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APPLICATIONS AND INNOVATIONS IN INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS XIV The papers in this volume are the refereed application papers presented at AI-2006, the Twenty-sixth SGAI International Conference on Innovative Techniques and Applications of Artificial Intelligence, held in Cambridge in December 2006. The papers in this volume present new and innovative developments in the field, divided into sections on Data Mining and Bayesian Networks, Genetic Algo...

This collection of fourteen case studies by leading historians and other experts examines the impact of white settlement, and especially of government policy and actions, on the economic, political, religious, and social lives of the western American Indians from the mid-1850s.Among the matters considered are treaty making, the Indian Wars, Grant's Peace Policy and the peacetime role of the military, reservation life, enforced allotment under ...

What happens when the freedom of association collides with the equally cherished principle that every individual should be free from invidious discrimination? This is the question posed in Boy Scouts of America v. James Dale, a lawsuit that made its way through the courts over the course of a decade. Richard J. Ellis tells the fascinating story of the Dale case, placing it in the context of legal principles and precedents, Scouts policies, gay...

What happens when the freedom of association collides with the equally cherished principle that every individual should be free from invidious discrimination? This is the question posed in Boy Scouts of America v. James Dale, a lawsuit that made its way through the courts over the course of a decade. Richard J. Ellis tells the fascinating story of the Dale case, placing it in the context of legal principles and precedents, Scouts policies, gay...

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-> R.E.D. - Älter. Härter. Besser. (USA 2010, 111 Min., FSK 16): Frank (Bruce Willis), Joe (Morgan Freeman), Marvin (John Malkovich) und Victoria (Helen Mirren) waren einst CIA Top-Agenten, doch ihr geheimes Wissen macht sie nun zu den Top-Angriffszielen der Agency. Des Pensionärs-Daseins ohnehin überdrüssig, finden sich die vier Ex-Agenten in einem Hagel von Mordanschlägen wieder. Nun müssen sie besser, schneller und härter sein als ihre j...

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Opening an unexpected window on the American soul, Ellis unfurls the fascinating history of the Pledge of Allegiance and of the debates and controversies that have sometimes surrounded it.

A renowned marine naturalist, author, and artist explores--through both word and image--the discoveries, predatory habits, appearance, locomotion, environment, diet, and extinction of the ferocious swimming reptiles that ruled the oceans of the Mesozoic era.

Excerpt from History of Thornbury CastleEarldom of Gloucester was held by Hugh de Audley, and became extinct at his death, in 1347.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repa...

This entertaining account of one man's journey through an extraordinary existence is compulsive reading. Focusing on the most memorable events spanning 50 years, these anecdotes are fascinating, funny, sad, thoughtful, and thrilling, and written with an honesty which is immensely appealing. They depict a life that began conventionally enough with school and a Medical training, but that branched out into all sorts of unexpected byways. The inte...

The collection of some 1, 300 ancient documents of the Calvert family (the Lords Baltimore) has been of immeasurable value to scholars for over a hundred years.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

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As global warming threatens the ice caps' integrity, the polar bear has come to symbolize the peril that faces all life on Earth. Here, the acclaimed science writer Ellis offers an impassioned and moving statement on behalf of polar bears--and all they stand for.

George W. Bush's presidency has helped accelerate a renewed interest in the legal or formal bases of presidential power. It is now abundantly clear that presidential power is more than the sum of bargaining, character, and rhetoric. Presidential power also inheres in the Constitution or at least assertions of constitutional powers. Judging Executive Power helps to bring the Constitution and the courts back into the study of the American presid...

Presenting the study of the history of presidential travel, this title explores how travel has reflected and shaped the changing relationship between American presidents and the American people. It traces the evolution of the president from First Citizen to First Celebrity.

Judging Executive Power introduces students to sixteen important Supreme Court cases that have shaped the power of the American presidency. The cases selected include the removal power, executive privilege, executive immunity, the line-item veto, as well as a president's wartime powers from the Civil War to the War on Terror. The book both brings the courts back into the teaching of the American presidency and securely fixes landmark judicial ...