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Desert Dreams

By: Gracie C. Mckeever

...rint out, or any other means is a violation of International copyright law and subjects the violator to severe fines and/or imprisonment. This notice ... ...tiful red lips curved into a wicked smile. How could such lips—full, moist and capable of giving him so many of his first and only carnal pleasures—de... ...e? His death sentence, or very near, unless she decided to change her mind and spare him. Sahir shook her exquisitely-shaped head, jet-black curls dan... ...live person who had traveled to the places she knew about only through her studies in sterile classrooms; places she longed to go. This man had trod u... ...mmunicate with on a Desert Dreams by Gracie C. McKeever 78 strictly Gen-X-urban-Western slang level. "What I meant was, did you sleep well?" "Ah, yes... ...e of the tenets that had intrigued her enough to pursue Islamic art in her studies. "I see you've noticed my pride and joy," Darius whispered beside h... ...ying..." She gave him the once-over. At a glance, he looked like any other urban Gen-Xer clad in black Gap jeans, gray Henley and casual black shoes. ... ..." Desert Dreams by Gracie C. McKeever 138 "It's a joke." Therese smiled. "Urban, western humor." She reached out and squeezed his biceps, thought as ... ...? Wanting him, aching for him Desert Dreams by Gracie C. McKeever 265 and planning to have him—another woman's possession—in a place where she and he...

...Old World Evil vs New Age Passion ... A centuries old djinni betrayed...A modern career woman and wife bereft...Can this thoroughly mismatched couple find comfort and vindication in each other's arms? More importantly, can Kane and Therese's love survive the ancient vendetta of one unforgiving and powerful demon djinn...

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Links and Factoids

By: Sam Vaknin

... The First Book of Factoids First Published on the Links and Factoids Study List http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linknfacto... ...ist http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linknfactoid Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovska Lidija Rangelovska A Na... ...ted Press International (UPI) Article Archive – Click HERE! Philosophical Musings and Essays http://samvak.tripod.com/culture.html Malignant Self... ...king the Bible: A Journey By Land Through the Five Books of Moses. http://www.ot-studies.com/Documents/Ur.htm http://members.aol.com/mfuprojects/a... ...r and Urfa - as well as setbacks in the war - prevented the Turks for deporting the urban Armenian population in the Ottoman Empire's major cities. ... ...ner. Kennedy was grammatically correct to have said "Ich bin ein Berliner". http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/weekly/aa021700a.htm http://www.... ...ro-secession political organization. Growing constituencies in the south - such as urban immigrants and mountain farmers - opposed slavery as a for... ...aw). Three to four days after the event the body's muscles begin to decompose. Some studies suggest that rigor mortis progresses faster in red muscl... ...Adoration of the Magi" and "Saint Jerome", both 1481). Most of the sketches and studies for Leonardo's works of art and engineering are found on...

Anthology of fascinating historical and scientific facts and links to relevant Web sources.

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Fuzzy and Neutrosophic Analysis of Women with Hiv/Aids

By: W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy and Florentin Smarandache

... Tel.: 1-800-521-0600 (Customer Service) http://wwwlib.umi.com/bod/ and online from: Publishing Online, Co. (Seattle, Washington... ... at: http://PublishingOnline.com This book has been peer reviewed and recommended for publication by: Dr. L. Bojilov, Bulgarian Academ... ... of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria. Copyright 2005 by W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy and Florentin Smarandache Layout by Kama Kandasamy. Cover design... ...the reported cases of HIV/AIDS in rural areas in India are higher than in the urban areas. The reasons we can attribute for this is that several H... ...as. The reasons we can attribute for this is that several HIV/AIDS cases in urban areas are kept secret. Secondly due to increased awareness, the ... ... to their husbands. Majority of these rural uneducated woman (this is true of urban educated women also) have little control over either abstinence... ...age of fourteen when she was just studying 9th standard. She discontinued her studies soon after marriage. Her marriage was arranged. Her husband i... ...sko, B., (1986) “Fuzzy Cognitive Maps,” International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 34 65-75. 66. Kosko, B., (1986) “Fuzzy Entropy and Condit... ...oes Schenk–Sandbergen (1995) Women and Seasonal Labour Migration. Indo-Dutch Studies on Development Alternatives –16, Sage, New Delhi. 75. Maith...

