New Releases by Jan Thomas

A smelly Pig does not want to take a scrub in the tub…until his friends help him see the perks of getting clean in this hilarious and relatable bathtime picture book. Rabbit and Weasel know their pal Pig needs a scrub in the tub. There’s just one problem: Pig does not like baths! He tries every alternative, from a single splash to a mud bath, but alas, the stink persists. With some help from his friends, can Pig open his mind to a bit of bath time fun?

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2023 im Fachbereich Ingenieurwissenschaften - Maschinenbau, Note: 1,3, Hamburger Fern-Hochschule, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Bachelorarbeit wird die Entwicklung eines additiven Fertigungssystem ( umgangssprachlich 3D-Drucker) beschrieben. Nach einer Einleitung in das Thema 3D-Druck und Materialien wird insbesondere auf die Konstruktion und die Berechnung per FEM-Analyse eingegangen. Additive Fertigungsverfahren, auch bekannt unter den Begriffen generative Fertigungsverfahren, Rapid Prototyping und Rapid Manufacturing, sind Fertigungsverfahren, welche Bauteile schichtweise aufbauen. Sie werden umgangssprachlich auch als 3D-Druck bezeichnet. Der schichtweise Aufbau ermöglicht die Fertigung von sehr komplexen Bauteilen, welche mit anderen Fertigungsverfahren teilweise gar nicht oder nur mit hohem Aufwand gefertigt werden können. Ausformschrägen oder die Vermeidung von Hinterschnitten müssen nicht beachtet werden, können jedoch abgebildet werden. Somit lassen sich Prototypen fertigen, welche das äußere Erscheinungsbild wie z.B. dem eines Spritzgussteils haben. Ein weiterer Vorteil dieser Verfahren ist das wesentlich geringe anfallen von Abfall als z.B. bei der subtraktiven Fertigung, wie dem Drehen oder Fräsen. Additive Fertigungsverfahren eignen sich somit hervorragend zur Herstellung von Prototypen und Kleinstserien. Da die Fertigung der Bauteile lange dauert, sind sie für die Großserienproduktion eher ungeeignet.

One bullet equals one kill. For SWAT sniper Jake Denton, the bullet casings he saves as grim reminders of his "kills" are beginning to add up. His wife, his department-ordered psychiatrist, and even Jake himself are all beginning to question just how these sanctioned kills are affecting his mental health. Nobody wants him to end up like Lee Staley, his mentor and ex-partner---now out on permanent psych leave, drinking himself to death, and the prime suspect in a series of shootings that have paralyzed Northern California. Jake doesn''t believe that Staley''s guilty, but since their job has taught them to kill, how easy would it be for his friend to cross over to the other side? How easy would it be for him? On every police force in the country, there''s a SWAT sniper going about his daily life, acting like an average cop, until the moment when the call comes in. Then they become a hostage''s last hope and a criminal''s worst nightmare. To some, they are silent heroes---to others, silent killers. Grant Jerkins and Jan Thomas''s Done in One pulls back the curtain on their world.

Rabbit needs to clean her room, but when Pete the Problem-Solving Porcupine''s plan causes more of a mess, Rabbit needs to quickly come up with her own strategy before chaos ensues.

Red Robot and Blue Robot are back in the hilarious and heartwarming picture book companion to Even Robots Aren’t Perfect! in which our favorite robot friends learn how to be grateful for little things. Red Robot and Blue Robot are best friends. And sometimes friends get scared. And sometimes friends get hurt feelings. And in those moments, even robots can be thankful to have a best friend! In three silly and sweet stories, our two favorite robot buddies learn that gratitude isn’t always easy, but best friends are something to be thankful for.

In three stories, best friends Red Robot and Blue Robot learn about how sometimes they can make mistakes or say the wrong things yet still be friends with each other.

