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Wolff is at the door

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Michael Wolff’s reign at adweek is nearing an end.

Jimmy Finkelstein -- one of the investors who took over the trade magazine group of Adweek, The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard -- has been sounding out industry sources for weeks in the hunt for Wolff’s replacement, but it’s unclear whether Finkelstein has zeroed in on a particular candidate.

After weeks of speculation that he was on his way out, insiders now say even Wolff seems to believe that Finkelstein will move to ax him soon.

Sources said Finkelstein is upset that Adweek’s move to become a big-picture magazine rather than a traditional trade publication has fallen far short of expectations.

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Todd Boehly, a managing partner at investment firm Guggenheim, which put up much of the $70 million that was used to buy the magazines from Nielsen Business Media in December 2009, appears less worried.

Boehly is said to have traveled the world in recent weeks with Richard Beckman, the CEO of Prometheus Global Media, the parent of Adweek, Billboard and other magazines.

Apparently inspired by the success of the Billboard Music Awards and its ABC TV special, Boehly and Beckman hope to replicate it on an international scale and have been globe-trotting from Brazil to Dubai.

They are hoping that the world of venture-capital funds -- which seem flush with cash even as the rest of the financial world is shaky -- might be lured to invest in a new venture, which would be built around Billboard and Back Stage, a trade aimed at actors. But it now looks like it will be financed without any new money from Finkelstein, who also owns Washington publication The Hill.

Sources say he wants to put the brakes on any new ventures until he’s assured the old one is working -- and getting rid of Wolff is part of his agenda.

Finkelstein made his big killing when he sold a group of legal trade magazines started by his father to Steve Brill in the late 1980s.

Faced with complaints from Madison Avenue executives concerning Wolff’s redesign this spring, Finkelstein wants to return Adweek to its more traditional roots, insiders say.

Wolff is Exhibit A in what Finkelstein feels is the failed strategy hatched by Beckman, who is still listed as the CEO even though most of his duties have been taken over by Finkelstein.

Adweek Publisher Erica Bartman, one of the hires made by Beckman from the Condé Nast fold shortly after he began in early 2010, may also be feeling the heat. Ads, which picked up initially after the redesign, have fallen off drastically.

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What the Medal Count Means

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For the second straight Olympics, The Wall Street Journal's method of handicapping the medal count produced some strong results—and a few that were less than glowing.

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Biathlete Magdalena Neuner helped Germany live up to our lofty prediction.

The Vancouver Olympics closed on Sunday with a spectacular finale of fireworks and a star-studded celebration. Video courtesy of AFP.

The results point to three conclusions about the Games: The U.S. had a serious breakthrough, the Austrian ski team may be in serious trouble and nobody suffered more for the lousy Canadian weather than the Canadians themselves.

Let's start with the good calls we made. The Journal's prediction of 10 gold medals for the U.S. was just one more than the final tally. Germany won 10 golds and 30 medals overall, which was nearly identical to our prediction of 10 and 29. Canada's haul of 14 golds, which broke the Winter Games record of 13 shared by Norway and the Soviet Union, came as a surprise to many—but it was only two medals more than our model had anticipated.

The Journal's predictions, which were compiled by assigning probabilities to medal contenders in each event and using them to perform computer simulations of the Games, showed Norway winning seven golds and 21 overall (they won nine and 23). It had China and Korea both winning five golds (China won five and Korea six). We had the Netherlands winning three golds and eight medals in total (they won four golds and eight overall).

The more instructive results were the ones we got wrong. We never foresaw France winning 11 medals (the model had them at five) but their biathletes came up big. Whoever is responsible for training that team deserves the Legion of Honor.

We remain furious with the Austrian ski team, which chose these games to show some alarming signs of weakness. We thought the legendary Austrian skiers would lead the way to six golds and 19 overall medals for their country, but they basically didn't show up at Whistler. They collected just four medals, only one of them gold, in what has long been considered the country's national sport.

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Alpine skier Manuel Osborne-Paradis underperformed for the Canadian Olympic team.

We weren't surprised that Canada and the U.S. cleaned up, winning 63 overall medals. In fact, we thought they would win 70. But we had the portions backwards: The Journal had Canada winning a Winter Games-record 37 medals, rather than the U.S. team, which actually did.

