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Security is a major concern in an increasingly multimedia-defined universe where the Internet serves as an indispensable resource for information and entertainment. Digital Rights Management (DRM) is the technology by which network systems protect and provide access to critical and time-sensitive copyrighted material and/or personal information. This book equips savvy technology professionals and their aspiring collegiate protégés with the lat...

Current Trends in the Development and Teaching of the four Language Skills builds connections from theory in the four language skills to instructional practices. It comprises twenty-one chapters that are grouped in five sections. The first section includes an introductory chapter which presents a communicative competence framework developed by the editors in order to highlight the key role the four skills play in language learning and teaching...

This handbook is the third volume in a series of volumes devoted to self contained and up-to-date surveys in the tehory of ordinary differential equations, written by leading researchers in the area. All contributors have made an additional effort to achieve readability for mathematicians and scientists from other related fields so that the chapters have been made accessible to a wide audience.These ideas faithfully reflect the spirit of this ...

Subtitled, "The Salem Witch Trials & The Forming Of A Conscience".

The focus of this book is an exercise program which will teach you how to contract a specific muscle while lengthening it. This "eccentric contraction" (as explained in the book) will integrate the movement of a certain muscle with the surrounding joints and muscles in that area, in order to involve the whole body and to create harmonious movement. This program uses a Thera-Band ®, an elastic device that can prepare you for any activity. The e...

Dedicated to Hal Ball, this volume contains twelve chapters dealing with specially selected aspects of each contributor's current research in the ancient past of the Maya, Mesoamerica, or Central American peoples. It is a compilation of individual studies that reflects the present state of knowledge on a considerable range of subjects.

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I began writing letters to my identical twin grandsons, serving only to document the steps taken to obtain their legal custody. The memoirs became book length as the battles multiplied and the struggle proved to be the war of our lives. This is not a 'how to' manual, only one story from one of millions of families living the reality today. It is a narrative of determination and subsequent actions taken to prohibit our grandsons from being adde...

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Polly is caught between the prim-and-proper boarding school set she's grown-up with and the legendary legacy of the Pirate Queen that she never knew she was a part of! But which is the cruel, cold world and which is the care-free paradise? And does it even matter when there's a dashing pirate prince involved? Hoist the sails and batten the hatches on this brand new adventure!

Understanding U.S. Human Rights Policy" provides--beginning with the Nixon administration--a historical overview of the conflict/cooperation/paradoxes involved in the making and implementing of human rights policy. The book provides a thorough, administration by administration investigation of the interplay between human rights issues and foreign policy decision making. In doing so, the author demonstrates that the history of United States hum...

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As radiological residue, both naturally occurring and technologically driven, works its way through the ecosystem, we see its negative effects on the human population. This book provides the essential informative tool for understanding the environmental behavior of different radionuclides, their transfer through the ecosystem, subsequent concentrations in the raw food materials, an estimation of their human risks, and perspectives for transfer...

A behind-the-scenes, in-depth look at the making of one of the greatest sonic masterpieces and most commercially successful albums of all time. Over three decades after its release, Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side of the Moon' remains one of the most acclaimed albums of all time. Its sales total around 30 million copies worldwide. In its first run, it was in the US charts for a mind-boggling 724 weeks. This, however, is only a fraction of the stor...

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Schools with career exploration curricula, students who do career profiles, or districts with school-to-work programs will welcome this series...Highly recommended.

Written by experienced and accomplished leaders in the field, this critical work provides comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals, technologies, applications, and recent developments of polymeric foams. The authors first outline the basic principles and fundamental foaming mechanisms, covering thermodynamics, kinetics, and the basics of blowing agents and foam formation. Foaming technologies and product applications then become the focus, w...

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