BOKEN SOM AVSLØRER NORGES UNDERVERDEN! Norge oppfattes som et av verdens tryggeste land. Lovlydig og traust, et rikt og velfungerende demokrati med verdens høyeste levestandard. Men like under overflaten finnes en velorganisert kriminell underverden basert på narkotikahandel, utpressing, systematisk vold, korrupsjon, hallik- virksomhet, menneskehandel og hvitvasking av penger. Denne boken avslører kulturen, historien og virksomheten til Norges største og mest lukkede kriminelle nettverk. Blant disse finner vi Hells Angels og de andre "1%-klubbene", gategjenger, rans - og torpedomiljøet og moderne slave- handlere. Boken gir også et innblikk i mindre kjente, men svært aktive miljøer som den brutale "Balkan-mafiaen", internasjonale narkotika-ligaer, hvitsnippede pengevaskere og de mektige bakmennene som sitter igjen med fortjenesten mens fotsoldatene soner. Bli med ned i Norges underverden og la deg ryste av hva som faktisk foregår i "verdens tryggeste land!"

After falling out of Farmer’s truck, Chicken must find his own way home in this goofy, laugh-out-loud story about overcoming obstacles and believing in yourself. It has not been a good day for Chicken. He went to the fair with Farmer, but didn’t win even one ribbon. And on the way home, the road is so bumpy that Farmer’s truck knocks Chicken right out! He’s been left behind! It’s the end for Chicken. Surely, he can’t walk all the way home. Or avoid the hungry fox along the way. Or maybe…he can? This rollicking picture book will have little ones in giggles over Chicken’s misadventures and chiming in on the plucky fowl’s mantra “I am a strong and powerful and nice-looking chicken!” as he achieves more than he thought possible.

Endelig er alle Jan Thomas’ beste stylingtips samlet i en bok! JAN THOMAS’ STYLING BIBLE er en unik bok som inneholder tips om personlig stil, trening, kosthold, klær, hår og makeup, samt gode råd på hvordan å skape ro og velvære i en travel hverdag. Dette er boken for både han og henne i alle aldre! Jan Thomas er viden kjent fra TV og media som stjernestylist, programleder og skjønnhetsambassadør. Han har skuespiller - og modellerfaring og har jobbet som ansvarlig makeupartist og stylist for en rekke produksjoner. Gjennom sine 25 år i bransjen jobber han nå med alt fra internasjonale stjerner som Uma Thurman, Scarlett Johansson og Sharon Stone, men er vel så opptatt av at alle skal føle seg bra - og han finner noe vakkert i alle! Dyrk drømmen i deg, med denne boken åpnes det dører til en verden full av muligheter!

Bli med inn bak døren til Jan Thomas'' verden. Fra modell og stylist til programleder, podcastkonge og drømmeprinsjeger – Jan Thomas viser stadig nye sider og det norske folk lar seg begeistre – og irritere. Som han sier selv: «Egentlig så egner jeg meg egentlig dårlig til å være en offentlig person. Jeg klarer ikke skille det som er privat og personlig. Ofte blir jeg veldig privat, og det kan være drøy kost. Men sånn er jeg, ufiltrert og feilbarlig.» Bli med inn bak døren til Jan Thomas'' verden og temaer som livets skole og store drømmer, kjendisliv og sex, fordommer og selvfølelse, stolthet og skam og mye mer.

Thinking Differently is a groundbreaking guide for what it takes for nonlinear thinkers to thrive and excel in today''s world. When you start a new project, do you find yourself wanting the big picture to help make sense of what you are getting into? Are you optimistic (sometimes overly so) about how much you can accomplish in a given amount of time? If these ways of thinking sound familiar, you could well be a nonlinear thinker with special talents that you might not be aware of, or using to full potential. For generations, linear and prescriptive thinking have controlled what counts for progress and value, though times have changed--different, nonlinear talents are in demand today. Neuroscience findings have exploded, but little is written specifically for the needs of nonlinear thinkers, who thrive on visual learning and stories that demonstrate a concept in action. Developed with 30 years of research and working hands-on with nonlinear thinkers, Thinking Differently lays out the landscape of what nonlinear thinking looks like, highlighting the four distinctions that set this thinking apart. It introduces a unique set of proven FLEX Strategies that actually work with how your mind works, enables you to navigate your environment with confidence, and shows how to self-advocate for what you need to transform how you live, work, and lead. You will discover what works best for you and most importantly, why.