The U.S. surge came largely from breakout performances in several "traditional" Olympic sports like Alpine skiing, where the U.S. won a surprising eight medals. And in Nordic combined, the U.S. picked up three silvers and a gold largely from three athletes it has been developing for the better part of the past 15 years—Bill Demong, Johnny Spillane, and Todd Lodwick. In the end, the combination of granular snow, home-continent cooking and the familiar time zone and climate helped the U.S. own the podiums. "We just feel really comfortable here," said Andrew Weibrecht, the U.S. skier who won the bronze medal in the men's Super-G.

As for the Canadians coming up short, we'll stick with one of the larger themes of the Vancouver Games by blaming the weather. With little snow at Cypress Mountain in December and January, the Canadians couldn't get the sort of extra practice on the home freestyle skiing and snowboarding courses a home team usually gets.

It's always tempting to look at the results and make some ambitious declarations about the future. This time, the question seems to be whether 2010 heralds a new era of North American dominance in the Winter Olympics.

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History suggests something larger may be at work. Through the Cold War, the Soviet Union and East Germany came to dominate the Winter Games. But since the collapse of the Berlin wall, North America has been steadily gaining ground on Europe, with a slight hiccup in 1998 in Nagano, Japan.

In 1988 in Calgary, the last Soviet-era Games, the U.S. won two golds and six medals overall, tied for eighth place in total medals, while Canada captured no golds and five overall and tied for 10th. Sweden, Norway, Finland, Austria and Netherlands all finished higher, despite their huge size disadvantages. By 2006, The U.S. totals had climbed to nine and 25, (2nd place) and Canada's were up to seven and 24, (3rd place).

Not surprisingly, Europeans don't necessarily see it that way.

Luciano Barra, the former Turin Olympics executive and a noted medals prognosticator, isn't buying the idea. "The Games were in North America," he said. "Do not forget that the snow condition and other elements were not in favor of Europe."

Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, didn't see a trend developing, either. "You still have the same countries that are the powerhouses of winter sports," he said Sunday, noting the U.S., Canada, Germany and Norway had fared well.

"The games evolve around these very strong nations," he added. "There are always ups and downs. It's clear the Russian federation isn't very happy with their performance. It's not like in Athens, where we saw the rise of Asia. But I don't see a big trend here as a change. It's confirming what's happened before."

Write to Matthew Futterman at matthew.futterman@wsj.com

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Will Pakistan Become A Sex-free Zone? - Hussain Khan M. A. Tokyo

This is a well-researched book and explains present situation of conflict in Pakistan regarding the application of Islamic laws to women. It is a good contribution to understand the status of women in Islam.

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Global Warming And The Risen Lord: Christian Discipleship And Climate Change - Jim Ball

I was delighted to meet Jim Ball and discuss with him and others the Bible s message about God s care for the whole creation, and our part in that great work. Jim has taken a courageous stand in explaining and exploring the way in which the current crisis of a changing climate has to be taken seriously by all Christians who live under God s word. I am delighted to see this book as one further step along a transformative road. --Bishop Tom Wright, Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity, University of St Andrews

Addressing energy security is essential for maintaining the well-being of our families and nation. In his book my friend Jim Ball discusses how we can make that happen by focusing on clean sources of energy. Highly recommended. --Roberta Combs President, Christian Coalition of America

My friend Jim Ball has been at the forefront of climate change for nearly two decades, helping to show Christians the way, especially in the area of climate policy. And now he has added to that a book also filled with biblical and spiritual resources to help encourage and sustain us as we fight the good fight. Global warming is a huge challenge, but Jim reminds us that it is the Risen LORD in whom we put our hope. Essential biblical analysis for a troubled planet. An extraordinary accomplishment! --The Rev. Richard Cizik, President and Founder, The New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good

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The Social Construction Of Man. The State And War: Identity. Conflict. And Violence In Former Yugoslavia - Franke Wilmer

