Four Generations

A groundbreaking study in colonial history, this book gives a remarkably detailed picture of life in an early American community. It focuses on three basic and interrelated subjects largely neglected by historians—population, land, and the family—as they affected the lives of four successive generations. Applying demographic methods to historical research, Professor Greven presents new and unexpected evidence about the most basic aspects of family life in colonial America, and shows how these characteristics changed in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Discover the game-changing theory of the cycles of history and what past generations can teach us about living through times of upheaval—with deep insights into the roles that Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials have to play. First comes a High, a period of confident expansion. Next comes an Awakening, a time of spiritual exploration and rebellion. Then comes an Unraveling, in which individualism triumphs over crumbling institutions. Last comes a Crisis—the Fourth Turning—when society passes through a great and perilous gate in history. William Strauss and Neil Howe will change the way you see the world—and your place in it. With blazing originality, The Fourth Turning illuminates the past, explains the present, and reimagines the future. Most remarkably, it offers an utterly persuasive prophecy about how America’s past will predict what comes next. Strauss and Howe base this vision on a provocative theory of American history. The authors look back five hundred years and uncover a distinct pattern: Modern history moves in cycles, each one lasting about the length of a long human life, each composed of four twenty-year eras—or “turnings”—that comprise history’s seasonal rhythm of growth, maturation, entropy, and rebirth. Illustrating this cycle through a brilliant analysis of the post–World War II period, The Fourth Turning offers bold predictions about how all of us can prepare, individually and collectively, for this rendezvous with destiny.

The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection of Abstract Art is widely recognized as one of the most significant collections of modern and contemporary work by artists of the African diaspora and from the continent of Africa itself. 'Four Generations: The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection of Abstract Art' draws upon the collection's unparalleled holdings to explore the critical contributions made by black artists to the evolution of visual art in the 20th and 21st centuries.0This revised and expanded edition updates 'Four Generations' with several new texts and nearly 100 images of works that have been added to the collection since the initial publication of this influential and widely praised book. Lavishly illustrated and featuring important contributions by leading art historians, critics, and curators, Four Generations gives an essential overview of some of the most notable artists and movements of the past century, with an emphasis on black artists and their approaches to abstraction in its various forms.0Filled with countless insights and visual treasures, 'Four Generations' is a journey through the momentous legacy of postwar art of the African diaspora.

Offers insight into the four generations found in modern churches and gives practical suggestions for effective ministry to each generation.

Entity Resolution (ER) lies at the core of data integration and cleaning and, thus, a bulk of the research examines ways for improving its effectiveness and time efficiency. The initial ER methods primarily target Veracity in the context of structured (relational) data that are described by a schema of well-known quality and meaning. To achieve high effectiveness, they leverage schema, expert, and/or external knowledge. Part of these methods are extended to address Volume, processing large datasets through multi-core or massive parallelization approaches, such as the MapReduce paradigm. However, these early schema-based approaches are inapplicable to Web Data, which abound in voluminous, noisy, semi-structured, and highly heterogeneous information. To address the additional challenge of Variety, recent works on ER adopt a novel, loosely schema-aware functionality that emphasizes scalability and robustness to noise. Another line of present research focuses on the additional challenge of Velocity, aiming to process data collections of a continuously increasing volume. The latest works, though, take advantage of the significant breakthroughs in Deep Learning and Crowdsourcing, incorporating external knowledge to enhance the existing words to a significant extent. This synthesis lecture organizes ER methods into four generations based on the challenges posed by these four Vs. For each generation, we outline the corresponding ER workflow, discuss the state-of-the-art methods per workflow step, and present current research directions. The discussion of these methods takes into account a historical perspective, explaining the evolution of the methods over time along with their similarities and differences. The lecture also discusses the available ER tools and benchmark datasets that allow expert as well as novice users to make use of the available solutions.