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Report on Orphan Works

By: Library of Congress

...ngton, DC 20559-6000 • (202) 707-8350 January 23, 2006 Dear Chairman Hatch and Senator Leahy: Thank you for your request of the Copyright Office to st... ...works. As you know, the roundtable discussions we held in Washington, D.C. and California were well-attended, and the participants engaged in thoughtf... ... California were well-attended, and the participants engaged in thoughtful and productive discussion of the many complex issues involved in this matte... ...nt of Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights); see also Letter from Larry Urbanski, Chairman, American Film Heritage Association, to Senator Strom T... ...nts. The Office received an overwhelming response (by comparison to past studies), receiving 721 initial comments, and 146 reply comments. 19 Vir... ...entify and locate a copyright owner in the course of publishing scholarly studies of art history and art education. 26 Additionally, the submissio... ...se deliberations will inform the consideration of legitimate orphan works studies by other countries. 3. Applying the Recommendation to Orphan Work ... ...76, 80 (1997). 2 H.R. Rep. No. 94–1476, at 134 (1976). 3 Letter from Larry Urbanski, Chairman, American Film Heritage Association, to Senator Strom ... ... Gregory Mullins Peter Adams June Goulding John Paul Young Jackie Urbanovic Gretel Parker Nadiah Beekun Noah Lee Gauthier Suzanne Wis...

...This Report addresses the issue of “orphan works,” a term used to describe the situation where the owner of a copyrighted work cannot be identified and located by someone who wishes to make use of the work in a manner that requires permission of the copyright owner. Even where the user has made a reasonably diligent effort to find the owner, if the owner is not found,...

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Terrorists and Freedom Fighters

By: Sam Vaknin

... And Freedom Fighters 2nd EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovska Lidija Rangelovska A Na... ...LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. Terrorists and Freedom Fighters II. Macedonia to the Macedonians III. The ... ... Fighters II. Macedonia to the Macedonians III. The Black Hand IV. The Insurgents and the Swastika V. KLA – The Army of Liberation VI. Appendix: ... ...lf aware), greedy and frivolous society which depended on consumerism, demographic studies, opinion polls and Government to know and to define itse... ...re intended mainly to quell plangent rebelliousness and were applied mainly to the urban minority (for instance, in Constantinople). The Church w... ...remained overwhelmingly Christian throughout the Ottoman period. Muslim life was an urban phenomenon both for reasons of safety and because only th... ...he same customs. Muslim mysticism (the Sufi orders) appealed to many sophisticated urban Christians. Heretic cults (like the Bogomils) converted en... ...-begotten Word. You are life, love, peace, truth, and sanctity...." East European Studies Occasional Paper, Number 47, "Christianity and Islam in ... ... of Culture and Art Prize for Maiden Prose (1997), The Rotary Club Award for Social Studies (1976), and the Bilateral Relations Studies Award of the...

...The history of four terrorist organizations in the Balkans and a general introduction to terrorism and freedom fighting. Also includes essays about religious co-existence in the Balkans and about pathological narcissism as a precursor to terrorism....

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The Fundamental Assumptions Underlying the Modern Study of Psychopathology Examined.

By: Sam Vaknin

...gy of Psychopathology 2nd EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovska Lidija Rangelovska A Na... ...ers/Personality/ http://personalitydisorders.suite101.com/ Philosophical Musings and Essays http://samvak.tripod.com/culture.html Malignant Self... ...BLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S A. Notes on Developmental Psychology Brain and Personality Psychosexual Stages of Development Gender and Per... ... the narcissist proceeds to indulge himself in daydreaming, delusions of grandeur, planning of future coups, nostalgia and hurt (the Lost Paradise ... ...ns). But researchers like Daniel N. Stern dispute this hypothesis. Based on many studies, it appears that, as always, what seems intuitively righ... ...unwanted and unwelcome - the sad outcomes of accidents and mishaps, wrong fertility planning, lust gone awry and misguided turns of events. The mo... ...- or even post-modern - phenomenon, a cultural-societal construct, a by-product of urban alienation, Althusserian interpellation, and media glamori... ...of women offered jobs in professional orchestras increased. Similarly, in science, studies of the ways that grant applications are evaluated have s... ...Back to Table of Contents The Natural Roots of Sexuality By: Dr. Sam Vaknin Recent studies in animal sexuality serve to dispel two common myths: th...

