New Releases by Paul Ryan

Celebrating the variety and versatility of Scandinavian rural style, Magnus Englund and Chrystina Schmidt showcase an array of beautiful homes, with stunning photographs by Paul Ryan. Explore Scandinavian furniture, textiles and other materials.

Dyin'' out there? Learn how to act funny from a top Hollywood expert. Want to know a secret? Sssshhhh. Great comedy actors aren''t born...they''re made. Who makes them?Paul Ryan, that''s who. NowRyan, the top comedy acting coach in Hollywood, shares his secrets inThe Art of Comedy, a step-by-step guide for turning actors into comedy actors. Packed with exercises,The Art of Comedyexplains exactly how to build a character, how to incorporate improvisation into a written scene, where to turn for comic inspiration, and how to increase your comedic imagination. Also included is a technical analysis of comedy greats from Milton Berle to Jerry Seinfeld. For anyone who wants to work in film, in television, or in community theater, here''s the complete guide to acting funny. Written by Hollywood''s top comedy acting coach Packed with practical step-by-step exercises Gives actors at every level an edge at comedy auditions

In experiments reported here, visual and vestibular stimuli were manipulated independently. Observers made judgments about body orientation or self-motion. Results show that visual and vestibular senses are highly complimentary, in that they provide very similar types of information. Results also show that self-motion stimuli influence body orientation perception, and body orientation stimuli influence self-motion perception.

This text examines the involvement of large employers in apprenticeships, in terms of employers contribution to the Advanced Apprenticeship programme and the contribution of apprenticeship-type training to employers supplies of intermediate skills.

This volume - investigating the work of a particular photographer, in this case, Willy Ronis - comprises a 4000-word essay by an expert in the field, 55 photographs presented chronologically, each with a commentary, and a biography of the featured photographer.

Focuses on the "why" and "how" of evalution before presenting and assessing the value of a range of evaluation techniques. Discusses the use and abuse of evaluation results in policy-making, particularly in relation to recent trends and issues in vocational education and training such as decentralization a declining role for the State, a shift towards work-based learning and a concern for issues of equality.

Collects Squadron Supreme #1-12, and Captain America #314.

The effects of graphite surface modification on fatigue crack growth resistance of the graphite/epoxy interface were examined using flexural peel specimens. Edge surfaces of pryolitic graphite were treated in an oxygen plasma for various lengths of time and subsequently bonded to a toughened epoxy to form flexural peel specimens. Fatigue crack growth rates were measured for the plasma treated and untreated specimens as a function of strain energy release rate. Fatigue crack growth resistance of plasma treated specimens was notably higher than that of untreated specimens, with the fatigue threshold doubled at an optimal treatment time. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, electron microscopy, and surface profilometry studies indicated that both surface chemistry and surface morphology of the graphite were changed by the plasma treatment. High temperature annealing was used to restore the original surface chemistry while retaining the etched surface morphology. Fatigue experiments were then performed on the heat treated specimens to separate the chemical and morphological effects on resistance to crack growth. Chemical modification turned out to be a secondary effect, contributing less than 13% to the overall fatigue crack growth resistance. A micro-mechanical model is proposed which explains the relative effects of surface chemistry and morphology on fatigue crack growth resistance along the graphite/epoxy interface.

Video Mind, Earth Mind is a collection of texts (1968-1991) by Paul Ryan offering ideas about how video and television can be used to respond to our ecological crisis. For example, Mr. Ryan presents the development of a teachable method for using video to interpret the natural world. Based on this method, he articulates a systemic way of using television to ground human communication in ecological systems. He argues that grounding our television communications in ecological systems will help control our runaway destruction of this planet and shape ways of living on earth that are sustainable.

Wit, wisdom, wickedness, banter and bitching from the heart of Dublin, with overheard conversations from Moore Street market.