A half-million years ago, there existed a group of magic wielding healers, known as the Ka'Jenn, who were able to mend the damage done to the Human Soul. Due to this power, the Ka'Jenn were hunted to extinction by Demonkind, and Humanity has long suffered for it. But - now, the Ka'Jenn Court returns, in the modern Age, when the Darkness is at its strongest.

Sliver groves threaten to takeover Canada. From the crystalline trees appear savage creatures, intent on enslaving Humanity. The world's billionaires and governments have vanished; society reels.Reunited, the Seven Sisters seek a solution to the Sliver problem, as they work to battle Darkness, and adjust to life as 'superheroes' in the 'real' world, where they have more foes than Demons...

The Sisters continue to protect Humanity from the Dark forces of Yfel, while life goes on in the Maggirdym. Little do they know, one of the Ten Mystic Dragons is en route to destroy the Realm of Hope. Thankfully, a small band of misfits is on the case...

Much of the conventional wisdom about damage control and crisis PR is self-serving, self-congratulatory, self-deceiving, and flat out wrong. And no one knows it better than Eric Dezenhall and John Weber, who have helped countless companies, politicians, and celebrities get out of various kinds of trouble.If you're facing a lawsuit, a sex scandal, a defective product, or allegations of insider trading, other PR experts will tell you to stay positive, get your message out, and everyt...

This work is a prayerful reflection on the challenges of adequately praising the Forerunner of the Word, emphasizing the inadequacy of human speech in expressing true gratitude. The speaker acknowledges the gifts received from the Forerunner and the need for divine assistance to articulate praise that aligns with His greatness. The text also contemplates the significant events of the Forerunner's life, from his miraculous birth to his courageous proclamations and ultimate martyrdom, all wh...

THE ROYAL BRAT IS IN TROUBLERoger Ramius Sergei Chiang MacClintock didn't understand.He was young, handsome, athletic, an excellent dresser, and third in line for the Throne of Man ... so why wouldn't anyone at Court trust him.Why wouldn't even his own mother, the Empress, explain why they didn't trust him Or why the very mention of his father's name was forbidden at Court Or why his mother had decided to pack him off to a backwater planet aboard wh...

‘Politics as a Vocation’ examines what makes good political leaders and explores the effects of political action on modern societies. On one level, it summarizes the political scholarship of one of the founding fathers of social science. On another, it reflects practical concerns about the future of Germany after its defeat in World War I. ¶Weber touches on the role of bureaucracy in government and the rise of organized political parties. He advocates strong, ethical leadership, but also r...

Roger Ramius Sergei Chiang MacClintock was young, handsome, athletic, an excellent dresser, and third in line for the Throne of Man. So it wasn’t surprising that he became spoiled, self-centered, and petulant. After all, what else did he have to do with his life?But that was before his mother, the empress, packed him off to a backwater planet and he found himself shipwrecked on the planet Marduk, with jungles full of damnbeasts, killerpillars, carnivorous plants, and barbarian hord...

In 1989 the first edition of this book set out Gittins' pioneering index solution to the multi-armed bandit problem and his subsequent investigation of a wide of sequential resource allocation and stochastic scheduling problems. Since then there has been a remarkable flowering of new insights, generalizations and applications, to which Glazebrook and Weber have made major contributions.This second edition brings the story up to date. There are new chapters on the achievable region ...

Since its inception in 1966, the series of numbered volumes known as Semiconductors and Semimetals has distinguished itself through the careful selection of well-known authors, editors, and contributors. The "Willardson and Beer" Series, as it is widely known, has succeeded in publishing numerous landmark volumes and chapters. Not only did many of these volumes make an impact at the time of their publication, but they continue to be well-cited years after their original release. Recently, ...

This book investigates the role of wealth in achieving sustainable rural economic development. The authors define wealth as all assets net of liabilities that can contribute to well-being, and they provide examples of many forms of capital – physical, financial, human, natural, social, and others. They propose a conceptual framework for rural wealth creation that considers how multiple forms of wealth provide opportunities for rural development, and how development strategies affect the dy...

Citizens expect their governments to lead on sustainability. But from largely disappointing international conferences like Rio II to the U.S.’s failure to pass meaningful climate legislation, governments’ progress has been lackluster. That’s not to say leadership is absent; it just often comes from the bottom up rather than the top down. Action—on climate, species loss, inequity, and other sustainability crises—is being driven by local, people’s, women’s, and grassroots movements around th...