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And Gulliver Returns Book I : Touchdown

By: Bob Oconnor

... Search of Utopia-- Book One Touch Down Return to Earth “. . . And Gulliver Returns” 2 --In Search of Utopia— ... ...iver Returns” 2 --In Search of Utopia— “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 1 TOU... ............................................................. 11 FROM THE PAST AND INTO THE FUTURE ........................................................ ...n the potential joy of having children. Most sociological and psychological studies show that childless marriages are generally happier than those w... ...culated to be 150 to 450 thousand dollars plus college costs.(1aa) British studies estimate child raising costs to be 60 to 250 thousand pounds to ... ..., mating stopped and by January of 1973 the last mouse died. He did similar studies with rats. Might our human population do this? Or might we, like... ... well educated as their capabilities will allow. And with globalization and urbanization becoming the rule, working with your hands on a farm or in ... ...making some highly controversial changes in their system to try to curb the urban excesses that seem to accompany the materially induced selfishness ... ...n Fund report, “State of World Population 2007: Unleashing the Potential of Urban Growth.” June 27, 2007 1a. Arthur Nelson, co-director of the Metro...

...Overpopulation is responsible for many of our planet's problems--global warming, the lack of fresh water, poverty, high gasoline and food prices, air and water pollutions, the scarcity of natural resources, the excess of wastes and their proper disposal, and even some wars. In the year 2020 Commander Lemuel Gulliver XVI returns from a twenty year odyss...

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And Gulliver Returns Book IV : A Look at Our Human Values

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

...of Utopia— Book 4 A Look at Human Values 1 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 4 A Look at Human... ............................................... 14 WE MUST THINK MORE DEEPLY—AND UNDERSTAND OUR THINKING ............... 24 OUR BASIC ASSUMPTIONS -- T... ............................................................... 73 PANTHEISM AND PANENTHEISM .............................................................. ...irst administered. ―Are you really special before you‘ve earned it? Studies show that while today‘s high school graduates are getting higher g... ... a very high level. While your top universities are the best in the world, studies show that many of your college graduates cannot think critically. ... ...your college graduates cannot think critically. And as I‘ve said, your own studies show that while over 90% of your people say they believe in God, o... ... might guess that with people with doctorates in the education ministries planning the curriculum, that the average student will be exposed to a com... ...us for the Bulgarian economy and for working women? ―Centralized planning seems smart, except that it hasn‘t worked, probably because econo... ...uisition really began in 1229. Pope Gregory IX disapproved of torture but Urban IV in the early 1260s allowed it. ―Heretics were imprisoned in...

...Overpopulation is responsible for many of our planet's problems--global warming, the lack of fresh water, poverty, high gasoline and food prices, air and water pollutions, the scarcity of natural resources, the excess of wastes and their proper disposal, and even some wars. In the year 2020 Commander Lemuel Gulliver XVI returns from a twenty year odyss...

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The Future of the Internet : And How to Stop It

By: Jonathan Zittrain

... The Future of the Internet— And How to Stop It This page intentionally left blank The Future of t... ...to Stop It This page intentionally left blank The Future of the Internet And How to Stop It Jonathan Zittrain Yale University Press New Haven & Lo... ...ng illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public ... ...t to exploit. Much of the academic work in this area draws from further case studies and interviews with decision-makers at significant firms. It descri... ...e manufacturers and is now produced for hikers and soldiers. 37 Von Hippel’s studies show that 20 percent of mountain bikers modify their bikes in som... ...s noted a similar potential in his discussion of semiotic democracy, a media studies concept drawn from the work of John Fiske. 67 Fisher argues that ... ...R. 5, 6 –7 (1979) (discussing the importance of “cooperative and rational” planning, celebrating “non- manipulative relationships,” and describing t... ...n/moores paper.pdf. 24. Michael McCahill & Clive Norris, CCTV in London 6–7 (Urban Eye Project, Working Paper No. 6, 2002), available at http://www.ur...

...This extraordinary book explains the engine that has catapulted the Internet from backwater to ubiquity?and reveals that it is sputtering precisely because of its runaway success. With the unwitting help of its users, the generative Internet is on a path to a lockdown, ending its cycle of innovation?and facilitating unsettling ...

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The Path of Splitness

By: Indrek Pringi

...09 Due to the ideas presented in this book, I have had to use various terms and words that are not found in dictionaries: beginning with the titl... ...’ is used to describe two complimentary, simultaneous conditions: Connection, and Separation. This book explores the logical extrapolation of this,... ...h a microscope? The answer is; very little. But if you plant an orange seed and wonder about it. If you care for the seedling, and study its grow... ... Energy works in our Universe. Science does not study energy organically; it studies it mechanically. This is a basic weakness in all scientific t... ... absolute certainty has proven to be a futile quest because no matter what it studies; it does so selectively, and because the Universe is dynamical... ...not recognize this 13 th factor of Space as being relevant to the dynamics it studies. It should. Throughout the Universe, the one universal tend... ...f you look at every major social malaise from pollution to traffic jams, from urban glut to overpopulation, from corporate monopolies to bureaucracy,... ...an the poor working slobs… who have no time to work on their social skills or urbanity, that the TV viewer can laugh and applaud and share in all thi... ...an the poor working slobs… who have no time to work on their social skills or urbanity that the TV viewer can laugh and applaud and share in all this...

