Learn to read and speak Paleo Hebrew by following along with the Torah. Here for the very first time is the Paleo Hebrew Torah and how to pronounce the Hebrew with Lashawam Qadash, the (Holy) tongue. Also included is the Modern Hebrew to follow along in this fourth edition.

The Yasha Ahayah Bible Scriptures Aleph Tav (YASAT) coming out of Babylon is an English version following the Antioch (Protestant) WORD of the 1769 King James Bible (KJV), the Textus Receptus, Peshitta and the Jewish Aleppo Codex.

Did you know in every Bible translation including the KJV that our Heavenly Father's personal name Ahayah has been taken out and replaced with titles and even names of pagan deities more than 10,000 times? The YASAT is designed for those looking to read the word as it was meant to be, by coming out of Babylon which worshipped foreign Gods. Giving glory to Ahayah and not pagan gods, like Lord, God, Elohim, EL, Jehovah and Jesus to name a few. This scripture also replaces "Law" with "Torah Law," as the law was given to Moses on the temple mount and many confuse the LAW with the pagan laws found in society.

First full-scale account of the medieval realm of Powys. Powys, extending over north-east and central Wales, was one of three great medieval Welsh polities, along with Gwynedd to the north and Deheubarth (south-west), occupying nearly a quarter of the country. However, it has been somewhat neglected by historians, who have tended to dismiss it as a satellite realm of England, and viewed its leaders as obstacles to the efforts of Gwynedd leaders to construct a principality of Wales. This book provides the first full, authoritative history of Powys in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. It argues in particular that the Powysian rulers were dogged and resourceful survivors in the face of pressure from Welsh rivals and the problems ofinternal fragmentation; and that, paradoxically, co-operation with the English and intermarriage with marcher families underlay a desire to regain lands to the east lost in earlier centuries. Dr David Stephenson is anHonorary Research Fellow in the School of History, Welsh History and Archaeology, Bangor University.

The world's water resources are being tapped at an ever increasing rate, to the extent that sustainability and water quality are being compromised. This book provides accounts of the technology used for managing water resources to reduce risks. Besides controlling floods, overcoming droughts and reducing pollution, the reader will learn to plan and maintain hydraulic structures, and to appreciate the diverse demands on water, including those of the environment. The topics considered include hydrology and assessment of water resources; drought management and flood management tools; and the interaction between land use and water resources, including surface runoff, groundwater and water quality. The second half of the book focuses on water use, demand management and the infrastructure required to manage water. Consideration is also given to the tools needed for planning, including economics and computer modelling. This book is aimed at a postgraduate level, suitable for students in water engineering and science. It will also serve as a reference for practitioners concerned with water resources and water supply.

This is the first full-length study of a Welsh family of the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries who were not drawn from the princely class. Though they were of obscure and modest origins, the patronage of great lords of the March - such as the Mortimers of Wigmore or the de Bohun earls of Hereford - helped them to become prominent in Wales and the March, and increasingly in England. They helped to bring down anyone opposed by their patrons - like Llywelyn, prince of Wales in the thirteenth century, or Edward II in the 1320s. In the process, they sometimes faced great danger but they contrived to prosper, and unusually for Welshmen one branch became Marcher lords themselves. Another was prominent in Welsh and English government, becoming diplomats and courtiers of English kings, and over some five generations many achieved knighthood. Their fascinating careers perhaps hint at a more open society than is sometimes envisaged.

After outlining conventional accounts of Wales in the High Middle Ages, this book moves to more radical approaches to its subject. Rather than discussing the emergence of the March of Wales from the usual perspective of the 'intrusive' marcher lords, for instance, it is considered from a Welsh standpoint explaining the lure of the March to Welsh princes and its contribution to the fall of the native principality of Wales. Analysis of the achievements of the princes of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries focuses on the paradoxical process by which increasingly sophisticated political structures and a changing political culture supported an autonomous native principality, but also facilitated eventual assimilation of much of Wales into an English 'empire'. The Edwardian conquest is examined and it is argued that, alongside the resultant hardship and oppression suffered by many, the rising class of Welsh administrators and community leaders who were essential to the governance of Wales enjoyed an age of opportunity. This is a book that introduces the reader to the celebrated and the less well-known men and women who shaped medieval Wales.

