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Veronica grew up accustomed to being stared at. If her steel gray eyes and shocking mane of red hair were not enough, her ability to read the thoughts of people she came in contact with unnerved strangers and acquaintances alike. When the country's social welfare department got involved, the eleven-year-old girl tested out beyond genius level and nearly put the test administrator into a mental hospital. Her life-long friend, Billy Swift Fox, w...

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This study looks at the settlement site of Arjourne, situated on a low rise overlooking the Orontes River just South of Lake Homs in Syria. This site was first settled in the middle of the 6th millennium BC. The majority of the pottery and stone objects from this period link this site to other 'peripheral Halaf culture' sites, and this consisted of a mix of Levantine and northern Mesopotamian influences. This shows that the settlers at this si...

Inhaltsangabe:Zusammenfassung: Auf dem Markt vertretene Dispositionssysteme für den Öffentlichen Personennahverkehr (ÖPNV) unterscheiden sich ¿ wie viele andere Anwendungssysteme auch ¿ heute weniger durch ihre Funktionalität als vielmehr durch ihre Darstellungsform. Dabei geht es nicht nur um Design, sondern auch darum, die Funktionalität dem Benutzer zugänglich zu machen. Das früher wichtigste Ziel der Entwicklung, überhaupt eine programmie...

Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: Eine Vielzahl von Unternehmern und Führungskräften hat Schwierigkeiten den Wert und Nutzen einer e-business Investition korrekt einzuschätzen. Dies liegt vor allem daran, dass solche Investitionen durch die Unternehmensleitung häufig nur aus kurzfristiger finanzieller Sicht betrachtet werden [BlBe02, 46] und nur direkte Kosten und zuordenbare Umsätze in die Bewertung einfließen. Den erforderlichen hohen Eingangsinves...

Inhaltsangabe:Zusammenfassung: Ziel der Diplomarbeit war es die neue Basler Eigenkapitalvereinbarung detailliert darzustellen und mit den bisher geltenden gesetzlichen Bestimmungen zu vergleichen. Anhand der Vorgaben des Basler Ausschusses wurden im Folgenden zulässige statistische Defaultmodelle dargestellt. Es wurden Logitmodelle, parametrische und nichtparametrische diskriminanzanalytische Modelle zur Schätzung der Probability of Default (...

Inhaltsangabe:Zusammenfassung: Ziel dieser Arbeit war es, den Aufbau eines Handelssystems sowie die verschiedenen Ansätze zu erläutern. Anhand eines Beispieles wurden die theoretischen Kenntnisse angewandt und ein System von der Idee bis zur Marktreife Schritt für Schritt entwickelt. Zusammenfassend kann als Ergebnis der vorliegenden Arbeit behauptet werden, dass Handelssysteme eine gute Anlageform darstellen. Vor allem in trendstarken Wachs...

Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: Im Hinblick auf das Wirtschaftsleben der letzten Monate häufen sich bedauerlicherweise Meldungen über Kurzarbeit, Entlassungen, Auftragsund Produktionsrückgänge sowie Konkurse. Viele davon betroffene Firmen sind gezwungen, mit größeren Unternehmen zu fusionieren oder die Werkstüren für immer zu schließen. Obwohl der Technisierungsgrad in vielen Unternehmen stark zugenommen hat, wird versucht, sich den permanenten Ent...

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The Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Handbook of American Indians. Reprint of 1912 edition. Volume 3 N-S. Included are illustrations, manners, customs, places and aboriginal words. In 4 Volumes.

This is an accessible guide to key Marxist concepts and how to apply them to contemporary cultural analysis. Drawing on Marx, Lukacs, Gramsci, Habermas, Jameson and others, the book retools and redeems key concepts such as class, the mode of production, culture industries, the state, base-superstructure, ideology, hegemony, knowledge and social interests, and commodity fetishism. It also includes analysis of film, television, the internet and ...

These Christian stalwarts were once young boys playing games, learning from mistakes and growing up in quite a different world. But was it that different? Irene Howat has researched the lives of these men of God and draws out lessons we can all relate to, especially youngsters today.

Voted one of the top ten Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2001 by Cinescape Magazine."The Shadow out of Time" is H. P. Lovecraft's last major story. It was first published in Astounding Stories for June 1936. And yet, this text has never been published as Lovecraft wrote it-until now. The recent discovery of Lovecraft's handwritten manuscript allows readers to appreciate this magnificently cosmic story exactly as originally written.All pre...

A fascinating exploration of religion and technology as manifested in cyberspace.' --Professor Carl Ernst, University of North Carolina

A book of verse that is both insightful and thought provoking, with a full range of poetry that goes from the depths of the human heart to the upper reaches of all existence.

Here is practical information on the practice of silence and realistic suggestions for making it a part of your life. The book is set out as a thirty-day program, designed to create a habit for practicing silence in your daily living. Most of the book is a journal of your time in silence--an opportunity for you to participate directly in the first-hand experience of this splendid practice. If you will take a first step into this mystical, magi...

Miss the old days when the best place in the world was your grandfather's house? Well, rekindle that family spirit through the stories in this book and relive some of those fond memories! Watch as a boy and his grandfather, his "Gumpa", pronounced "GOOM-pah", grow together in the small upstate New York town of Endwell. Laugh as their light hearted enchanting adventures enjoy a fun and carefree Gumpa flair, taking them from barbers to nursing h...

When John Swift moves his family to Centerville, South Carolina to begin his ministery at the church there, the action, mystery, and intrigue begins. Smith had been an outstanding baseball player in his younger days, but when injured by an unscrupulous player his hopes for a professional career were ended with a serious knee injury. After undergoing several surguries, he was able to attend college, married, and coached high school baseball for...

When John Swift moves his family to Centerville, South Carolina to begin his ministery at the church there, the action, mystery, and intrigue begins. Smith had been an outstanding baseball player in his younger days, but when injured by an unscrupulous player his hopes for a professional career were ended with a serious knee injury. After undergoing several surguries, he was able to attend college, married, and coached high school baseball for...

The Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Handbook of American Indians. Reprint of 1912 edition. Volume 1 A-G. Included are illustrations, manners, customs, places and aboriginal words. In 4 Volumes.