...The Path of Splitness is a major non fiction work of 1,868 pages: This is the latest revised version. The book analyzes and explains: 1: The origins of our Universe: where it came from and how it was created. 2: Basic aspects and dynamics of the Organic Universe and Organic Life. 3: The origins of modern humans going back 25 million years...

...Chapter 1: The Universe. Pgs 1-112 How the Universe came into being. Chapter 2: Life Pgs 113-131 Structural dynamics of the Universe and Life Chapter 3: Hominids Pgs 132-187 A: How we evolved into Humans Pgs 188-222 B: Summary of Hominid-Human Development Chapter 4: Modern Human Dynamics Pgs 223-266 Hum...

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The History Of

By: H. G. Wells

...nnsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, ... ...harge of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania Sta... ...cation project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Man... ...d still dingier pretensions, where there were no ob- ject lessons, and the studies of book-keeping and French were pursued (but never effectually over... ...t the tangle of struggling building enterprise that constituted the rising urban district of Easewood. Johnson was off duty that morning, and devoted ... ...e world for melancholia as walking, and the exercise of the imagination in planning 127 H G Wells something presently to be done, and soon the wrathf...

...Excerpt: ?HOLE!? said Mr. Polly, and then for a change, and with greatly increased emphasis: ??Ole!? He paused, and then broke out with one of his private and peculiar idioms. ?Oh! Beastly Silly Wheeze of a Hole!?...

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Dombey and Son

By: Charles Dickens

...nsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, fo... ... charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania Sta... ...tion project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Man... ...pchin, my son is six years old, and there is no doubt, I fear, that in his studies he is behind many children of his age—or his youth,’ said Mr Dombey... ...nd the different form of life he would lead at Doc- tor Blimber’s, and the studies he would have to master, would very soon prove sufficient alienatio... ...in office as general su- perintendent and overseer of his son, pending his studies at Brighton; and having kissed Paul, and shaken hands with Flo- ren... ...oints of interest about her. For this reason he smiled on her with so much urbanity, and asked her how she did, so often, in the course of her visits ... ...n his eye, emboldened 244 Dombey & Son and incited by Mr Carker’s smiling urbanity , that he felt him- self in as fair a condition to put the questio... ...hat Mrs Skewton, in spite of her ecstasies, and Mr Carker, in spite of his urban- ity, were both intent on watching Mr Dombey and Edith. With all thei...

...Excerpt: Dombey sat in the corner of the darkened room in the great arm-chair by the bedside, and Son lay tucked up warm in a little basket bedstead, carefully disposed on a low settee immediately in front of the fire and close to it, as if his constitution were analogous to that of a muffin, and it was essential to t...

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Cyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Sam Vaknin

... Cyclopedia Of Philosophy 4th EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovska Lidija Rangelovska A Na... ... – write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to samvaknin@gmail.com Philosophical Essays and Musings: http://philosophos.tripod.com The Silver Lining ... ... one possesses a certain right - prescribes to others certain obligatory behaviours and proscribes certain acts or omissions. This Janus-like nature... ...in California to railway operators in Britain. The simultaneous crumbling of these urban legends - the liberating power of the Net, the self-regula... ... much a race as the remotest and most isolated of the tribes of the Amazon. Genetic studies revealed that Jews throughout the world - largely due t... ... in his career: Should he remain loyal and close to his emotional experiences and studies and forgo the warmth and comfort of being reassured and ... ... Some things acquire a meaning precisely because they are finite: consider academic studies, for instance. It would seem that meaningfulness does no... ...itic. This inimical attitude should have come as no surprise to students of either urban realities or of communism, their parricidal off-spring. Th... ...0, Chicago, Chicago University Press, 1981). Despite the fact that communism was an urban phenomenon (albeit with rustic roots) - it abnegated these...

...Cyclopedia of issues in modern philosophy: The philosophy of science and religion, the cognitive sciences, cultural studies, aesthetics, art and literature, the philosophy of economics, the philosophy of psychology, and ethics....