Art Hats in Renaissance City is an anthology of the personal reflections and aspirations of four generations in the new ecostructure in Singapore, from those who help formulate policies to that of the individual artists, who have helped develop and build an exciting arts and cultural scene from scratch and into a viable economic model. As evidenced by the professions featured in this anthology, the scope of work within the creative and cultural industries is diverse, from backgrounds such as history, communications, management, economics, law, science, art, psychology and entertainment. Beyond theory, the anthology offers an authentic voice of real and lived experiences of the go-to people, their personal role in heritage development, and their thoughts and insights on our, albeit developing, art scene since Singapore's independence. In this anthology, discover the following and more! Behind-the-scenes champions of the arts in SingaporeCultural diplomats vs art professionals at workWhat constitutes a conducive art sceneWhich is the most expensive painting a prominent art collector has boughtTalents that know no bounds — beyond disabilitiesWhy "being able to play games" is importantHow museums became popularThe considerations before starting a theatreA career using music to soothe the emotionally and physically disabledTechniques or philosophies behind artwork of some artists including Cultural Medallists Wee Beng Chong, Tan Kian Por, Ho Ho Ying and Tan Swie Hian Contents:Leaders:Preparing for the Creative Economy: The Fusion of Arts, Business and Technology (Tan Chin Nam)The Development of the Cultural Ecosystem in Singapore, 1991–2011: A Personal Journey (Tommy Koh)The Evolving Role of Cultural Administrators in Singapore (Liew Chin Choy)Strategic Intent with Artistic Integrity (Goh Ching Lee)In Making Museums and Heritage Accessible! (Michael Koh)A Knight at the Esplanade (Benson Puah in Dialogue with Renee Lee)Cultural Diplomacy and Singapore Season (Carol Tan)Curators, Critics & Historians:Crossroads of History and Art (Alan Chong)A Museological Challenge: Presenting Living Cultures of the South Asians in a Museum Context in Singapore (Gauri Parimoo Krishnan)A Re-look at the Genesis of the Nanyang School (Kwok Kian Chow)Modern Art in Singapore: Pioneers and Premises (T K Sabapathy)The Slow Burn: Privatised Protest in Recent Contemporary Art from Singapore (Tan Boon Hui)Nan Qi: Authority Sex Money (Chong Huai Seng)Building a Collection (Quek Tse Kwang in Dialogue with Renee Lee)Artists & Practitioners:My Theatre Journey (Nelson Chia)Who's Who Among Asian Americans: The Mind Palace (Renee Lee with Wenhai Ma)Being Human: Music Therapy (Ng Wang Feng)Moving Forward with Tradition: A Personal Dance Journey (Som M Said)Very Special Arts (Yeo Lanxi)A Vision and a Mission: Development of Nanyang Inspired Music (Eric Watson with Tsung Yeh)Arts Scene (Adrian Pang)A Passion for Art, A Passion for Life (Benjamin Chee)Academicians:Music in Singapore since the 60s: A Personal Account (Bernard Tan)Music Education in 21st Century Singapore (Eleanor A L Tan & Chee Hoo Lum)Contemporaneous, Contemporisation, Contemporary Expressions in Dance (Caren Carino)New Asian Imaginations (Michael Sullivan)Cultural Medallion Visual Artists (Renee Lee)1980s and Beyond at NAFA (Chiew Sien Kuan & Boo Sze Yang)Education and Career (Guo Liang)Balancing an Academic with Artistic Career (Joyce Koh)Poem (Edwin Thumboo) Readership: General public; aspiring artists and artistes pursuing a career in the arts. Keywords:Art Education;Renaissance City;Singapore Art Scene

Written for those struggling to manage a workforce with incompatible ethics, values, and working styles, this book looks at the root causes of professional conflict and offers practical guidelines for navigating multigenerational differences. By exploring the most common causes of conflict--including the Me Generation’s frustration with Gen Yers’ constant desire for feedback and the challenges facing Gen Xers sandwiched between these polarities--Generations at Work offers practical, spot-on guidance for managing the differences with consideration to each generation’s unique needs. Along with the authors’ insights for managing a workforce with different ways of working, communicating, and thinking, this invaluable resources offers: in-depth interviews with members of each generation, tips on best practices from companies successfully bridging the generation gap, and a mentorship field guide to help you support the youngest members of your team. Generations at Work has the tools that are key to helping your workforce interact more positively with one another and thrive in today’s wildly divergent workplace culture.