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Dreamworlds is the story of the conflict, arising from their irreconcilably different views of life, between an unhappily married pair. Sophie Jacoby tries to escape from the sterile reality in which she feels she lives by engaging in a series of love affairs and by fleeing abroad, while Edward Jacoby tries to realize his dreams of wealth and to achieve some understanding of himself by an exaggerated embrace of his business and by an equally e...

Originally compiled in 1941, this republication retains its cast of colorful characters--ranging from pirates and smugglers to merchants and public officials--and includes new historical information and updated material.

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As the Department of Defense continues development of the future warrior system, the difficulty of moving rapidly from design to manufacturing for complex technologies is becoming a major concern. In particular, there are communication gaps between design and manufacturing that hinder rapid development of new products important for these future military developments. To help address those concerns, DOD asked the NRC to develop a framework for ...

Started in 1974, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) was designed to meet the special nutritional needs of low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, or postpartum women, infants, and children up to 5 years of age who have at least one nutritional risk factor. The WIC Program provides three main benefits: supplemental foods, nutrition education, and referrals to health and social services. Since the incep...

From the Executive Summary: There are some concerns that the current Corps planning and construction budget has not kept pace with expanding national water management needs for flood hazard management, water transportation, and other purposes. At the same time, others question the wisdom of and budgetary prospects for the continuation of a traditional water project construction program. Debates about water use and funding priorities now extend...

To guide mission planning, military decision makers need information on the health risks of potential exposures to individual soldiers and their potential impact on mission operations. To help with the assessment of chemical hazards, the U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine developed three technical guides for characterizing chemicals in terms of their risks to the mission and to the health of the force. The report rev...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) has played a large and important role in shaping water resources systems in the United States since Congress first tasked it in 1824 to improve navigation on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Since then, rivers have been modified for navigation and flood control, harbors have been dredged for shipping, and coastlines are routinely fortified against erosion and beach loss. Recent decades have seen an ...

Globalization?the flow of people, goods, services, capital, and technology across international borders?is significantly impacting the chemistry and chemical engineering professions. Chemical companies are seeking new ideas, a trained workforce, and new market opportunities regardless of geographic location. During an October 2003 workshop, leaders in chemistry and chemical engineering from industry, academia, government, and private funding o...

Analytical Methods and Approaches for Water Resources Project Planningis part of a larger study that was conducted in response to a request from the U.S. Congress in the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 for the National Academy of Sciences to review the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's peer review methods and analytical approaches. This report reviews the Corps' analytical procedures and planning methods, largely in the context of the fede...

Shortly after the events of September 11, 2001, the U.S. Army asked the National Research Council (NRC) for a series of reports on how science and technology could assist the Army meet its Homeland defense obligations. The first report, Science and Technology for Army Homeland Security?Report 1, presented a survey of a road range of technologies and recommended applying Future Force technologies to homeland security wherever possible. In parti...

The report outlines key elements to consider in designing a program to create climate-quality data from satellites. It examines historical attempts to create climate data records, provides advice on steps for generating, re-analyzing, and storing satellite climate data, and discusses the importance of partnering between agencies, academia, and industry. NOAA will use this report--the first in a two-part study--to draft an implementation plan f...

Peer review is a method used to inform decision-making by engaging experts in a critical evaluation of the merits of a product or proposal. It is most commonly known as a mechanism for judging the quality of proposals for research funding, or manuscripts submitted for publication in academic journals. It is at once a tool with which scientific judgment is formalized and decisions about the allocation of scarce public resources are legitimized....

U.S. naval forces must be prepared to respond to a broad array of threats. Of increasing importance are those from chemical and biological warfare (CW and BW). To help review its current state of preparedness, the Chief of Naval Operations asked the National Research Council (NRC) to assess the U.S. Navy's defense capabilities against CW and BW threats. In particular to what extent are they being developed to enable naval forces to sense and a...

The war as seen through the eyes of a helicopter crew member. What it was like to be on the work horse of the Vietnam War.

Prisma B2 - Avanza - CD Prisma es un curso de español estructurado según los niveles del Marco común europeo de referencia que aúna diferentes tendencias metodológicas desde una perspectiva comunicativa y que persigue atender a la diversidad de discentes y docentes. Destinado a alumnos del nivel intermedio-alto, correspondiente al nivel B2 (usuario independiente). Es el material más usado en los diferentes cursos de español para extranjeros de...

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10 collectible color postcards, reproduced from actual early twentieth century postcards of Cowgirls are bound together in this charming book. The cards are perforated for easy removal from the book and are perfect for mailing greetings to family and friends.

Go back to a time of innocence and read about this Canadian French family that lived through the Great Depression with too many kids and an alcoholic father. Meet Memere Larose who helped to keep the family fed and told fortunes by tea leaves. Read of the humor and practical jokes that were sustaining factors in their survival. Picture some of the characters that were part of the ''Society'' in the little town of Blackstone, i.e.: Lukie and Bi...

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