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The Marketing of Ideas and Social Issues

By: Seymour Fine

...1981 by Praeger Publishers. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS THE MARKETING OF IDEAS AND SOCIAL ISSUES 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 FOREWORD 6 PREFACE 7 G... ...NTENTS 3 FOREWORD 6 PREFACE 7 GLOSSARY 9 INTRODUCTION 10 1 THE NATURE OF IDEAS AND SOCIAL ISSUES 12 ORIGINATION, MATURATION AND ADOPTION OF IDEA... ... FROM PROBLEMS TO SOCIAL ISSUES TO SOCIAL CHANGE: A MACROPROCESS 14 Social Issues and Causes 14 SOME CONCEPTS AND THEIR ATTRIBUTES 15 INCREASE IN ... ... was to examine consumer behavior in the adoption of ideas. The reporting of these studies, for purposes of this volume, has been reduced to the sim... ...ernment Suicide hotline Trade associations Unicef Union label, buy United way Urban planning Vd hotline Vegetarianism Veteran's rights Vivis... ...rticular topic. That model has been applied widely in nutrition and birth control studies and is a useful research guide for many social cause proje... ...f product continuity is most relevant in multiple issue organizations, such as the Urban Coalition and the American Civil Liberties Union. These gr... ...g for every American family. 10. Programs to foster family planning. 11. Improved urban transportation. 12. Rural economic development. 13. Employ... ...ibution to the innovation and diffusion of social communication literature. These studies, summarized in Medical Innovation (Coleman, Mendel and Ka...

...ptance of the idea? These are some of the questions dealt with in this book. In this first chapter the nature of an idea is developed, contextualized and shown to be a most timely topic. To pave the way for this book's argument that ideas are exchanged in marketlike transactions, the aim of this chapter is to present an idea as a dynamic and vital entity....

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Laws of Destiny Never Disappear : Culture of Thailand in the Postlocal World

By: Matti Sarmela

...ää Pohjois-Thaimaan kylissä. Published by the Finnish Literature Society and the Finnish Anthropological Society 2004. ISBN 951-746-603-X (SKS) ;... ... This work may be freely quoted, copied, duplicated, printed, distributed and sold without permission or agreement of the author. However, the name ... ... Villages and houses ... ...es and idols - national history C. Postlocal culture Global environment - urban technonature - global resources - universal know-how and education Tr... ...a. Helsinki, 15 December 2004 Academy of Finland Nordic Institute of Asian Studies University of Helsinki Niilo Helander Foundation Matti Sarmela ... ...ur factory? have two children, and I send them money constantly for their studies. Thanks to the factories, the village has developed. I would like a... ...r prospect of earning a good living in the future. I intend to complete my studies. Fine, because at the seminary the teachers understand that I also ... ...ined employment there. On the other hand, the village is also tied up with urban growth, and the problems of modern culture are reflected there. The v... ...way, I photographed the work of rice farmers in the 1980s, today, it is an urban style environment with its terraced housing and commercial buildings;...

...The book is a descriptive overview of the culture of the villages. It contains material on the villagers' housing, rice farming and other means of livelihood, community life, festivals, weddings, funerals, sorcerers and healers, as well as village Buddhism. The author draws surprising parallels between the worldviews of peoples of Thailand and Finland...

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Facts and Fictions in the Securities Industry

By: Sam Vaknin

...The Securities Industry 1 st EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovska Lidija Rangelovska A Na... ...s United Press International (UPI) Article Archive – Click HERE! World in Conflict and Transition http://samvak.tripod.com/guide.html Created... ...he Earnings Yield VI. Technical vs. Fundamental Analysis of Stocks VII. Volatility and Risk VIII. The Bursting Asset Bubbles IX. The Future of the... ...tors an annual budget, other budgets, financial plans, business plans, feasibility studies, investment memoranda and all other financial and busine... ...enient idealization of the efficient market, though, has been debunked in numerous studies. These are efficiently summarized in Craig McKinlay and ... ...nformation to the privileged few - though not too few, lest prices are not swayed. Studies cited in Edwin Elton and Martin Gruber's "Modern Portfol... ...uoyancy in real estate prices in the capital coupled with the adjacent Spitalfields urban renewal project have lifted prices. A house not 50 yards f... ...asance in the USA. David C. Jones is a part-time research fellow at the Center for Urban Development Studies of the Graduate School of Design, Harv... ...red from the World Bank, where he served as financial adviser for water supply and urban development. He had joined the World Bank, as a senior fin...

The securities industry, its markets, instruments (equity, debt, derivatives), trading strategies, underlying economic models, and future.

