Alien Neighbours

Between the early 1900s and the late 1950s, the attitudes of white Californians toward their Asian American neighbors evolved from outright hostility to relative acceptance. Charlotte Brooks examines this transformation through the lens of California’s urban housing markets, arguing that the perceived foreignness of Asian Americans, which initially stranded them in segregated areas, eventually facilitated their integration into neighborhoods that rejected other minorities. Against the backdrop of cold war efforts to win Asian hearts and minds, whites who saw little difference between Asians and Asian Americans increasingly advocated the latter group’s access to middle-class life and the residential areas that went with it. But as they transformed Asian Americans into a “model minority,” whites purposefully ignored the long backstory of Chinese and Japanese Americans’ early and largely failed attempts to participate in public and private housing programs. As Brooks tells this multifaceted story, she draws on a broad range of sources in multiple languages, giving voice to an array of community leaders, journalists, activists, and homeowners—and insightfully conveying the complexity of racialized housing in a multiracial society.

This study, first published in 1986, examines the evolution and application of the policies of wartime governments designed to deal with the danger to national security thought to be posed by enemy alien residents, and considers the social and political forces which helped shape these policies. The scope of the powers assumed by the authorities to regulate the entry, departure, movement, employment, business activities and many other facets of the lives of aliens were unprecedented in war or peace. This book will be of interest to students of history.

Plant adaptation is a fundamental process in plant breeding. It was the first criterion in the initial domestication of plants thousands of years ago. Adaptedness is generally a quantitative complex feature of the plant, involving many traits, many of which are quantitative. Adaptation to stresses like cold, drought or diseases are among the most central problems in a world grappling with global food security. Modern plant breeding, based on mendelian genetics, has made plant improvement more effective and more precise and selective. Molecular genetics and genetic engineering has considerably increased this selectivity down to single genes affecting single traits. The time has come when plant breeding efficiency may cause loss of genetic resources and adaptation. In these proceedings an effort is made to merge modern plant breeding efficiency with ecological aspects of plant breeding, reflected in adaptation. It is hoped that this merger results in more sustainable use of genetic resources and physical environments. The book is based on 10 keynotes addressing a wide spectrum of themes related to adaptation. In addition each subject is further elaborated in up to three case studies on particular plant species or groups of plants. The keynotes do in fact overlap to some degree and there are articles in this volume that seemingly contradict each other, a common aspect in advanced fields of research. The keen reader may conclude that, in a world where climates and environments are under continuous change and where human society is more and more polarized into a developed and a developing part, adaptation of our cultivated plants has different constraints on yields depending on ecology, and indeed economy.

Delivers a curriculum requirement or key topic so that less able readers can cover the same ground as their peers. This series offers a free teacher notes covering science and non-fiction skills that support teachers in making use of these resources. It has an interest level of 9 to 11 years and a reading age of 7 plus.

Nuclear scientist Tom, his brave, spunky 12-year-old daughter Stephanie, and kick-ass NASA mission commander Theresa join forces during a First Contact. Tom finds himself risking his career, custody of his daughter, and possibly his life, to save his new alien friend while attempting to prevent the annihilation of Earth. Star Trek collides with Armageddon in this human-alien friendship where an introverted human nerd and an alien college professor with an irrepressible sense of humor form an unlikely alliance in an effort to save both their worlds and, ultimately, each other. Stealing a spaceship and kidnapping an alien are not out of the question... ALIEN NEIGHBORS is a science fiction novel set in the near future. A high stakes, exciting adventure injected with humorous moments and a hint of romance, ALIEN NEIGHBORS also explores topics including nuclear fusion and clean energy. Broader themes of friendship, looking beyond appearances, and second chances are interwoven throughout the story. "In this promising debut, Nancy Golden weaves together a dynamic plot brimming with science and bubbling with humanity." --Kathleen Baldwin, best selling author of the Stranje House novels. "Alien Neighbors excites the scientifically-minded while touching our hearts with its warmth." --Amber Helt, Rooted in Writing

This book is most unorthodox research, covering the existence of aliens from an understanding of the dogmas of Freemasonry, (from the perspective of the author's real life experiences), and its esoteric teachings that date back to the times before Jesus Christ. It is the journey of the author's experiences that started in earnest after his profound experience in Vietnam. The book takes you on a journey of not only self-discovery but also answers questions as they are asked - in laymen's terms. Nowhere will you see fancy words, there is no need for them, the author writes as he speaks. His Masonic journey was to take a major detour as such because his curiosity was to take him into uncharted waters. We as individuals are but a drop in the ocean. You can not fathom the immensity of infinity, it must have a starting point. A point itself has shape and when shape dissolves it blends to the source whence it comes from. The oceans belong to matter, as thoughts belong to space. Herein you will find insight as to how and to what end the daily lives of countless generations are consciously controlled through religion and politics, war and the economy, esoteric, sacred and historic influences, aliens and their governments, the theory and application of conspiracy theories, the ongoing engineering of our environment but more importantly, how we are not alone through these many existences and who coordinates our `realities` which are the illusion supporting their agenda - the new world order! Herein you will find everything from SETI and all appertaining thereto, to the nature of Chemtrails phenomena and its less palatable applications, to the name of "Marduk" and Catholicism Truths, to the interesting prophecies of Baba Vanga, (the Balkan visionary who spoke of aliens back in the early 1930s, which was interesting as she was not an educated person, a blind peasant with the gift of prophecy, also, interestingly, she mentioned that Islam was to make its presence in Rome), and so on and so forth, in brief, a roller coaster ride awaits you. These are the truths the author, a foot-soldier of Steven M. Greer, invites you to partake in, that We all partake of the same source. All worlds' realities are based on the thoughts projected in its many guises. Whatever the individual wants to discover cannot be understood without the input of another being, that also includes the, quote `aliens`. Nothing exists outside the circle, for the circle is both macro-cosmic and micro-cosmic, both being connected, and that connection is you.

A Handbook of Islam is an abridged edition of the work The Religion of Islam, a renowned research work first published in 1936, with subsequent editions published till the present time. The Religion of Islam is a comprehensive book which divides its extensive treatment of Islam into three parts: (1) the sources of Islam, (2) the principles or doctrines of Islam, and (3) the practices of Islam relating to both the spiritual and the material aspects of human life. In this abridgment, discussions on the more advanced topics in The Religion of Islam have been omitted as being of interest only to scholars and researchers, and certain matters of detail have been condensed. The formatting design has been amended, using indented quotations and notes at ends of chapters, to make the book easier to read for the ordinary reader.

In 2503, the World Council re-elects Samuels as Director of Space Research. He is tasked with developing a reply to the message delivered by the alien robot Interface. After many stops and starts, the Directors decide to send a robot, Nuwoman, to track and follow Interface, who they believe is returning to his alien civilisation. The twenty-sixth century has seen rapid development in space technology and robotics. Habitats have been developed on the Moon and Mars, all in an attempt to set up ways to track the spaceships of both Interface and Nuwoman. However, Interface does not behave as expected. Instead of returning to his alien civilisation, he makes a detour. He lingers in the shadows of the Alpha Centauri triple star system, waiting for Nuwoman. Interface becomes infatuated with the development of Nuwoman. This incredible meeting of two like minds is both intellectual and romantic—and not at all what the Directors expected. Nevertheless Earth’s reply to the message from the neighbours is a success.