In a study of the consequences of socially constructing indentity & ehtnic conflict for understanding war, the late-20th-century conflict that occured in the former Yugoslavia is analyzed in illustration...Several rounds of interviews with individuals who lived through the ethnic conflict in the former Yugoslavia were conducted. -- J.W. Parker, Sociological Abstracts
Although [Wilmer] uses the voices and experiences of Yugoslavs to give her exploration immediacy, she goes deep into psychoanalytical, feminist, constructivist, and international relations theories of identity, conflict, violence, and their larger embodiments: the state and war. This is a brave and humane intellectual enterprise because it addresses head on issues that others either ignore or handle with philosophical or literary flourish. -- Foreign Affairs
Polished, innovative, critical and insightful. This book may well be one of the best studies, if not just the best, written on the topic of war and enemy construction over the past ten years. -- Francois Debrix, Florida International University
An extraordinary effort, intellectually more ambitious than anything I have read about any ethnic conflict. -- Ted Robert Gurr, University of Maryland
Based on an in-depth study of atrocities in the former Yugoslavia, the book teaches: there is no such thing as an innocent chauvinism, no escape from moral responsibility in our shrinking world. Lucidly and compassionately written, Wilmer's text is a vade mecum for people in a traumatized age. -- Fred Dallmayr, University of Notre Dame
Can constructivism help us understand the collapse of Yugoslavia? Franke Wilmer lets the people of Yugoslavia speak in their own voices. Constructivists have never adequately confronted the unrelenting violence that our moral communities have so often presided over. Professor Wilmer has made it impossible to ignore. -- Nicholas Onuf, Florida International University
A very interesting and innovative project.gives as good an overview of the long history ofYugoslavia as I have seen anywhere.I think it will be quite provocative and successful. -- Ronnie D. Lipschutz, Associate Professor of Politics, UC-Santa Cruz, and editor of The Myth of 'Ethnic Conflict'
Franke Wilmer has written an unusually rich book about one of the more bloody chapters in recent international history... Wilmer introduces affect and emotion to a constructivism that has been bereft of both. -- Perspectives on Politics

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Troubled Kids... A Book Where Kids Help Themselves! - Robyn Hill

This is a short book that asks children who are making poor choices to play a quick game. They will keep track of points based on decisions they make in the book. The readers will look at the choices of kids their age and then look at adults making those same choices and see where it gets them. It helps kids see the"BIG PICTURE" before it's too late!

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Dance! - Dr. Ann Stevenson

To the hungry seeker of truth this book reveals a serious, biblically sound revelation of God's Purpose for creating dance, setting a high standard of holiness for the ministry of dance while promoting a much needed balance and order for dance in the Chu

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How To Develop Your Own Psychic Abilities To Improve Your Life - Dr. Sam Johnson

HOW TO DEVELOP YOUR OWN PSYCHIC ABILITIES TO IMPROVE YOUR LIFE

Everyone is psychic. Some people are more so than others and every one of us possesses this ability. You do. I do. And we can further develop, train, and direct, what we already possess. . . expand our psychic potential until every measure of our lives is vastly improved.

Psychic abilities are practical and usable.
This is true because psychic abilities are merely extensions of faculties normal to us. For instance, clairvoyance extends the ability to see, clairaudience extends the ability to hear, telepathy - the ability to communicate, precognition - our sensing faculties, deja vu - past memory recall. Every psychic ability you've ever heard of is but an enhanced version of what is normal and typical for each member of the human race.

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Down Syndrome: Visions For The 21st Century - William I. Cohen. Lynn Nadel And Myra E. Madnick

"This volume is a comprehensive collection of articles representing a wide range of disciplines…it will be a valuable addition to the bookshelves of families, medical staff, educators, and researchers." (American Journal of Medical Genetics, August 15, 2004)

“...a comprehensive compilation of the myriad issues facing individuals with Down syndrome and their families across the lifespan...this book, compared to other tomes of highlights from various conferences, seems to contain more bang for the buck as the issues it covers are extremely pertinent and could stand alone apart from the conferences...this book will stay on my shelf.” (Journal of Genetic Counseling, Vol. 13, No. 1, February 2004)

"This book will be of great interest to anyone wanting to have the latest information about this genetic disorder..." (family2000.org.uk, 9 September 2002)

"...puts foward some of the visions and thoughts in an optimistic way and is therefore recommended..." (Int Jnl of Adolescent Medical Health)

