1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910703543203321

Autore

Stonewall Adam

Titolo

Development of a HEC-RAS temperature model for the North Santiam River, northwestern Oregon / / by Adam J. Stonewall and Norman L. Buccola ; prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Reston, Virginia : , : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2015

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 26 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps

Collana

Open-file report ; ; 2015-1006

Soggetti

Water temperature - Oregon - Santiam River, North Fork

Water temperature - Oregon - Santiam River, North Fork - Mathematical models

Water temperature

Water temperature - Mathematical models

Oregon Santiam River, North Fork

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Feb. 20, 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page 26).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785576403321

Autore

Best Joel

Titolo

Everyone's a winner [[electronic resource] ] : life in our congratulatory culture / / Joel Best

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-27766-2

9786613277664

0-520-94848-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Classificazione

HT 4705

Disciplina

305

Soggetti

Equality - United States

Motivation (Psychology) - United States

Social status - United States

United States Social conditions

United States Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One. Life in an Era of Status Abundance -- Chapter Two. Prize Proliferation -- Chapter Three. Honoring Students -- Chapter Four. Everyday Heroes -- Chapter Five. Ranking and Rating -- Chapter Six. The Significance of Congratulatory Culture -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Every kindergarten soccer player gets a trophy. Many high schools name dozens of seniors as valedictorians-of the same class. Cars sport bumper stickers that read "USA-Number 1." Prizes proliferate in every corner of American society, and excellence is trumpeted with ratings that range from "Academy Award winner!" to "Best Neighborhood Pizza!" In Everyone's a Winner, Joel Best- acclaimed author of Damned Lies and Statistics and many other books-shines a bright light on the increasing abundance of status in our society and considers what it all means. With humor and insight, Best argues that status affluence fosters social worlds and, in the process, helps give meaning to life in a large society.