alumni Category American music video directors US film director 1970s stub ... more details
File Wuerstelstand.JPG thumb W rstelstand A W rstelstand literally little sausage stand is a traditional Austria n street food retail outlet selling hot dog s, sausage s, and side dishes. ref Rick Steves , Rick Steves Vienna, Salzburg & Tirol PublicAffairs, 2009 , ISBN 978 1 59880 216 0, p. 157. http books.google.com books?id 2k uZmFrUb4C&pg PA157 Excerpt available at Google Books . ref They are a ubiquitous sight in Vienna . ref Time Out Vienna Time Out Guides, 2011 , ISBN 978 1 84670 143 6, p. 132. http books.google.com books?id a8MrIda AFwC&pg PA132 Excerpt available at Google Books . ref W rstelstands were initially created during the period of the Austro Hungarian Empire to provide a source of income for incapacitated war veteran former soldiers . Citation needed date February 2012 References Reflist Further reading Elisabeth H lzl, Im Banne der Burenwurst Der W rstelstand als Wille und Vorstellung. Christian Brandst tter, Wien 2001, ISBN 3 85498 105 8 in German . Peter Payer, http www.stadt forschung.at downloads Der 20Geschmack 20der 20Stadt.pdf Der Geschmack der Stadt. Der Wiener W rstelstand Nahversorger und Imageproduzent. In German. External links http members.chello.at nicetry hotdogstand.htm W rstelstand Der Film commons category W rstelstand DEFAULTSORT Wurstelstand Category Food retailing Category Street food Category Austrian culture Category Austrian cuisine Austria stub de W rstelstand es W rstelstand ko pt W rstelstand ... more details
Daniel Altman is an American born economist and writer. He is Director of Thought Leadership at Dalberg Global Development Advisors . He is also the founder and president of North Yard Economics, a not for profit consulting firm that provides high quality economic analysis to governments and non governmental organizations in developing countries. He writes commentary on economics and occasionally on soccer in English and Spanish. Altman teaches economics as an adjunct at the New York University Stern School of Business and serves as Chief Economist of Big Think . Mr. Altman worked for many years as an economic journalist, most recently as the global economics columnist of the International Herald Tribune . Previously, he had been one of the youngest ever members of the editorial board of The New York Times , under then editor Howell Raines . ref http www.nytimes.com 2001 06 18 arts economist joins times editorial board.html ref He was also on the staff of The Economist . Outside of journalism, he served as an economic advisor to the British government in 2003 and 2004. His fourth book, Outrageous Fortunes The Twelve Surprising Trends That Will Reshape the Global Economy was published in January 2011 by Times Books . His previous books are Power in Numbers UNITAID, Innovative Financing, and the Quest for Massive Good , co authored with Philippe Douste Blazy and published in 2010 by PublicAffairs Neoconomy George Bush s Revolutionary Gamble with America s Future , also published by PublicAffairs, in 2004 and Connected 24 Hours in the Global Economy , published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2007. Both Outrageous Fortunes and Connected have been translated into many languages, including Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. Mr. Altman received his A.B. magna cum laude , A.M. and Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University . While at Harvard, he was Editorial Board Chair of The Harvard Crimson . References Reflist External links http danielaltman.com Daniel Altman , ... more details
Infobox Book name One Day, All Children translator image Image WendyKopp OneDay.jpg 200px image caption author Wendy Kopp illustrator cover artist country United States language English language English series subject Education genre Nonfiction publisher PublicAffairs release date 2001 english release date media type pages isbn preceded by followed by One Day, All Children...The Unlikely Triumph of Teach For America and What I Learned Along the Way ISBN 1586481797 is the first book by Wendy Kopp , CEO and Founder of Teach For America , published by PublicAffairs in April 2003, a decade after the launch of Teach For America. A new edition was issued in the spring of 2011 to coincide with the organizations 20th Anniversary it contains a new afterword by the author. ref cite web author Teach For America year 2006 url http www.teachforamerica.com about our team.htm wendy kopp title Teach For America accessdate 2007 02 07 ref ref cite web author year url http www.powells.com biblio 1586481797?&PID 25450 title One Day, All Children The Unlikely Triumph of Teach for America and What I Learned Along the Way accessdate 2007 04 19 ref . The title is drawn from Teach For America s vision statement One day, all children in this nation will have the opportunity to attain an excellent education. ref cite web author Teach For America year 2010 url http www.teachforamerica.org what we do title What We Do Teach For America accessdate 2010 12 03 ref In One Day... , Kopp shares the story of Teach For America, from its beginnings as a one person startup to a successful large nonprofit organization , with more than 8,000 corps members teaching during the 2010 2011 school year, and a network of over 20,000 alumni ref http www.publicaffairsbooks.com publicaffairsbooks cgi bin display?book 9781586481797 ref ref http www.teachforamerica.com about our team.htm wendy kopp ref Footnotes div class references small references div External links http www.teachforamerica.org newsroom founders book ... more details
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