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Fixing Global Finance

By: Kavaljit Singh

...lobal Finance Fixing Global Finance was first published in 2010 by Madhyam and SOMO. Madhyam 148, Maitri Apartments Plot No.28 Patparganj Delhi: 11009... ...aljit Singh 2010. Since this publication is meant for non-profit, research and educational purposes, you are welcome to reproduce it provided the sour... ... The Unfolding of Global Financial Crisis 9 2. The Global Financial Crisis and Developing Countries 22 3. Recent Trends in International Finance and D... ...or internationally rather than achieving any economies of scale. Empirical studies have shown that that there are no significant economies of scale in... ...put forward in two recently appointed committees by the government and the Planning Commission: The High Powered Expert Committee on Making Mumbai an ... ...act that state-owned banks run a huge branch network in the rural and semi-urban areas and undertake substantial social and developmental banking acti... ...ed with the liberal entry of foreign banks are yet to be materialized. The urban-centric foreign banks largely serve the niche market segments consist... ...it comes to providing basic banking services to landless rural workers and urban poor dwellers? The liberal entry of foreign banks may further constri...

...s financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The crisis which originated in developed countries quickly spread to developing countries and the rest of the world. The turbulence in financial systems was followed by a significant reduction in real economic activity throughout the world. The crisis has highlighted that financial markets are inherently unstable ...

...1. The Unfolding of Global Financial Crisis 2. The Global Financial Crisis and Developing Countries 3. Recent Trends in International Finance and Developmental Implications 4. The Rise of New Global Players 5. Financial Derivatives and the Globalization of Risk 6. ...

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The Labor Divide

By: Sam Vaknin

...Labour Divide 2nd EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovska Lidija Rangelovska A Narcissus Pu... ...ress International (UPI) Article Archive – Click HERE! World in Conflict and Transition http://samvak.tripod.com/guide.html ISBN: 9989-929-27-0... ...DIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA 100 articles and essays (microeconomics and macroeconomics) by the same author - availa... ...urial skills, preparation of business plans, marketing plans, feasibility studies, credit applications and interview skills. The Employment Burea... ... age and level of education. This surprising result has emerged from many studies. The massive retraining and re-qualification programs needed to ... ...urial skills, preparation of business plans, marketing plans, feasibility studies, credit applications and interview skills. The Employment Burea... ...hat no one knows the true picture. Taking into account internal, rural-to-urban, migration patterns and the growth of the private sector (it now emp... ... million migrant workers found in virtually every country. They flee war, urban terrorism, crippling poverty, corruption, authoritarianism, nepotism,... ... of good government. Jobs provided an identity to immigrants and recently urbanized farm workers. They provided a sense of security for individuals ...

...Modern labour theories and practice. Covers issues like employment, unemployment, migration, brain drain, entrepreneurship, workaholism, and trade unions....

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Empire and Wars

By: Sam Vaknin

... Wars and Empire 2nd EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovska Lidija Rangelovska A Na... ...es I. The Roots of Anti-Americanism II. Containing the United States III. Islam and Liberalism IV. The New Rome - America, the Reluctant Empire ... ...iberalism IV. The New Rome - America, the Reluctant Empire V. The Democratic Ideal and New Colonialism VI. Add Me to the List VII. The American H... ...equality led to ostentatious consumption of the few, contrasted with the rural and urban destitution of the many. A growing share of gross domestic... ... and decadent Byzantines, made him the Robin Hood, the folk hero of the millions of urban unemployed, nomads, and dislocated peasants turned brigand... ...gantuan conflict. It was preceded by a decade of violent demonstrations, home-grown urban terrorism, and numerous skirmishes involving the National ... ...d government spending were recorded by Dr. Kamil Mahdi of the Center for Arab Gulf Studies in Exeter University. The CIA pegs the cost of the Iran-... ...s outstanding financial obligations for the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. According to Barton-Crocker, quoted by th... ... of Culture and Art Prize for Maiden Prose (1997), The Rotary Club Award for Social Studies (1976), and the Bilateral Relations Studies Award of the...

The antecedents and aftermath of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the role of the United States in international affairs.

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Cyclopedia of Economics

By: Sam Vaknin

... Cyclopedia Of Philosophy 4th EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovska Lidija Rangelovska A Na... ... – write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to samvaknin@gmail.com Philosophical Essays and Musings: http://philosophos.tripod.com The Silver Lining ... ... one possesses a certain right - prescribes to others certain obligatory behaviours and proscribes certain acts or omissions. This Janus-like nature... ...in California to railway operators in Britain. The simultaneous crumbling of these urban legends - the liberating power of the Net, the self-regula... ... much a race as the remotest and most isolated of the tribes of the Amazon. Genetic studies revealed that Jews throughout the world - largely due t... ... in his career: Should he remain loyal and close to his emotional experiences and studies and forgo the warmth and comfort of being reassured and ... ... Some things acquire a meaning precisely because they are finite: consider academic studies, for instance. It would seem that meaningfulness does no... ...itic. This inimical attitude should have come as no surprise to students of either urban realities or of communism, their parricidal off-spring. Th... ...0, Chicago, Chicago University Press, 1981). Despite the fact that communism was an urban phenomenon (albeit with rustic roots) - it abnegated these...

