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Prologue : We, the people of the United States -- Political sovereignty and its influence on American constitutionalism -- "In order to form a more perfect union" : the social contract and the reclamation of American independence -- "Establish justice" : impartiality and equity under a federal government -- Insure domestic tranquility : a united nation through a balanced government -- Provide for the common defense : protecting a new nation under the constitution -- Promote the general welfare : the federal government and the public good -- Secure the blessings of liberty : the constitution and privacy in the surveillance state -- Epilogue : do ordain and establish : the constitution and the modern American citizen

Assuming only calculus and linear algebra, Professor Taylor introduces readers to measure theory and probability, discrete martingales, and weak convergence. This is a technically complete, self-contained and rigorous approach that helps the reader to develop basic skills in analysis and probability. Students of pure mathematics and statistics can thus expect to acquire a sound introduction to basic measure theory and probability, while readers with a background in finance, business, or engineering will gain a technical understanding of discrete martingales in the equivalent of one semester. J. C. Taylor is the author of numerous articles on potential theory, both probabilistic and analytic, and is particularly interested in the potential theory of symmetric spaces.

This book is a primer about the leading-edge approach to maintenance operations known as Maintenance Resource Management (MRM) - a partnership of manager, doer and regulator. MRM programs at several leading carriers are reducing maintenance errors and improving the professional caliber of mechanics and managers. Although communication and coordination issues have only recently been considered as important as technological advances in the aviation community, airlines have realized that a fix exists for maintenance communications problems. The "bottom-up" technique of MRM has successfully addressed these problems through more effective sharing of information among all employees. In addition to describing the best practices now taking hold in the aviation industry, Taylor and Christensen look at what lies ahead and what the industry will need to do to match the high performance work systems in the best high-tech industries around the world.

A two-fold purpose has been kept in view during the preparation of this book – on the one hand, to refresh the memories and, if possible, to enlarge the knowledge, of readers who have already visited Europe; on the other, to provide something in the nature of a substitute for those who have not yet done so, and to inspire them with new and stronger ambitions to make the trip. Contents: Great Britain and Ireland: London Cathedrals and Abbeys Castles and Stately Homes English Literary Shrines Other English Scenes Scotland Ireland France and the Netherlands: Paris The Environs of Paris Old Provence Cathedrals and Chateaux Various French Scenes Belgium Holland Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland: The Rhine Valley Nuremberg Other Bavarian Cities Berlin and Elsewhere Vienna Hungary Austria's Adriatic Ports Other Austrian Scenes Alpine Resorts Alpine Mountain Climbing Other Alpine Topics Italy, Sicily, and Greece: Rome Florence Venice Three Famous Cities Naples and Its Environs Other Italian Scenes Sicilian Scenes The Mainland of Greece The Greek Islands