A range of electronic corpora has become increasingly accessible via the WWW and CD-ROM. This development coincided with improvements in the standards governing the collecting, encoding and archiving of such data. Less attention, however, has been paid to making other types of digital data available. This is especially true of that which one might describe as 'unconventional', namely, the fragmentary texts and voices left to us as accidents of history. This book is a first step toward developing similar standards for enriching and preserving these neglected resources.

A range of electronic corpora has become increasingly accessible via the WWW and CD-ROM. This development coincided with improvements in the standards governing the collecting, encoding and archiving of such data. Less attention, however, has been paid to making other types of digital data available. This is especially true of that which one might describe as 'unconventional', namely, dialects, child language and bilingual databases. This book is a first step toward developing similar standards for enriching and preserving these neglected resources.

This book brings together contributions from global experts who have helped to facilitate the exciting and rapid advances that are taking place in microbial metabolomics. The main application of this field is in clinical and veterinary microbiology, but there is a great potential to apply metabolomics to help to better understand complex biological systems that are dominated by multiple-species microbial populations exposed to changing growth and nutritional conditions. In particular, environmental (e.g., water, soil), food (e.g., microbial spoilage, food pathogens), and agricultural and industrial applications are seen as developing areas for microbial metabolomics. As such, the book includes contributions with clinical, environmental, and industrial perspectives.

This book brings together contributions from global experts who have helped to facilitate the exciting and rapid advances that are taking place in microbial metabolomics. The main application of this field is in clinical and veterinary microbiology, but there is a great potential to apply metabolomics to help to better understand complex biological systems that are dominated by multiple-species microbial populations exposed to changing growth and nutritional conditions. In particular, environmental (e.g., water, soil), food (e.g., microbial spoilage, food pathogens), and agricultural and industrial applications are seen as developing areas for microbial metabolomics. As such, the book includes contributions with clinical, environmental, and industrial perspectives.

A range of electronic corpora has become accessible via the WWW and CD-ROM. This coincides with improvements in standards governing the collecting, encoding and archiving of such data. This book develops similar standards for enriching and preserving 'unconventional' data': the fragmentary texts and voices left to us as accidents of history.

A range of electronic corpora is increasingly accessible via the WWW and CD-ROM. This development coincided with improved standards governing the collecting, encoding and archiving of such data. This book looks at developing similar standards for enriching and preserving unconventional data: dialects, child language and bilingual databases.

Taree's memories and dreams invoke an image of a woman who smiles down at her. Is this just her own mind's creation as it reaches out for comfort and security? Or is this woman someone from the past that Taree just can't seem to remember? Explore Taree's world as she grows into a woman who triumphs over fear and discovers friendship and love.

While conducting research on their own families in early Illinois newspapers, Mrs. Beals and Mrs. Kirchner realized that others could benefit from the wealth of genealogical material they had discovered. This volume is the result of their continuing efforts to make this valuable information on Illinois families available to fellow researchers and historians. The deaths and related items included here are abstracted from the articles and notices appearing in The Camp Point Journal and dated between the years 1873 and 1882. Records are listed alphabetically by the name of the principal subject in each entry. The entries themselves are often rich in interesting information about the deceased, their family members, or others who were in some way connected to the deceased. Many entries include the names of spouses, children, parents, other relatives, friends, physicians, pastors, and often those who discovered the body of the deceased. Supplemental information on the circumstances surrounding the death are usually included. In cases of murder, the perpetrator is often named as well.

Integrated Architectures and Network Centric Warfare represent two central concepts in DoD's on-going transformation. The true power of integrated architectures is brought to bear when they are combined with simulation to move beyond a static representation and create an executable architecture. This architecture can then be used to experiment with system configurations and parameter values to guide employment decisions. This thesis applies the methodology of Dr. Alexander Levis, former Chief Scientist of the Air Force, to the static architecture representing the Aerospace Operations Center (AOC). Using Colored Petri Nets and other simulation tools, an executable architecture for the AOC's Air Tasking Order (ATO) production thread was developed.

"The Crow Scare" introduces a young, accomplished kindergarten teacher who lives a quiet, satisfying life with her prize beagle. Although actually quite attractive, her indifference toward fashion and appearance often defines her as a woman of average beauty, a label she is only too happy to wear. When she receives an anonymous Halloween card, a gift bearing homemade candy also materializes on her porch. A friend, convinced that the gift holds malice, calls the police and an investigation then ensues. As her quiet, monotonous life is laid open, she is compelled to face repressed memories from the past--memories that have unwittingly secluded her from genuinely enjoying her present and which preclude her from planning a truly gratifying future. As new people are introduced into her life, the teacher, whose goal it is to help caterpillars to become butterflies, eventually understands that she, herself, has refused to leave the cocoon.

Odious Initiation is a chiaroscuro collection of poetry inspired by the author's observation of spiritual abuse as it took place in both the virtual and physical worlds around her.

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"The Uninvited" explores the effects of spiritual abuse. As Margaret Zeiler clings to cherished memories from her past, she finds herself wrestling with a growing uneasiness. Willing to make many sacrifices, she chooses to ignore that she often remembers things differently from the others that she works with. But soon she begins to doubt her very essence. When spiritual unity involves deception, tensions increase and her role as an outsider escalates. Her troubling dreams become her lifeline: sometimes the "struggle is not against flesh and blood" (Ephesians 6:12).

This is a schoolteacher's personal account of living with multiple sclerosis. It is a timely, witty source of valuable information. The book points out how one lives with a degenerating disease and continues to smile in a positive and encouraging way.