Norges Bank has been an integrated part of Norwegian economic development since the complicated birth of the new nation-state after the Napoleonic wars. This book traces its 200-year history, focusing on its relations with political institutions that have shaped and reshaped the bank''s role since its establishment in 1816.

Born at the edge of an open-pit copper mine in New Mexico, Jan Thomas comes from a background of working-class people, cultural Christians, but not committed believers. Growing up, he had influences and experiences causing doubts about himself and his ability to become more than his environment would have predicted. Influenced by teachers, Air Force buddies, and others, he began to trust God to do in him what he could not do for himself. As a youngster he thought he had no academic ability, but got BA and MDiv degrees. As a pastor he felt like a failure and began a career working in prisons. Struggling with life, he continued to try to serve. He married Fern, a widow with two children, and they had another child together. He became an administrator after only a few years; but his codependent nature, the desire to fit in, and to be liked at any cost nearly cost him his life. An old alcohol issue came back, at a time he was involved in two of the most amazing ministries of the twenty-first century, Celebrate Recovery and Kairos. Retiring in 1997, he began using CR in the prison he retired from. He was asked to help get the program into jails and prisons and became the first national director of Celebrate Recovery Inside. Celebrate Recovery Inside stretches across the United States and Canada as well as in many nations elsewhere. His own struggles have helped him become dedicated to the purpose God intended for him from the beginning. His ministry was not as a pastor but to those, like him, who struggled with life''s issues. When he stopped teaching and started the healing process for himself, God helped him to stop blundering and begin to see more of God''s blessing.

Geothermal resources are capable of providing baseload renewable energy while reducing our effects on climate change. Technological advancements have enabled society to harness thermal energy from co-produced water of oil and gas wells for electricity generation. The Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) is a thermodynamic cycle designed to convert thermal energy into mechanical energy and ultimately electrical energy. Typically, the heat conversion system uses fluids with low temperatures to medium temperatures of 70 - 328 °C (158 - 622 °F) to generate electricity. Modern innovations of the ORC such as the ElectraTherm Power+ Generator and the Climeon Heat Power System are designed precisely for low temperature co-produced water. The Texas counties of Karnes and Gonzales were chosen for this study because heat moves at a high rate from the Earth''s interior to the surface in this region. High heat flow in the United States is generally observed in the western states; however, the selected area showcases an anomaly located in South Texas. The Eagle Ford Shale was targeted during the course of this research because Karnes County and Gonzales County have produced significant volumes of oil within the past decade. Data were requested from a private oil and gas company. Using the data received, active oil wells were selected based on a wellhead temperature of 80 °C (176 °F) or higher, water production of 100,000 bbl/year or more, and a true vertical depth of 5,000 feet or more. Two analyses were carried out during the study with the use of three mathematical models: Exergy, ElectraTherm, and Climeon. The first 12 months of water production for 10 active oil wells were examined in the first analysis and proved to be too low for co-produced electricity generation. A second analysis was conducted by assigning 3,650,000 bbl/year to each well in order to meet the flow rate requirement of ElectraTherm and Climeon ORC units. When ranked from highest to lowest potential, the results in both analyses showed the electricity generation potential to be Exergy, Climeon, and ElectraTherm. The actual flow rates for the wells in this study were too low to efficiently produce electricity. High flow rates would ensure a slight variation between respective oil wells'' bottom hole and wellhead temperatures. One factor towards attaining high flow rates would require increasing water production, which is not typical of oil and gas production practices. Future studies should explore co-produced electricity production during secondary oil recovery processes.

Masterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2018 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Public Relations, Werbung, Marketing, Social Media, Note: 1.0, Donau-Universität Krems - Universität für Weiterbildung (Department für interaktive Medien und Bildungstechnologien), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Digitalisierung hat umfassenden Einfluß auf Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. Unternehmen die sich der digitalen Transformation stellen, erhöhen einerseits die Effizienz von internen Prozessen durch den Einsatz von Technologie und andererseits steht die Kundenbeziehung in Form von optimierten Kundenerlebnissen als konsequente Reaktion auf die durch Digitalisierung veränderte Kundenerwartung im Fokus. Von diesen Entwicklungen sind Business-to Business (B2B) als auch Business-to-Customer (B2C) ausgerichtete Branchen gleichermaßen betroffen, wenn auch mit unterschiedlicher Gewichtung. Die Marketingabteilung bedient im Unternehmen die Kernaufgaben der digitalen Markenführung und hat damit das Potenzial als interne Schnittstelle für kundenbezogenen Informationsfluss zu dienen, das Kundenerlebnis (Customer-Experience) zu optimieren und die dafür notwendigen Veränderungen im technologischen sowie unternehmenskulturellen Bereich anzuregen. Zu den Kernaufgaben des Marketing gehören, neben den operativen Techniken zur Beeinflussung der Kaufentscheidung, auch konzeptionelle Themenbereiche mit unternehmensweitem Einfluß wie die digitale Markenführung und die Mitarbeit am Entwurf digitaler Geschäftsmodelle. Das Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es Entscheidungsträgern in Unternehmen mit eigener Marketingabteilung die zentrale Rolle des digitalen Marketing am laufenden Prozess der digitalen Transformation aufzuzeigen und vom digitalen Marketing ausgehende abteilungsübergreifende Synergieffekte zu skizzieren. Des Weiteren soll die Arbeit als Denkanstoß dienen, die richtigen Voraussetzungen für exzellent integriertes digitales Marketing im Unternehmen zu schaffen – dies in Hinblick auf die notwendige Adaption der Unternehmenskultur, die Schaffung der technischen Voraussetzungen als Grundlage des digitalen Marketing sowie die Beleuchtung der Unternehmensorganisation in Hinblick auf die Fähigkeit digitale Strategien abteilungsübergreifend zu implementieren. Als Zielgruppe sollen Marketingverantwortliche sowie Geschäftsführer in Unternehmen mit dezidierter Marketingabteilung angesprochen werden, die sich mit Ansätzen zur digitalen Transformation Ihres Unternehmens aus der Sicht des Marketing beschäftigen möchten.

A delightfully silly picture book for new readers: “This hilarious story is a fun read-aloud.”—School Library Journal Dog''s toothbrush is missing. Has anybody seen it? Maybe…But what does a toothbrush look like? Donkey wonders. Featuring Jan Thomas’s wonderfully wacky humor, rowdy repetitions, and hilarious characters, this book is sure to have young readers laughing out loud! “A droll knee-slapper for newly emergent readers.”—Booklist

Invites readers to guess, along with Sheep''s friends, the mysterious thing that starts with the letter F that makes Sheep happy.

What is chasing Duck? Is it something wild and hairy? Does it have big teeth? Who will help protect Duck? Featuring Jan Thomas’s wonderfully wacky humor, rowdy repetitions, and hilarious characters, this book is sure to have young readers laughing out loud!

Someone’s eating all the veggies in this colorful picture book with “a satisfying, funny conclusion” (Kirkus Reviews). There’s a pest in the garden and he’s eating all the vegetables! But Duck has a plan to save the day (well, sort of)… Featuring Jan Thomas’s wonderfully wacky humor, rowdy repetitions, and hilarious characters, this book is sure to have young readers laughing out loud!

Cow and Pig are helping Mouse make a delicious soup, but Pig keeps trying to add ingredients that don’t make sense! Mouse is making a yummy pot of soup and Cow and Pig are helping add ingredients. Mouse adds four tomatoes, Cow adds five potatoes, and Pig adds…six galoshes?! Is that wise, Pig? Young readers will be so busy giggling at Pig’s antics, they won’t even realize they are counting, too. A twist ending and irresistible characters will make this a favorite read-aloud.