The latest collection of articles on Anglo-Norman topics, with a particular focus on Wales. The 2007 conference on Anglo-Norman Studies, the thirtieth in the annual series, was held in Wales, and there is a Welsh flavour to the proceedings now published. Five of the thirteen papers cover Welsh topics in the long twelfthcentury: Church reform, political culture, the supposed resurgence of Powys as a political entity, and interpreter families in the Marches, besides a broad and compelling historiographical survey of the place of the Normans in Welsh history. Twelfth-century England is represented by papers on chivalry and kingship [in literature and life], the Evesham surveys, lay charters, and Henry of Blois and the arts. Essays which focus on the southern Italian city ofTrani and on the crusader history of Ralph of Caen explore wider Norman identities. Finally, there are two broad surveys contextualizing the Anglo-Norman experience: on the careers of the clergy and on how warriors were identified before heraldry. CONTRIBUTORS: HUW PRYCE, LAURA ASHE, JULIA BARROW, HOWARD B. CLARKE, JOHN REUBEN DAVIES, JUDITH EVERARD, NATASHA HODGSON, CHARLES INSLEY, ROBERT JONES, PAUL OLDFIELD, DAVID STEPHENSON, FREDERICK SUPPE,JEFFREY WEST.

Big Data and data science have become game-changers in the modern business world, but what are they and how can you practically use them to improve performance and results? Big Data Demystified will help you use big data and data science to your advantage: better understand your market, build better products, know your customer and improve your financial results.

- Hot topic – Everyone knows ‘big data’ but not what do with it. This book explains the concepts and gives practical steps on how the reader can make the knowledge useful.

- Case studies – Examples from real businesses on how big data transformed their results.

- Dip in/out – Part 2 contains chapters for each part of the business so you can focus on the right stuff.

- Expert author – David Stephenson is a big data expert

Big Data Demystified explains the fundamental concepts behind Big Data with examples of how businesses across a range of sectors are experiencing tremendous performance boosts and seizing competitive advantage. It shows you how to build better products, know your customer and improve your results quickly and efficiently. Big data and data science are big topics, but based on simple principles. Once you know and understand these principles, you will be amazed at how you can transform your business. Find out how an airline reduced delayed arrivals by 25%, a global packaged-goods company increased annual profits by tens of millions of dollars, and a pharmaceuticals

There are patterns in Nature which, although we can't see them, we know are there. Each of us is similarly a pattern, designed to correspond to the bigger picture. Becoming who we are must be a journey into the unknown ... into a pattern that is there, but hasn't happened yet.

You cannot separate Russians from their vodka or vodka from Russia. For over 600 years, this proud Slavic culture has - for good or ill - been inextricably bound up with their national drink. This has been expressed in literature, song, politics, history and every aspect of popular culture. In this comprehensive, quixotic and addictive book, Edwin Trommelen explores all facets of the Russian obsession with vodka. Peering chiefly through the lenses of history and literature, Trommelen offers up an appropriately complex and rich portrait. In addition, most all of the hundreds of wonderful quotes from literature, theater and poetry are presented in both their Russian original and English translation, making this also a useful guide to improving one's Russian through the lens of this ancient drink.

The Complete F&I Reference Book is still the only available 'handbook' on how to do the job of Finance and Insurance manager. Twenty years ago, this manual was found on the bookshelves of hundreds of dealerships across the country and used by F&I training programs everywhere, including Northwood University. Since then, the car business has changed. Whole technologies, like the fax machine, have come and gone. Elite sales talent, which often found a home in high-end car sales, has moved on for the most part. Instruction in the business these days seems to be more about Compliance than it is about how to sell. The F&I manager's job has always been that challenging combination of compliance and sales. This book covers both comprehensively. The guidelines on how to do this complicated job successfully haven't really changed, even though some laws and taxes may be different. The 'old school' approach ... people buy from people they like ... is always at the heart of successful selling. This has always come naturally to the most talented salespeople. Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) grew out of the study of these most successful people ... what is it that they do, often without being fully aware of it, that engages the other person so fully? NLP brings those characteristics and those habits to light, so that we can copy the behavior and obtain similar results. Dave Stephenson started as an F&I manager in a Toyota dealership in 1979. During the heyday of Silicon Valley in the 80's, Dave was the F&I director at one of the country's leading Mercedes-Benz dealerships, right in the middle of it all. After publishing this book twenty years ago, Stephenson traveled the country doing seminars for a couple of years, before joining a start-up based in Virginia, The Automark Group. When Automark was sold in 2000, first to Half-A-Car and then to Reynolds and Reynolds, Dave went back into the business for a couple of years at Beverly Hills Mercedes-Benz as Director of Marketing, helping to prepare the store for sale by Jardine Matheson. For the last few years, Stephenson has been a professional sports photographer in the Bay area. He recently moved into the redwoods by the Russian River. This book was reprinted by popular request.

