Alliance has been a railroad center ever since the Burlington Railroad established the city in 1888 while pushing tracks into the vast, open regions of Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, and Montana. As a hub for trains carrying a variety of agricultural and mining products to market, Alliance became headquarters in 1902 for the large and geographically diverse area of Burlington train operations called the Alliance Division. For 86 years, the Alliance Division controlled much of t...

Flüchtlinge stellen derzeit und in absehbarer Zeit eine, wenn nicht die zentrale Herausforderung für Europa und die deutsche Gesellschaft dar. Das Buch bringt im Kontext der aktuellen Situation unterschiedliche Facetten der komplexen Thematik zur Geltung. Es ist inter- und transdisziplinär angelegt und verbindet theoretische Grundlagen und wissenschaftliche Zugänge mit Handlungsorientierungen und Praxisbeispielen. Geflüchtete bringen sich mit ihren Geschichten zur Sprache. Grundlegende Asp...

“The one thing that really struck me about this book was the calibre of the editorial team and the international range and expertise of the contributing editors and authors. With over 550 pages this book is well worth its place on the bookshelf of anyone who is interested in poultry breeding and genomics.” (International Hatchery Practice)“The editor of the book is Nick French, an internationally highly recognised scientist and practitioner in the ...

Der vorliegende Band zeigt auf, wie neu entwickelte Lehr-Lernformate, die den Fokus auf Projektarbeit und Selbstreguliertes Lernen legen, der zunehmenden Heterogenität der Schüler:innen gerecht werden. Am Beispiel der Universitätsschule Dresden wird verdeutlicht, wie wissenschaftliche und schulische Akteur:innen sowie eine (digitale) Schulorganisation darauf ausgerichtet sind, schüler:innenzentriertes Lernen zu ermöglichen. Die Beiträge beschreiben die kollaborative Entwicklung der Projekt...

Invasive arthropods cause significant damage in agricultural crops and natural environments across the globe. Potentially threatened regions need to be prepared to prevent new pests from becoming established. Therefore, information on pest identity, host range, geographical distribution, biology, tools for detection and identification are all essential to researchers and regulatory personnel. This book focuses on the most recent invasive pests of agricultural crops in temperate subtropical...

Supply chains for electronic products are primarily driven by consumer electronics. Every year new mobile phones, computers and gaming consoles are introduced, driving the continued applicability of Moore's law. The semiconductor manufacturing industry is highly dynamic and releases new, better and cheaper products day by day. But what happens to long-field life products like airplanes or ships, which need the same components for decades? How do electronic and also non-electronic systems t...

Aus dem Inhalt: Frank Köstler: Zielkontakt Ralf Paulsen: Die Bestie des Gévaudan Manfred Jelinski: Remote Viewing für Beginner Tatjana Hefelmann: Wie ich zu Remote Viewing kam Ulrike Wilder: Rekonstruktion einer Familientragödie U. Riedzek: In den Zeiten, als Wünschen noch geholfen hat Markus Perk: It's all about gravity, isn't it?! Manfred Jelinski: Wie ich schreiben lernte Ralf Paulsen: Katzenjammer Frank Köstler: Der ganz normale Wahnsinn Mike Bartel: Ich bin der, den ich gefunden habe ...

Everyone has a gift. Every gift is different, and every gift is special. Our world needs you to share your gift.What is your gift? How can you use your gift to help others?We Need Everyone empowers children to identify their gifts and use them to overcome challenges, achieve goals, and strengthen communities. Inspiring and uplifting, this interactive picture book celebrates diverse cultures, perspectives, and abilities through playful illustrations. Perfec...

This book contains the proceedings of the 8th Workshop on Coupled Descriptor Systems held March 2013 in the Castle of Eringerfeld, Geseke in the neighborhood of Paderborn, Germany. It examines the wide range of current research topics in descriptor systems, including mathematical modeling, index analysis, wellposedness of problems, stiffness and different time-scales, cosimulation and splitting methods and convergence analysis. In addition, the book also presents applications from the auto...

Sometimes love needs a little help from Mother Nature-and what better time than the holidays to let it snow . . . and snow . . . and snow . . . STARRY NIGHT * Fern Michaels As the host of a radio program for the lovelorn in Chicago, Jessie Richmond is surprisingly lonely, especially with the holidays approaching. So she decides to make the trek to her uncle's bookstore in rural New York state and hold a speed dating event-only to find herself snowed in-with one very special single . . . MI...

Two Chances Chin up, Emily Thorn faces the pain and heartache of love lost and years wasted. At forty, all she has to show for twenty years of marriage is a Federal Express letter from her husband that begins "Dear Emily"--and ends their life together. She had put her own life on hold to pay Ian's way through medical school. She believed him when he told her that one day she'd have everything she ever wanted--children, an education, a career of her own. What she got was overweight, out of ...

Die wahre Geschichte von Weihnachten Eine satirische Analyse der Weihnachtsgeschichte mit Maria und Jonas, Pontius Pilates, Babtistico, den zwei heiligen Königen aus dem Morgenland und einem überraschenden Christkind.