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Reading has arguably the longest and richest history of any domain for scientifically considering the impact of technology on the user. From the 1920s to the 1950s, Miles Tinker [1963] and other researchers ran hundreds of user tests that examined the effects of different fonts and text layout variables, such as the amount of vertical space between each line of text (called leading). Their research focused on user performance, and reading speed was the favoured measure. They charted the effect of the manipulated variables on reading speed, looking for the point at which their participants could read the fastest. Their assumption was that faster reading speeds created a more optimal experienc...
The broad and developing scope of ergonomics - the application of scientific knowledge to improve people's interaction with products, systems and environments - has been illustrated over the past 15 years by the books which make up the Contemporary Ergonomics series. Presenting the proceedings of the Ergonomics Society's annual conference, the series embraces the wide range of topics covered by ergonomics. Individual papers provide insight into current practice, present new research findings and form an invaluable reference source. The volumes provide a fast track for the publication of suitable papers from international contributors. These are chosen on the basis of abstracts submitted to a selection panel in the autumn prior to the Ergonomics Society's annual conference held in the spring.
Have you spent your life feeling everyone's emotions? Have you been bombarded with every thought, every feeling from those around you and from the world itself? Are you ready to scream? You are not crazy; you are an empath. There is a reason you feel all that you do. This valuable guide will help you understand what it means to be an empath, why you feel what you feel, and how to share the wonderful opportunities the gift of empathy offers you to heal yourself, those around you, and the world. With this book, readers learn to discern the truth when people's words do not match their emotions, to use fearlessness to protect yourself, and to tap into the vibrational energy of love. You will also learn to discern how energy works and how it can be used for healing, accessing the past, present, and future, manifesting responsibly, and much more. If you suspect you are an empath or know someone who may be struggling with that gift, this book is a must read.
Empathy can help you on your quest to understand life and destiny. Do you often feel as though you are being blindly pulled along—searching for answers, trying to make sense of why things happen the way they do? Is it possible the answer is right in front of you? Discover via twelve lessons why you are here and why your gift of empathy is so valuable to your search for your destiny. Delve into your own timeline and learn the ways it can help you comprehend your life and determine why your existence is the way it is. Explore how your life is designed to teach you to make energetic choices and how to fight becoming the victim of energy you feel. This follow-up book to The Reluctant Empath goes deeper into the gift of empathy and how to use it effectively. Understand why you have the power to navigate your own life—right now.
Rescue mediums make up the rarest form of mediumship and are highly trained in the art of spirit rescue—fighting to free souls separated from the light. With constant conflict between positive and negative forces, rescue mediums work with spiritual teams to provide guidance to the lost. Written in an easy-to-understand style, this comprehensive and instructive guide provides an in-depth supplementary process for mastering what is required to enhance your mediumship skill in rescue situations, which consists of four main components when interacting with earthbound spirits—communication, counseling, clearing, and guidance—these abilities, and more, must be developed and enhanced to form a strong link with spirits. Some of the topics covered are how to assist direct and indirect rescue techniques, spirit attachment detection and removal, spiritual doors and vortexes, residual energy clearing, how to build your spiritual team, and differences between negative spirits and demonic entities. Rescue mediumship is not easy, but now you have another tool to light your way!
Do you feel a victim of your emotions? Of others' emotions? Does life constantly throw you a curve ball no matter what you do? Do you wear your heart on your sleeve as a loving, caring person, yet the darker aspects of life make you feel as though you've been cursed? If so, then this book is for you. Embark upon an empathic journey that teaches you that darkness is but an absence of light. Who's light? Your light. Learn that you are in control of your emotional experiences. Begin to understand what it means to be an empath who chooses to live a life devoid of drama and free from the projected emotional pain from others. Discover methods to help you rise above the darkness that surrounds you--not only the darkness given to you by others, but from that which lies within you. This is the authors' fourth book on the empathic experience.
Mrs. Lane is a descendant of the author of the "Star Spangled Banner," Francis Scott Key. Her book traces Key's ancestry back to the American immigrant, Philip Key of London, who settled in St. Mary's County, Maryland in 1720, and forward to a number of Key lines in the U.S. of her own era.