"...puts forward some of the visions and thoughts in an optimistic way and is therefore recommended..." (Int Jnl of Adolescent Medical Health, Vol.15, No.1, 2003)

"I...consider a copy of this book a must for every institutional and personal library." (Journal of the National Medical Association, March 2003)

"...exceedingly valuable for a wide spectrum of individuals: parents, professionals, caregivers, and researchers..." (American Journal of Human Genetics, Vol. 72, 2003)

"...exceedingly valuable for a wide spectrum of individuals: parents, professionals, caregivers, and researchers..." (American Journal of Human Genetics, Vol. 72, 2003)

"...a terrific compendium of the wide array of topics...whatever the challenges that lie ahead...we are much better prepared by the information and vision provided by this excellent book." (Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, May 2003)

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Robotics Demystified - Edwin Wise

There's no easier, faster, or more practical way to learn the really tough subjects

McGraw-Hill's Demystified titles are the most efficient, interestingly written, brush-ups you can find. Organized as self-teaching guides, they come complete with key points, background information, questions at the end of each chapter, and even final exams. You'll be able to learn more in less time, evaluate your strengths and weaknesses, and reinforce your knowledge and confidence.

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Biochemie Und Pathobiochemie (german Edition) - Hans-peter Oswald

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Jesus Freak: Feeding Healing Raising The Dead - Sara Miles

In these moving, empowering reflections, which challenge ordinary people to follow Christ's model and engage in extraordinary ministry, Miles—writer, cook, and founder of San Francisco's St. Gregory's Food Pantry—explains not only gospel texts but stories from her life and the lives of neighbors touched by St. Gregory's mission. Miles's obvious homiletic gifts infuse the narrative: startling metaphors (Jesus as promiscuous Boyfriend who'll go with anyone) combine with honest self-reflection and a wry sense of humor, prodding the reader to take ownership of Christ's commands to serve, feed, and heal. Miles believes in Christian formation through experiential practice: recounting her midlife conversion, she states, I tasted Jesus before I read about him. Poignant stories of individuals experiencing healing through serving others abound; in one, reluctant juvenile delinquents working at the food pantry become transformed by the gratitude of those they're helping. Illuminating the challenges of diversity, Miles testifies as a gay Christian claimed by Jesus as an integral part of his body and a Jesus freak among secular friends. Compelling and provocative, this work promises to engage Christians in thoughtful discernment about ministry. (Feb.)
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Italian The Easy Way (barron's E-z Series) - Marcel Danesi Ph.d.

Readers who want to teach themselves Italian at their own pace and outside a formal classroom setting will find this book an excellent source for getting started. Meanwhile, its many exercises and quick-check quizzes make it a fine textbook supplement for classroom use. The book opens with a discussion of Italian sounds, pronunciation, and spelling, with advice on stress and intonation in spoken Italian. Chapters that follow coach readers in greeting people, asking and answering basic question, polite expression, counting, making comparisons, expressing preferences, and carrying on everyday verbal transactions, for instance, at stores, banks, and restaurants. The updated text reflects current trends including use of communications devices and the euro. New in this edition are cultural capsules that discuss Italy and the Italian way of life. The author's pleasant, user-friendly approach to the language helps make learning Italian truly easy.

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Exploring The World Of Sports: Linking Fiction To Nonfiction (literature Bridges To Social Studies Series) - Phyllis J Perry

Kids love sports, and teachers and librarians looking for a way to integrate sports stories into the curriculum will find this book a good starting place. The book is divided by various sports, including one section devoted to soccer, swimming, and track and field. Both fiction and nonfiction titles are included for a variety of age groups. Each synopsis of a book is followed by a list of activities or conversation starters or both that will get children thinking about what they have read. Occasionally, the activities are off the track. For instance, children who read a book about the Chicago Bulls are asked to research the weather of the "Windy City." Research might turn up the fact that Chicago got its nickname from its "windy" politicians and not the breeze off the lake. One of the book's pluses is its introduction of poetry into the reading units. There are lots of terrific poetry books centered on sports, and this is a great way to expose children to them. The introduction advises teachers on how to incorporate the book in various disciplines. Ilene Cooper

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Angiogenesis: In Vitro Systems. Volume 443 (methods In Enzymology) - David A. Cheresh

Angiogenesis is the growth of new blood vessels and is an important natural process in the body. A healthy body maintains a perfect balance of angiogenesis modulators. In many serious disease states, however, the body loses control over antiogenesis. Diseases that are angiogensis-dependent result when blood vessels either grow excessively or insufficiently.

