Listings of executives, staff members, accounts, branch offices and types of services offered by more than 1,500 PR firms throughout the U.S. It is the only printed directory of its type. The 2014 and 44th annual edition had 330 pages. It has exclusive ranking of 131 PR firms based on tax documents. There are also rankings of 12 PR special practices such as healthcare, tech and financial. Businesses looking for promotional help are among the main buyers since the PR collection of promotional services is far cheaper and often more effective than paid advertising. Two articles give advice on how to hire and get the best results from a PR firm. The emergence of social media has greatly increased the power of PR firms to reach target audiences. The Directory is a favorite tool of jobseekers. Descriptions of the various services provided by the PR firms makes this a prime educational tool for PR professors and students.

Biography of Nazi leader Albert Speer who served Hitler as a minister of wartime production, looking at Speer's knowledge of Holocaust activities, discussing his personal role in the exploitation of slave labor, and questioning his denial of war crimes.

Motion and vibration control is a fundamental technology for the development of advanced mechanical systems such as mechatronics, vehicle systems, robots, spacecraft, and rotating machinery. Often the implementation of high performance, low power consumption designs is only possible with the use of this technology. It is also vital to the mitigation of natural hazards for large structures such as high-rise buildings and tall bridges, and to the application of flexible structures such as space stations and satellites. Recent innovations in relevant hardware, sensors, actuators, and software have facilitated new research in this area. This book deals with the interdisciplinary aspects of emerging technologies of motion and vibration control for mechanical, civil and aerospace systems. It covers a broad range of applications (e.g. vehicle dynamics, actuators, rotor dynamics, biologically inspired mechanics, humanoid robot dynamics and control, etc.) and also provides advances in the field of fundamental research e.g. control of fluid/structure integration, nonlinear control theory, etc. Each of the contributors is a recognised specialist in his field, and this gives the book relevance and authority in a wide range of areas.