In The Facets

In the Facets, is an actionpacked, romantic adventure featuring: Saul, the worlds premier sapphire gemstone cutter, and his faithful companion, Prince, a rascally sarcastic Doberman Pincer, hired by Tiffanys House of Fine Jewels in NYC to facet the last natural Blue Sapphire gemstone. Saul begins faceting inside a specially built vault at Tiffanys when he is interrupted by Somalian Pirates who steal the gems and kidnap Saul and the gang. They awake marooned half way around the world in another hemisphere floating helplessly aboard a decommissioned supertanker. Fortunately, two in the gang are retired US military including a Navy Seal and a Green Beret. Both use their expert skills and training and save the gang from certain death. Meanwhile, in Cartiers board room in Paris, as Remi attempts to market his newly acquired sapphires, the gemstones catch the light and flash an SOS onto the wall behind him. Cartiers executives recognize Sauls plea, and aided by a king, Saul and the gang are rescued. Prince and Lady, a beautiful blond King Charles Spaniel, who belongs to Andrew, the CEO of Tiffanys go on their first date where they fall in love under romantic Parisian lights.

The present book assesses the multifaceted phenomenon of revenge and tries to open a hatch to the human comprehension of vengeance, its roots, role and functions in philosophy, history, societies and literature. It introduces studies as they were presented at the Inter-Disciplinary.Net's 2nd Global Conference on Revenge.

Each volume comprises one or more monographs, many of which are issued also as separates.

This book has a rather strange history. It began in Spring 1989, thirteen years after our Systems Science Department at SUNY -Binghamton was established, when I was asked by a group of students in our doctoral program to have a meeting with them. The spokesman of the group, Cliff Joslyn, opened our meeting by stating its purpose. I can closely paraphrase what he said: "We called this meeting to discuss with you, as Chairman of the Department, a fundamental problem with our systems science curriculum. In general, we consider it a good curriculum: we learn a lot of concepts, principles, and methodological tools, mathematical, computational, heuristic, which are fundamental to understanding and dealing with systems. And, yet, we learn virtually nothing about systems science itself. What is systems science? What are its historical roots? What are its aims? Where does it stand and where is it likely to go? These are pressing questions to us. After all, aren't we supposed to carry the systems science flag after we graduate from this program? We feel that a broad introductory course to systems science is urgently needed in the curriculum. Do you agree with this assessment?" The answer was obvious and, yet, not easy to give: "I agree, of course, but I do not see how the situation could be alleviated in the foreseeable future.

This volume offers a detailed study of six exceptional rockshelter sites from the inland Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Consisting of 18 chapters, it is rich with colour photographs, illustrations, and figures, including high-resolution images of the rockshelter sites, excavations, stratigraphic sections, cultural features, and artefacts.

Three Facets of Public Health and Paths to Improvements provides an overview on how specific indicators like the environment, culture and behavior play a role in developing improved outcomes for public health in local, regional, national and global health policy and concerns. Divided into three sections, the book examines the impact of the environment and social determinants on public health. It also illustrates the interrelation of these facets as predictors of public health, explores their institutional, organizational and individual impacts, and considers the way multiple stakeholders must engage to improve conditions that impact health. The book utilizes various research methods, including fundamental, systematics, qualitative and quantitative. Readers can use the information to inform future research and better understand an existing health problem and outcomes. Offers a multisectoral (MSA) approach to understanding environmental, behavioral and social facets of public health Includes an expert analysis (e.g., qualitative, quantitative) approach in relation to policy and existing problems Combines an analytic approach with educational presentation to engage diverse readership