* Tried-and-tested techniques written by researchers that developed them, used them, and brought them to fruition

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Exploring The Environment Through Children's Literature: An Integrated Approach - Carol M Butzow. John W Butzow And Rhett E. Kennedy

Help students learn about nature and the environment through quality contemporary and classic literature. Hands-on activities span the curriculum and support environmental themes and principles. Puzzles, word searches, suggestions for computer usage, and library connections are also given in each of the 15 chapters.

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Suggs And The City: Journeys Through Disappearing London - Suggs

In these Cowell-fuelled times, young musicians would do well to look to Suggs's historical delving -- The Guardian

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Anatomy Of A Rose: Exploring The Secret Life Of Flowers - Sharman Apt Russell

The flower, paleontologists tell us, is an ancient innovation in the endless struggle of adaptation and survival; the earliest fossil flowers date to some 120 million years ago, long after the arrival of other forms of plant life (and, for that matter, insects). Their arrival heralded a new way for plants to go forth and multiply that was so successful that countless animal and insect species now depend on flowers for food, and flowering plants have spread across the face of the earth.

"We know that flowers are beautiful," writes essayist Sharman Apt Russell in this lyrical exploration of the flowering world. "We forget that they are also essential." In fact, the more we learn about them, the more essential the 250,000 known species of flowering plants appear to be to modern life. Scientists are only now beginning to understand the complex role of flowers in ecosystems, and their studies have turned up surprising discoveries (such as the fact that a single flower can produce more than a hundred chemical compounds, and that plants like the alpine pennycress and sunflower can remove toxic chemicals from earth and water). Russell takes us to laboratories and academic conferences, as well as sun-drenched fields and greenhouses, to relate the science and lore of flowers. She also warns that, with one in three species in the United States alone already at risk, flowers may well prove to be among the first victims of a mounting wave of extinctions.

Russell's poetic book complements standards such as Donald Culross Peattie's Flowering Earth and Peter Tompkins's Secret Life of Plants. Fans of botany, ecology, and plain good writing will find much of value in its pages. --Gregory McNamee

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William Penn: Proprietor Of Pennsylvania - Daniel Alef

Pennsylvania is not named after William Penn who received the 45,000-square mile territory from Charles II in repayment of a debt owed to his wealthy father. Penn wanted to call the land he acquired “New Wales” or “Sylvania,” but Charles II decided on Pennsylvania—Penn’s forest—in honor of Penn’s father. Penn, an early convert to the Quaker faith was the largest individual landowner in the colonies; his lands also including much of present day New Jersey. A rebellious teen, much like today’s youth, Penn and his father had their share of conflict. But after Penn inherited his father's estate and acquired the land in the New World, he created one of the earliest semi-democratic rйgimes, tolerant of other religions and the Indians who lived there. Yet, Penn was unquestionably the proprietor of his domain; he made all the major decisions. Penn’s unique story, told in award-winning author Daniel Alef’s vivid style, is a significant component of the Colonial period of American history. It is a tale of conflict, success, failure, perseverance, vision and considerable myth; Penn rose from the ashes more than once, only to flounder and fall back just as often. His greatest legacy, however, is the city of Philadelphia, his brainchild. [1,366-word Titans of Fortune article]

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The Qualities Of A Citizen: Women. Immigration. And Citizenship. 1870-1965 - Martha Gardner

Martha Gardner's full and richly detailed book . . . is an insightful analysis of the application of United States immigration and citizenship law to women across a broad spectrum of classes and races between 1870 and the late 1960s. . . . Gardner's devotion to her sources, evident in the stunning details she provides, makes the history come alive.

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The Importance Of Charles De Gaulle - Jesse Braun

An analysis of the importance of the French statesman, Charles De Gaulle.

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