We analyze price limits as decision aids for identifying favorable and unfavorable contracts from the perspective of a selling firm. The corresponding decision problem is shaped by uncertainty of the outcomes and incomplete information about the decision maker''s preferences. The proposed price limits are based on the theory of almost stochastic dominance. We make this theory more applicable by contributing a version of almost second-degree stochastic dominance that (1) refers to the same aggregate information about marginal utilities as almost first-degree stochastic dominance, (2) does without information about higher order derivatives of the utility function, and (3) is implied by almost first-degree stochastic dominance (hierarchy property). Numerical examples show that the incomplete preference information may lead to substantial improvements of the price limits relative to the situation where no preference information is available.

In recent years, China''s economic growth model has started to undergo a fundamental shift away from an export-led capital investment focus toward domestic consumption, productivity and higher levels of innovation. In this transition towards a more innovative, balanced and sustainable model, China''s government has used a range of policies and other measures to increase indigenous (i.e. China-based) innovation in an effort to turn China into a global leader in R & D and innovation. In this vein, between 2010 and 2015, China''s government has committed about 1.7 trillion US dollars to support a selection of seven "Strategic Emerging Industries" (SEI) - for example, renewable energy related industries - that are considered as key sectors that will drive China''s future economic growth and prosperity. The share of these industries in China''s GDP is supposed to increase to eight percent in 2015 and to 15 percent by 2020. While an increasing number of recent contributions on this topic reflect the growing significance of China as a hub for global innovation, they have largely underestimated the value of taking a more long-term perspective on this issue to adequately assess these ongoing developments as well as the country''s overall innovation trajectory. One way to use such an approach is to ask how a historical perspective on China''s government policies to support indigenous innovation in Strategic Emerging Industries can increase our understanding of relevant theoretical as well as managerial issues in the current debate. The present study investigates this question. It examines the economic, institutional and sociocultural patterns of innovation systems across different geographies and time periods - from the First and Second Industrial Revolution up to the period following the Second World War - and applies the gained insights to four case studies of Chinese and foreign corporations conducting research and development in China''s.

The dust bunnies are back for another round of rhyming fun. But this time a big MEAN dust bunny wants to play—and run and chase and grab! Can the four little dust bunnies get that bully to play nice? Jan Thomas’s lovable critters shine again in this hilarious rhyme-filled book that starts with scares and ends with…smiles.

Jan Thomas was abused by her father from the age of eleven; her mother refused to believe that it was happening. Today Jan has achieved freedom and a measure of success in life despite everything but she has children she is not allowed to see and she has discovered that her problems are partly due to Asperger''s syndrome. This is her story.

Despite the objections of Pig and Mouse, Duck insists on adding a special ingredient to the cake they are making to celebrate Cow''s birthday.

Bei Immobilientransaktionen haben sich längst Standards herausgebildet, die jeder beherrschen sollte, der beruflich mit Immobilienveräußerungen oder -käufen befasst ist. Das Praxishandbuch bietet eine leicht verständliche Übersicht über die rechtlichen und prozessrelevanten Fragen bei Immobilientransaktionen. Neben rein rechtlichen und steuerlichen Themen, wie der Gestaltung des Kaufvertrages oder der eventuell erforderlichen Kartellanmeldung, behandeln erfahrene Praktiker auch den Auktionsprozess, Finanzierungs- und Bewertungsfragen sowie Verwertungsmöglichkeiten im Krisenfall. Exemplarische,

This paper studies transfer prices influencing managerial decisions and determining corporate taxes in a multinational firm. Common sense suggests that the transfer price decision should be made to maximize the firm''s after-tax profit and thus achieve the optimal trade-off between pre-tax profitability and tax minimization. Based on a model of a decentralized firm facing asymmetric information with respect to operations, I examine why this conclusion does not hold in general. In particular, I demonstrate that a policy of negotiated transfer pricing, under which the divisions exploit their superior information but select the transfer price to maximize the firm''s pre-tax profit, is the firm''s optimal organizational choice if the high-tax division''s productivity is high. With respect to the firm''s discretion over the transfer price, I identify situations where the firm''s optimal policy choice does not depend on the arm''s length range and where less discretion increases the firm''s profitability.

The Easter Bunny and his special assistant demonstrate how to make Easter eggs.