Cyclopedia of issues in economics analyzed through the prism of the economies of countries in transition, emerging markets, and developing countries.

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Capitalistic Musings

By: Sam Vaknin

...Capitalistic Musings 1 st EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovska Lidija Rangelovska A Na... ...end V. The Merits of Inflation VI. The Benefits of Oligopolies VII. Moral Hazard and the Survival Value of Risk VIII. The Business of Risk IX.... ...Global Differential Pricing X. The Disruptive Engine - Innovation XI. Governments and Growth XII. The Distributive Justice of the Market XIII. T... ...ion of stock prices that has been shown to not apply to US markets, among others. Studies have exposed serious departures from the price process f... ...uture dividends, or earnings. Yet, this finding is hotly disputed. Some scholarly studies of researchers such as Stephen LeRoy and Richard Porter ... ...enient idealization of the efficient market, though, has been debunked in numerous studies. These are efficiently summarized in Craig McKinlay and ... ...ical oppression (Paris 1968). The French Revolution may have been the last time the urban sans- culotte raised a fuss against the economically enfra... ...n entwined national economies - continuous interactions which determines inventory planning, the level of wages and pricing. The purported connecti... ... California to railway operators in Britain. The simultaneous crumbling of these urban legends - the liberating power of the Net, the self-regula...

Critical analysis of the foundations and tenets of capitalism and of the dismal science - economics.

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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

... UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY AT URBANACHAMPAIGN BOOKSTACKS Central Intelligence Agency The World Fac... ...A 22161 Tel: (703) 487-4630 or: Document Expediting (DOCEX) Project Exchange and Gift Division Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 20540 Tel: (202) 2... ...n style, format, coverage, ^ designed to meet their < requirements. Comments and queries may be addressed to: ,. j . Central Intelligence Ag M f* ' At... ... Public Affairs Washington, D.C. 20505 (703)351-2053 >^ . Theft, mut.lat.on. and underllnln, of book, or. reo.on, for dl,ipllnory action ond moy re.ul... .... To renew call Telephone Center, 333-840O UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN m 02 m 08 APR 15 APR 1 8 CPASWF 87-001 (Supersedes CR WF... ...and commerce, 30% agriculture, 17% government, 10% services; at least 11% of urban labor unemployed Organized labor: 16-19% of labor force claimed; Ge... ... Chamber of the Supreme Court; legal education at Center of Higher and Legal Studies at Libreville; compulsory ICJ jurisdiction not accepted National ... ... GATTI (Christian Demo- crat), Secretary of State for Budget, Fi- nance, and Planning (since July 1986) Suffrage: universal (since 1960) Elections: el...

...There have been some significant changes in this edition. A new Geography section has replaced the former Land and Water sections. Entries in the new section include area (total and land), comparative area, land boundaries, coastline, maritime claims, boundary disputes, climate, terrain, land use, environment, and special notes. In ...

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Trendsiters Digital Content and Web Technologies

By: Sam Vaknin

...TrendSiters Digital Content And Web Technologies 3rd EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. E... ... Technologies 3rd EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovska Lidija Rangelovska A Narcissus Pu... ... a Message? http://samvak.tripod.com/internet.html World in Conflict and Transition http://samvak.tripod.com/guide.html ISBN: 9989... ...es and directories recommend specific sites. But users are still cautious. Studies discovered that no user, no matter how heavy, has consistently re-... ...e reader has no choice but be exposed to commercial messages as he or she studies the content. This model - adopted earlier by radio and television... ... could before, but it's also made it possible for errors, propaganda, and urban myths to appear in the guise of factual truth. As more people realiz... ...ke constellations,topographical maps of the ocean depths, buildings in an urban landscape, or other objects in a pastoral setting. Virtual Reality (... ...verall company productivity would be greater. Unfortunately, according to studies by the likes of the META Group, the number of organizations where ... ...- DSL and ADSL are not available at all). Rare phone lines - especially in urban centers - are still being multiplexed and shared by 4-8 subscribers,...

...Essays dedicated to the new media, doing business on the web, digital content, its creation and distribution, e-publishing, e-books, digital reference, DRM technology, and other related issues....

