Based on detailed archival research and site visits, Scarred Landscapes is the first environmental history of Vichy France. From mountains and marshlands to foresters and resisters, it examines the intricate and often surprising connections between war, history, and the 'natural' environment during these turbulent years.

This exciting new textbook examines the concepts of evolution as the underlying cause of the rich diversity of life on earth-and our danger of losing that rich diversity. Written as a college textbook, The Diversity and Evolution of Plants introduces the great variety of life during past ages, manifested by the fossil record, using a new natural classification system. It begins in the Proterozoic Era, when bacteria and bluegreen algae first appeared, and continues through the explosions of new marine forms in the Helikian and Hadrynian Periods, land plants in the Devonian, and flowering plants in the Cretaceous. Following an introduction, the three subkingdoms of plants are discussed. Each chapter covers one of the eleven divisions of plants and begins with an interesting vignette of a plant typical of that division. A section on each of the classes within the division follows. Each section describes where the groups of plants are found and their distinguishing features. Discussions in each section include phylogeny and classification, general morphology, and physiology, ecological significance, economic uses, and potential for research. Suggested readings and student exercises are found at the end of each chapter.

Based on detailed archival research and site visits, Scarred Landscapes is the first environmental history of Vichy France. From mountains and marshlands to foresters and resisters, it examines the intricate and often surprising connections between war, history, and the 'natural' environment during these turbulent years.

Focusing on how the actual practice of international trade departs from theory, this timely and practical book introduces readers to the global economic environment from the point of view of U.S. trade policy and practices. The book also presents a fascinating account of how U.S. trade policy has evolved over the years.

The people of the world find themselves at a time when we all face a twin path future, one pathway is obvious as it is the pathway we are treading right now. The second pathway is unrecognisable in comparison to that which we currently tread as it is full of positives and an abundance we can only dream of. Why don't you know of this second positive route for mankind? because it is being hidden from us by the people we wrongly place trust in. As hard as you may find this to believe, the book proves this to be so - we are all being robbed of the life we should be living. The comment that best describes this scenario is "we do not know the real world." Life for the majority of people is disintegrating as world economies nose dive, wars/fighting breakout across the globe which naturally smashes our morale to pieces. For those who must be wondering what is going on? here are your answers all wrapped up in one sensible and easy to understand book. This book is a collection of the thoughts and proof of experts in several fields of knowledge. The book is littered with surprises and many shocks as the truth of what is really going on in our world is laid bare. This book is aimed solely at the "everyday person in the street" as they have been ignored by most writers, even though it is this section of the public with most to lose as our world descends into chaos. We are informed that the worst is behind us, yet I will set out to prove we are actually in "the calm before the storm." Why are we headed to collapse when we should be entering the most productive and positive time in mankind's history? you will find out and you will most likely not be happy at the glaring conclusions. Is the book based on conspiracy theories? absolutely not as while I can believe conspiracies they do not give enough substance for my personal comfort. The details of this book are based with links to what amounts to oceans of evidence. If the reader seeks to find out what is taking place in our world that is hidden - here is the the book to achieve this. Remember, we have waiting for us a great future should we awaken from the fraud of life

Today's warfighter is inundated with data from numerous Command, Control, Communications and Computers and Intelligence systems. Integration of these systems is desirable, yet integration results in a static solution to a dynamic problem-by the time a global schema can be devised, it's out of date. Automating schema integration will mitigate this problem, but data model disparity must be addressed via translation to a common data model prior to integration. To address this requirement, this thesis presents an improved, relational to object-oriented schema translation algorithm, which is derived from a base algorithm proposed by another research effort. The improved algorithm incorporates many benefits over the base algorithm, including increased automation, semantic equivalence assurance via tracing key migrations, and decreased inter-entity association redundancy. The improved algorithm is implemented in a highly automated schema translation application, which is demonstrated against a sample schema and validated on another schema from am operational course scheduling system. Given a relational schema, the application provides an initial object-oriented translation and retranslates when schema change is detected.

The National Security Adviser should be institutionalized by Congress, and given guidance on the roles and functions he should play in the national security decision making process. There is no basis for the Adviser's position in the National Security Act, which codified the National Security Council (NSC). What's more, the original framers of the NSC had intended the NSC, not a "Presidential Assistant" to be the President's primary advisory body on the integration of domestic, foreign, and military policies relating to national security. When President Eisenhower appointed Gordon Gray as his special assistant, he established a position that would eventually compete with, then overshadow the advice of NSC principals. The National Security Adviser has three major roles to play in the national security decision making process: "honest broker" custodian-manager of the policy making process, and vicar of strategy. These are important roles he must play.

Title: The poor white, or, The rebel conscript.Author: Emily C PearsonPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP02664200CollectionID: CTRG98-B2195PublicationDate: 18640101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Collation: 320 p., 2] leaves of plates: ill.; 18 cm

Churyk, Weirich, and Pearson's "Mastering the Codification and eIFRS: A Case Approach" is a new accounting book that focuses on teaching students how to use the FASB Codification and the IASB e-IFRS research databases. This is a perfect companion for an Intermediate Accounting, Accounting Research, or Advanced Accounting course, where research skills are integrated in the curriculum.

In today's environment, professional accountants conducting financial accounting research will be utilizing some type of electronic research database. Understanding how to use the FASB Codification system is becoming more crucial to a student's success on the CPA exam and their success in the profession. Throughout the text, the authors use cases to step students through the fundamentals of how to conduct research at the professional level.