Rugby Stories...and other misadventures was incredibly enjoyable. I'm a bit of a history buff and the one area of American rugby history I always wanted to know more about was the period in the 1960s and 70s, when the Eagles were just formulating. The generation of players that came of age during that period is only getting old and some of the stories from that time are getting lost. The greatest triumph of "Rugby Stories" is that it preserves that part of history for future generations. Written by former Eagle, UCLA, and Santa Monica player Dave Stephenson, "Rugby Stories" offers a unique take on a crucial period in U.S. rugby history. Stephenson's writing style is like his play on the field, solid with a touch of bravado. He tells the story of his emergence as a school player in England, to immigrant in Los Angeles where he finds rugby once again. Stephenson has an interesting life that in and of itself is well worth a story and when you throw in rugby, it makes a great combination. The inside knowledge Stephenson provides of the early Eagles is invaluable. It was a different time back then, and while things didn't always run smoothly, the passion that all of those involved had was impressive. If there is one disappointment, it's that Stephenson isn't around for years and years with the team, but that's something you'll have to read about in the book. It's more than just the early history of the Eagles that makes "Rugby Stories" valuable for the American rugby fans, it's the early history of UCLA and Santa Monica as well. Stephenson was part of Dennis Storer's legendary Bruins squads that challenged for the World Cup with Cal and UBC, as well as in the Monterey Tournament, the unofficial national championship at the time. He was also a founding member of Santa Monica Rugby Club. This is a crucial part of American rugby history and that should make "Rugby Stories" a crucial part of your rugby book collection. I can't recommend this book highly enough. I learned so much about American rugby history that I couldn't find anywhere else. ThisisAmericanrugby.com

Data is compiled from every aspect of our lives. Yet, for too long, policies and technical obstacles kept you and me from access to it. Now, data can be shared instantly as it is gathered, but too many still act as if the old rules of data scarcity still prevail. When data"is" made available to all who need it and on a real-time basis, it becomes valuable information. How valuable? Think how the U.S.'s decision to allow free access to Global Positioning System data started a global location- based services industry creating billions of dollars of wealth and transforming our lives. "Data Dynamite" shows how a combination of proven tools let us "tag" data with information that is permanently attached to it, then lets the data be transmitted instantly wherever we insert those same tags. It describes new tools that let us analyze data collaboratively and visualizations that make it come alive. The book shows how the results of these steps can transform every aspect of our lives: Companies can streamline their supply chains, make better internal decisions, and even involve the public in finding creative new ways to profit from their data. Government can be leaner, regulations streamlined, yet actually do a better job protecting us. One expert says if such a system had been in effect in the mortgage industry, the global economic Great Recession could have been avoided. You and I can reduce our environmental impacts, simplify our lives, and even take charge of our health care by sharing data that we generate ourselves using smartphones and other devices. "Data Dynamite" shows how a District of Columbia agency gives us a preview of what life will be like when data is available to all who need it and organizations become data-centric. Other examples detailed in the book include a hospital that has improved patient care, especially in life-or-death emergency situations, by creating unified online patient records; and a system that allows first responders and other officials to access a wide range of real-time information in a disaster or terror attack. Another life-or-death example allows patients with a wide variety of life-threatening diseases to share information about their conditions to speed development of cures. Another example describes "Internet of Things" pill bottle cap that automatically reminds your mother to take her pills, while also automatically notifying the doctor when she actually takes them. Still another tells how a Mexican company in the behind-the-times construction industry shames high-tech companies with its real-time communications sharing and decision making. Martin Luther unleashed the printed word by translating the Bible into German so priests were no longer needed as intermediaries, and allowed wide public access by printing it instead of having it copied by monks. "Data Dynamite" will do the same for data, unleashing its power by giving everyone access using the Internet. "Data Dynamite" delivers on its promise, showing how free, real-time data really is "dynamite," just waiting for us to show the vision and determination to make it available. When we do share it, it will blow away our old sense of limits and create a new reality of unprecedented opportunity.