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The Public Domain : Enclosing the Commons of the Mind

By: James Boyle

...–1992 (Permanence of Paper). It contains 30 percent postconsumer waste (PCW) and is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) -1 ___ 0 ___ 1 __... ...mers’ Tale: An Allegory, 83 6 I Got a Mashup, 122 7 The Enclosure of Science and Technology: T wo Case Studies, 160 8 A Creative Commons, 179 9 An Ev... ... 6 I Got a Mashup, 122 7 The Enclosure of Science and Technology: T wo Case Studies, 160 8 A Creative Commons, 179 9 An Evidence-Free Zone, 205 10 An... ...An Evidence-Free Zone, 205 10 An Environmentalism for Information, 230 Notes and Further Readings, 249 Index, 297 v 37278_u00.qxd 8/28/08 11:04 AM ... ...en an inspi- ration to mine. Arti Rai’s remarkable theoretical and empirical studies have helped me to understand everything from software patents to ... ...nomically efficient—fewer people end up with music they do not like. 28 Other studies, by contrast, support the record company position—suggesting that... ...and Clark Expedition with Related Documents 1783–1854, ed. Donald Jack- son (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1962), 586). It is easy, in fact, r... ...ve Got a Savior.’” Chip Deffaa, Blue Rhythms: Six Lives in Rhythm and Blues (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1996), 161. 13. Columbia Catalog Nu... ...e See About Me” for the Supremes and “99 1 ⁄2 Won’t Do” for Wilson Pickett. “Urban Contemporary Gospel,” Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/urban...

...Our music, our culture, our science, and our economic welfare all depend on a delicate balance between those ideas that are controlled and those that are free, between intellectual property and the public domain. In The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of th...

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Dead Souls

By: D. J. Hogarth

...nnsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, fo... ... charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania Sta... ...cation project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Man... ...) a very pleasant time. Finally he decided to extend his visits beyond the urban boundaries by going and calling upon landowners Manilov and Sobakevit... ...Postmaster overlooked; until the company had run through the whole list of urban officials. And in every case those officials appeared to be persons o... ...ny increased yet further, and more than once the President (a man of great urbanity when thoroughly in his cups) embraced the chief guest of the day w... ...ows, even if God shall have denied you brains, and you should fail in your studies. Also, do not consort overmuch with your comrades, for they will do... ...that even the youngest present absorbed its essential el- ements. Also, of studies he selected none but those which 244 Dead Souls may help a boy to ... ...lace chambering and wantonness. Also, certain changes in the curriculum of studies came about, for there were engaged new teachers who held new views ...

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Smallholder Dairying in the Tropics

By: Lindsay Falvey & Charan Chantalakhana

...ercent increase! The expected increase in per capita consumption is from 38 to 62 kg/person. The triple effects of population increase, income growth and urbanisation will fuel this tremendous growth in demand. Milk provides quality protein and essential micronutrients needed for nutrient balance in marginal diets based on staple grain and root crops. The production of ...

...nternational dairy markets Conclusions Suggested reading Chapter 2: Dairy production systems in the tropics P. N. de Leeuw, A. Omore, S. Staal and W. Thorpe Global overview of tropical dairy production Sub-Saharan Africa Asia Central and South America Dairy production systems in sub-Saharan Africa Dairy production systems in Asia Dairy production systems in...

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The 9/11 Commission Report Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

By: Thomas H. Kean

...SSION REPORT Final FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:25 PM Page i List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii–xiv Preface xv 1. “WE... ...2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988–1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War o... ...orism to the New: The First World Trade Center Bombing 71 3.2 Adaptation—and Nonadaptation— ...in the Law Enforcement Community 73 3.3 . . . and i... ... generate satisfying jobs. Millions, pursuing secular as well as religious studies, were products of edu- cational systems that generally devoted litt... ... Saudi Arabia. By some accounts, he had been interested there in religious studies, inspired by tape recordings of fiery sermons by Abdullah Azzam, a ... ...es or universities offered programs in Middle Eastern languages or Islamic studies.The total number of undergraduate degrees granted in Arabic in all ... ...l as of Bin Ladin’s smaller, adjacent camp. 152 Because this was not in an urban area, mis- siles launched against it would have less risk of causing ... ...sity with a degree in architectural engineering in 1990, Atta worked as an urban planner in Cairo for a couple of years. In the fall of 1991, he asked... ...- agement Agency (FEMA) was called and asked to send at least five federal Urban Search and Rescue Teams (such teams are located throughout the United...

...Excerpt: We present the narrative of this report and the recommendations that flow from it to the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the American people for their consideration. Ten Commissioners--five Republicans and five Democrats chosen by el...

...CONTENTS List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii?xiv Preface xv 1. ?WE HAVE SOME PLANES? 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORI...

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