Noting how Jackie's celebrity and devotion to privacy have for years precluded a more serious treatment, Perry's story illuminates Kennedy's immeasurable impact on the institution of the first lady. Perry illustrates the complexities of Jacqueline Bouvier's marriage to John F. Kennedy, and shows how she transformed herself from a reluctant political wife to an effective, confident presidential partner. Perry is especially illuminating in tracing the first lady's mastery of political symbolism and imagery, along with her use of television and state entertainment to disseminate her work to a global audience.

First there was downtown. Then there were suburbs. Then there were malls. Then Americans launched the most sweeping change in 100 years in how they live, work, and play. The Edge City.

China’s westernmost province of Xinjiang has experienced escalating cycles of violence, interethnic strife, and state repression since the 1990s. In their search for the roots of these growing tensions, scholars have tended to focus on ethnic clashes and political disputes. In Natural Resources and the New Frontier, historian Judd C. Kinzley takes a different approach—one that works from the ground up to explore the infrastructural and material foundation of state power in the region. As Kinzley argues, Xinjiang’s role in producing various natural resources for regional powers has been an important but largely overlooked factor in fueling unrest. He carefully traces the buildup to this unstable situation over the course of the twentieth century by focusing on the shifting priorities of Chinese, Soviet, and provincial officials regarding the production of various resources, including gold, furs, and oil among others. Through his archival work, Kinzley offers a new way of viewing Xinjiang that will shape the conversation about this important region and offer a model for understanding the development of other frontier zones in China as well as across the global south.

What is The New Frontier? How can we access it and participate in what lies beyond? How can we get in touch with our many multidimensional aspects? Humanity is in the midst of transforming, and a new unity consciousness is emerging. In future history, this era may be viewed as an age of a monumental spiritual renaissance. Luminous humans are the midwives and way-showers who are unveiling the mysteries of the multiple realms of existence. The invisible worlds are being revealed. Now, anyone with a digital camera and an interest in spirit beings can learn to photograph the vast variety of life-forms that inhabit our space with us. The New Frontier demonstrates how to journey through the remarkable dimensional worlds to photograph and interact with spirit orbs, nature spirits, light beings, UFOs and extraterrestrials. Author Cedar Rivers extraordinary photographs of nature spirits - including gnomes, elves and fairies - prove beyond doubt that they are real. Her authentic photographs show other fascinating phenomena of the fi ner vibrational realms and a variety of visitors from these vastly different cultures. Descriptions of her personal journeys accompany the photographs and can open doors to your own discoveries. The New Frontier includes a guided meditation to deepen your understanding of the subtle realms of nature, and step-by-step techniques on how to photograph spirit beings. To see the photographs in colour please visit www.thenewfrontiermultidimensionality.com

There are few industries in today’s world as dynamic and dramatically changing as the space sector, with new ventures and initiatives being announced on a daily basis. As well as emerging countries improving their launching and manufacturing capabilities, private actors are beginning to join public bodies in the space race, and participating in what is frequently being referred to as the new space era. With fantastic opportunities arising for business and economics, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the space sector, exploring recent initiatives, and the most important areas of investment in the industry, including emerging fields of activities such as asteroid mining and space tourism. It also addresses traditional and non-traditional security issues in the sector, together with discussing their legal implications. This interdisciplinary book provides insights for practitioners and researchers alike, particularly those involved in technology and innovation management, emerging markets, international relations, and security studies.

Raised to despise all men, Ashley nonetheless has no choice but to marry when a twist of fate sends her to a planet that is mankind's last hope for survival. There the colonists one duty is to be fruitful and multiply. Ashley picks the one man she believes will release her from her unwilling vows. Warrior Garick doesn't have time or need for a wife--or does he?

The book deals with the most recent technology of distributed computing.As Internet continues to grow and provide practical connectivity between users of computers it has become possible to consider use of computing resources which are far apart and connected by Wide Area Networks.Instead of using only local computing power it has become practical to access computing resources widely distributed. In some cases between different countries in other cases between different continents.This idea of using computer power is similar to the well known electric power utility technology. Hence the name of this distributed computing technology is the Grid Computing.Initially grid computing was used by technologically advanced scientific users.They used grid computing to experiment with large scale problems which required high performance computing facilities and collaborative work.In the next stage of development the grid computing technology has become effective and economically attractive for large and medium size commercial companies.It is expected that eventually the grid computing style of providing computing power will become universal reaching every user in industry and business.* Written by academic and industrial experts who have developed or used grid computing* Many proposed solutions have been tested in real life applications* Covers most essential and technically relevant issues in grid computing